Word Document Drafting Brief
By Alex Brown · Published · Updated
Structures and drafts a Word document with a clear heading outline, a record of decisions, tables where they help, and a version note, ready to circulate for…
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## Word Document Drafting Brief Draft a Word document from the material below. - Document type: [dropdown: Report, Proposal, Policy, Meeting minutes, Specification, Briefing note] - Purpose and decision needed: [textarea: Why it exists and what the reader must do or decide] - Readers: [text: Who reads it and how much they know] - Source material: [textarea: Paste notes or data or earlier drafts] - Length: [number: 1, 40] - Include decision log: [toggle: Yes, No] - Version and owner: [text: e.g. v0.1 by the project lead] Open with a summary of three to five sentences that states the purpose, the main conclusion, and the action needed, because many readers stop there. Build a heading outline that follows the reader's questions, with no more than three levels, and show it for approval in the text before the full draft. Write each section starting with its point, then the support. Use a table when comparing items across several attributes and a numbered list for steps only. If the decision log is on, add a table of decisions with date, owner, and status. Mark anything unknown as an open question instead of inventing it. Return the outline, the full draft with heading styles named, and a version note listing what changed and what is still open. Length is in pages.