Document Control Tip of the Month

How to create dropdown menus in Excel (January 2016)

How to create bookmarks in a PDF file (February 2016)

Introduction to Document Numbering (March 2016)


Watermarks on documents  (April 2016)

DC Reports & Statistics

 (May 2016)

Typical DC Tasks and Roles  (June 2016)


DC Sections in Contracts  (July 2016)

OCR: How to Scan Smartly (August 2016)

Automated Document Comparison (September 2016)


Excel: identify & remove duplicates  (October 2016)

Excel: Useful functions for reports (November 2016)

Document Templates

 (January 2017)


February 2017

2017 DC Salary Survey Report 

March 2017

Mapping Processes & Workflows

April 2017

Increase DC users engagement


May 2017

5 characteristics of a champion MDR

June 2017

Analyse data with Excel pivot tables

July 2017

Track changes in Word documents


August 2017

5 factors to improve salary & employability 

September 2017

The Deviation Register: How to handle deviations from procedures

October 2017

How to create a document template in Microsoft Word


November 2017

Document Control in the Organisation Chart

February 2018

Useful Excel Functions - Formatting Tips

March 2018

Convince in 30 seconds or less: The Document Control Elevator Pitch


April 2018

Improve your presentation skills

 

May 2018

The Document Controller & the Planner

July 2018

Obtaining training sponsorship from your company


August 2018

Dealing with Resistance to Change

September 2018

Adobe Acrobat Commenting Tools

October 2018

Easy Process Design with SmartArt


November 2018

Anatomy of a Document

December 2018

How to effectively convert to PDF

January 2019

Document Control & Engineering Control


February 2019

TICCQS: Document Control Values

March 2019

The Revision History Table

April 2019

How to secure a PDF document


July 2019

What is a Project? What is Project Management?

February 2020

Transmittal Sheets: 3 Common Mistakes

April 2020

How to set-up several screens on your computer


May 2020

What makes a good or a bad CV?

June 2020

Large or Small organisations

July 2020

Document Control Grades


August 2020

3 common Revision Control mistakes

September 2020

What is the best EDMS / Document Control Software

October 2020

The Document Controller & the Cost Controller 


January 2021

Useful computer skills for Document Controllers 

February 2021

Track changes vs. Comments

What is the difference?

March 2021

Continuous improvement: how and why?


April 2021

 

3 incorrect myths about Transmittal Sheets

May 2021

 

What are modification clouds? 

June 2021

 

Filing structures – Projects vs Operations


July 2021

 

Controlled versus uncontrolled documents

August 2021

 

How to live with 2 document numbering structures? 

September 2021

 

Document Templates Made EASY!

[Includes Word tutorial]


October 2021

 

The Document Control ‘Elevator Pitch’ – How to convince in 30 seconds or less? (NEW)

July 2022

 

Document Control in the Organisation Chart  (NEW)

 

August 2022

 

How to improve your presentation skills and fight stage-fright (NEW)

 


September 2022

 

Prepare for job interviews 

 

October 2022

 

Engineering & Document Control (NEW)

December 2022

 

Salary for Document Control Positions


 

January 2023

 

5 Document Control mistakes on projects 

 

March 2023

 

Watermarks on documents: Pro tips

 

 

April 2023

 

AI & the future of office work 

 


 

May 2023

 

How to ask your employer to fund your training

 

July 2023

 

25 Microsoft WORD features you'll wish you had known before

 

August 2023

 

Interview questions for a Document Control job interview


 

October 2023

 

Can you use initials instead of names when signing documents?

 

September 2024

 

6 Amazing Excel Tricks for DCs

 

November 2023

 

5 habits of champion Document Controllers?

 

May 2024

 

Debunking 7 Document Control Myths