Creating a fully paginated and indexed bundle in Microsoft Word

The document bundles you create on EIN can be turned into fully paginated and indexed Microsoft Word documents, complete with a Tribunal format front page. The process is fully automated and very quick - saving you hours of work!

This page covers the following:

Downloading the Microsoft Word Bundle-Maker add-in
Creating a bundle in Microsoft Word
Options for controlling the formatting when creating a bundle

Downloading the Microsoft Word Bundle-Maker add-in

In order to create a bundle in Microsoft Word, you first need to download and install the Microsoft Word Bundle-Maker add-in (you only do this once and the software is then always available locally on your computer). Full instructions on how to do this are available here. Make sure Microsoft Word is closed when you install the add-in. The Bundle-Maker will be available whenever you open Word - Word 2003 users and below will have a Bundle-Maker menu and Word 2007 users and above will have a custom ribbon (screenshots in the guide feature the Word 2007 ribbon).

Creating a bundle in Microsoft Word

To create a bundle, you simply select and copy the bundle webpage from the EIN website and paste it to a new Word document. There are many further steps that you can then do to edit and add further information to your bundle, but, for now, we will concentrate on the basics of creating a fully indexed and paginated bundle.

Important note: For safety, you should always save your bundle before running the Bundle-Maker. All software can have the occasional error – if you have spent a long time preparing a bundle, save it to prevent losing any work.

Step 1: Click the 'Create/Undo Bundle' button to launch the Bundle-Maker:

Step 2: Click the 'Create My Bundle!' button to create your bundle. The 'Create My Bundle!' button does the work for you, creating your bundle in seconds.

As it is running, the Bundle-Maker will give you the option of a legal style contents page via a simple 'Yes/No' answer message box (you will automatically get this style if you enter an appellant name and appeal number in the space provided on the Bundle-Maker).

That is all you have to do to create a fully paginated and indexed bundle such as in the screenshot below:

Note that the Bundle-Maker allows you to specify at what page to start paginating your bundle. This will normally be page 1, but if, for example, you want to add a bundle onto the end of another bundle, you can change the pagination start.

You can also type a single letter 'i' to tell the Bundle-Maker to number your contents pages in Roman numerals, while numbering the items in your bundle in Hindu-Arabic numerals from page 1. The advantage of doing this is that you can then edit and type on the contents pages without worrying about upsetting the pagination in a bundle. Otherwise, you may find that adding extra text may push the contents pages onto a further page, requiring you to update the pagination of your bundle contents.

As your bundle is created in Microsoft Word, there are many other options available to add content to a bundle. These are discussed in the following sections.

If you find that there is something you would like the Bundle-Maker to do that it currently cannot, please email hjt@ein.org.uk and let us know – we will endeavour to add requested features wherever possible.

Options for controlling the formatting when creating a bundle

Also available on the Bundle-Maker are 'Format Bundle' and 'Edit Bundle' tabs.

The 'Format Bundle' tab simply allows you to set various formatting options for your bundle, allowing you to control font and other settings. The default options should be fine for most users so you may find that you rarely need to use these options.

The 'Edit Bundle' tab gives you the options to edit the default text on a legal-style bundle contents page or you can select to insert your own front page.