I help businesses, publishers, consultants, researchers, and organizations transform draft documents into polished, professional, and publication-ready deliverables. I can make every document visually appealing, consistent, easy to navigate, and ready for your audience, whether it is a business report, book, workbook, proposal, presentation, or template.
As a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, I have written, edited, and published more than 40 technical documents over 12 years. The documents include project reports, grant proposals, annual reports, user manuals, and scientific publications. I also have extensive experience proofreading documents for grammar, punctuation, spelling, consistency, and overall readability.
Recently, I have successfully formatted:
- 30 books
- 20 business templates
- 30 business reports
- 65 scientific journal manuscripts.
I can help you with:
----- Microsoft Word -----
- Professional document formatting and layout
- Books, reports, manuals, proposals, business documents, and scientific journals
- Style creation and management
- Automated heading/subheading numbering (Levels 1–3)
- Microsoft Word Developer tools (content controls and forms) for interactive forms and fillable documents and trackers for document review
- Automatic Table of Contents, table of figures, and table of tables
- Cross-references and hyperlinks
- Page numbering and section breaks
- Headers and footers
- Tables, figures, and equation formatting
- Margin, spacing, font, and paragraph consistency
- Print-ready and publication-ready formatting
- Proofreading for grammar, punctuation, spelling, and formatting consistency
----- Microsoft Excel -----
- Professional spreadsheet formatting
- Data cleaning and organization
- Formulas and functions
- Tables and dashboards
- Conditional formatting
- Charts and graphs
- Client-ready reports
- Templates and trackers
----- Microsoft PowerPoint -----
- Professional presentation design
- Consistent branding and layouts
- Charts, graphics, and diagrams
- Animation and transitions
- Speaker-ready slide decks
- Corporate and academic presentations
----- Adobe Acrobat Pro -----
- PDF editing and formatting
- Create, edit, and organize PDF documents (edit text, images, headers/footers)
- Convert between PDF and Microsoft Word formats and ensure consistency between the two formats
- Merge, split, extract, and rearrange pages
- Add bookmarks, hyperlinks, and navigation features
- Create fillable PDF forms
- Add comments, annotations, and markups
- Optimize PDFs for sharing or printing
- Prepare print-ready and publication-ready PDF documents
----- Adobe InDesign -----
- Book and magazine layout
- Reports and brochures
- Catalogs and newsletters
- Interactive PDFs
- Print-ready files
- Typography and page design
----- Adobe Illustrator -----
- Figure enhancement for reports, books, and publications
- Infographics
- Technical diagrams and illustrations
- Vector graphics
- Icons
---- Google Workspace -----
- Google Docs formatting
- Google Sheets organization
- Google Slides presentations
- Collaborative editing
- Template creation
- Document conversion between Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
Whether your document is a rough draft or nearly finished, I can help you produce a clean, visually appealing, high-quality final product. Let's work together to create professional documents that are accurate, impressive, and visually polished.
Microsoft Word
Document Formatting
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Data Entry
Translation
Turkish to English Translation
Formatting
STEM Tutoring
Engineering Tutoring
Mathematics Tutoring
Engineering Simulation
Aerodynamic Analysis
Aerospace Engineering
Ebook Formatting
Penny B.
Alpharetta, Georgia
$60/hr
5.0
728 jobs
Over the past six years, I’ve formatted more than 600 books and documents for clients on Upwork. As an expert in Microsoft Word, I’m highly skilled at using its advanced features to create clean, professional, and well-structured documents and books.
For books, I’m well-versed in preparing manuscripts for self-publishing platforms such as Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Lulu, and 48 Hour Books. I am also able to help with the upload process. In addition to books, I have extensive experience formatting a wide range of professional documents, including legal contracts, medical protocols, operating manuals, business proposals, reports, guides, and academic theses and dissertations.
I thrive on efficiency and being productive. I’m organized and genuinely enjoy the process of turning complex formatting tasks into polished final products.
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Email Campaign Setup
Formatting
Kindle Direct Publishing
Ebook Formatting
KDP Interior
Book Layout
Book Design
Document Format
Document Formatting
Fix Documentation
Template Design
Theresa G.
Conway, South Carolina
$19/hr
4.9
1,134 jobs
I worked for Avis Rent A Car World Headquarters for 13 years as a Senior Word Processing Specialist! My expertise includes:
👉 I am a Microsoft Word and PowerPoint expert.
👉 I am a PDF CONVERSION expert.
👉 I am a Microsoft Word DESIGN expert, and a FORMATTING expert.
👉 I can convert INDESIGN documents to MICROSOFT WORD documents almost exactly!
👉 I can BRAND your documents to your company brand with style and professionalism!
👉 Large document specialist!
👉 I LOVE to type!
👉 I work on the WINDOWS platform.
👉 I have OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE in word processing and data entry, with companies including AMF Bowling Products and Avis Rent A Car World Headquarters.
👉 I am also a typesetting and proofreading expert.
👉 I work well with others and can follow directions accordingly.
👉 I am very tech savvy! I have many repeat clients and many referral clients!
Thank you for your interest. I hope to hear from you soon!
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Office
Word Processing
Document Conversion
Proofreading
Data Entry
Electronic Publishing
Form Development
Desktop Publishing
Document Version Control
Format Conversion
Typesetting
Microsoft PowerPoint
White Paper Design
Tariq H.
Cincinnati, Ohio
$24/hr
5.0
3 jobs
I'm a expert transcriptionist as well as an expert in Data Entry as well. I am very proficient in customer service as well and having excellent people skills and outstanding communication skills also. I am a go getter that always gets the job down in the amount of time provided without any issues!. Whether your needing a few documents typed up or some data entered I can definitely help!
15+ years in Transcription and data Entry
20+ years in Customer Service
15+ years in Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word
Expert
Microsoft Office
Data Entry
Scheduling
Live Transcription
Microsoft Access
Patient Care
HIPAA
Call Center Management
Accounting Basics
Human Resource Management
Rosemary A.
Morristown, New Jersey
$20/hr
4.8
318 jobs
With a wealth of experience formatting/Book typesetting and publishing books, I will format/layout/typeset and assist with self-publishing your book.
I will expertly format/design your book for print paperback, eBook, hardcover, spiral bound, booklet, and ePDF for Amazon KDP (CreateSpace)/Kindle, IngramSpark, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, Lulu, Bookbaby, Draft2Digital, Gumroad, Payhip, Stan, and other publishing sites according to print production specifications.
I format Fiction, Non-fiction, Literature, Novels, Religion, Travel Guides, Sports, Poetry, Journals, Workbooks, Picture Books (Children's books, Health and Diet Cookbooks, Comics), etc.
I work with Microsoft Word, InDesign, Canva, Adobe PDF, MS. Publisher, Affinity, Photoshop, Kindle Create, and Text Files.
I will help you generate a Barcode from your ISBN if it is not available. I will also direct you to get ISBNs for your books.
Deliveries
Print-ready PDF with source file
Epub/Mobi
Kindle Create
ePDF for websites
I will advise on Amazon publishing.
I also fix publishing/print errors.
Guide you to successful upload to Amazon, Lulu, IngramSpark, and Draft2Digital - on demand.
With Publisher Rocket & other research methods.
I will research Categories for your book.
I will research keywords for your book.
Excellent Book Conversion to eBook.
Using my coding knowledge, I will excellently convert books to eBooks: EPUB (Reflowable and Fixed Layouts). I create clickable tables of contents and hyperlinks for Fixed layouts (picture book, cookbook) and Reflowable layouts.
I manually polish eBooks. The eBook will be displayed as a PDF or Word file. I convert books to Mobi and ePub for Kindle, Apple, Google, IngramSpark, Lulu, and other electronic platforms with 100% acceptance.
And I will work on the eBook cover with the right dimensions and file extension.
Print Layout Design Includes:
• Professional Layout with Publishing Requirements
• Well-designed Title Page
• Well-placed images and photos
• Layout of front-matter, body, and back-matter
• Table of Contents
• Drop Caps
• Embedded Fonts
• Well-structured headings
• Paragraphs and bullets, Justification
• (Every new chapter will start from the right-hand side) Not applicable to all books to minimize production cost
• Page numbers
• Images and bleeds
• Proper Margins, gutter, and line spacing
• Headers and Footers
Ornamental Breaks
• Orphan/Widow adjusted
• 300 dpi Print-ready PDF
• Index, footnotes, endnotes, cross-references
• Source file
• Fast delivery
• 100% guaranteed accepted by Amazon and other sites
eBook Conversion Includes:
• Clickable Table of Contents (TOC)
• Functional hyperlinks to redirect within the document or to a website
• Validated ePub or Mobi file
• 100% guaranteed to be accepted by any electronic platform (eBook)
I add metadata and searchable keywords to files.
Despite my dashboard showing jobs in progress, I have completed all current projects. I am available and ready to take on new work. Please feel free to contact me to discuss your needs.
Thank you.
Microsoft Word
Print Design
Adobe InDesign
Formatting
Kindle Direct Publishing
EPUB
Ebook Formatting
Book Layout
Children's Literature
Amazon
IngramSpark
Ebook
Book
Typesetting
Kindle
Page Layout Design
Book Design
Ebook Design
Ebook File Format
PDF Pro
Brenda L.
Allen, Texas
$17/hr
4.9
970 jobs
As a Certified MS Word Expert and advanced Adobe user, I offer basic and advanced document services for MS Word & Adobe PDF (including Livecycle forms). I would love to help you save time with PDF & Word Form/Template creation, Document & Book Formatting (not design) & PDF Conversions. Need a scanned form made fillable? Do you have a PDF design but need it made into a workable template in Word? Or are you an author that needs help formatting your book to print standards? I can also troubleshoot any existing Word formatting issues or give your company documents a refresh. From templates to mail merges, Legal Word Processing & forms with macros--I've done it all. Let's work together!
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Computer Skills
Word Processing
Typing
Data Entry
Templates
Adobe Acrobat
Microsoft PowerPoint
Windows Server
Adobe LiveCycle Designer
Form Development
Word Processors & Desktop Publishing Software
Format Conversion
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