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Showcasing Creative Uses of WORD for Family History

Discover how Microsoft WORD can do far more than simply type up your notes. In this inspiring demonstration session you’ll explore a range of creative and practical ways WORD can support your family history research, writing, and presentation. From incorporating images and document extracts to creating templates, family group sheets, charts and polished written outputs, you’ll see how this familiar tool can help transform your research into clear, shareable and professional-looking material.

With a variety of real examples and live demonstrations, this session will showcase what’s possible and spark ideas for using WORD more effectively in your own family history.

Whether you’re documenting your research, preparing material to share, or looking for smarter ways to present your findings, this session will help you see WORD in a whole new light.

 

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Andrew Redfern

Andrew Redfern

Andrew Redfern is a passionate family historian and technology educator. Since his initial interest in researching his family tree in the mid-1980s, Andrew has developed a deep interest in how technology can enhance the way we explore and preserve our family histories. He has given many presentations on effective ways to make use of technological tools to research, organise and share family stories. More recently, Andrew's work on AI and Family History has been sought after by numerous family history groups in his home country of Australia as well as internationally.

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