Microsoft Word is a powerful tool to create rich, formatted and customisable documentation for your projects. Because of its wide-spread accessibility and flexible and intuitive feature set, it is used frequently for documenting project status updates and regular reports as well as business cases and initiative management information. Many organisations develop Word templates to ensure that project related reports and documents are consistent in their structure and format.
However, as good as the Word template may be, populating the document with up-to-date project information can be an arduous task. Ensuring that all data is captured in a timely manner, is accurately recorded and consistently formatted can take a lot of time. It’s also prone to human error and ties up valuable resources with administration when they could be focused on progressing the projects involved.
This is where Altus for Word comes in. Altus for Word is an add-in for Microsoft Word that allows you to easily and securely connect any Word document to an Altus project and synchronise the latest data from Altus.
Over 100 fields from each Altus project (such as Project Name, % Complete, Total Budget, Risks, etc.) are available for insertion into the Word document. Data from multiple tables related to the project can also be included.
Functions of Altus for Word
- Template Creation: Create Word templates and connect them to active projects to automatically populate project updates into the document.
- Template Reuse: Copy and save existing templates to speed up the creation of new ones.
- Data Refresh: Reflect project changes by refreshing data in Altus for Word documents at any time.
- Consistent Formatting: Retain formatting of text or tables even when data is refreshed.
- Snapshots: Create point-in-time snapshots by disconnecting your document from Altus, while keeping all the populated data.


User Benefits of Altus for Word
Altus for Word simplifies the process of creating and keeping your project documentation up-to-date and ensures consistency and accuracy, saving you and your team time while reducing the risk of errors.
Key stakeholders receive familiar reporting formats that are easy to access and understand, containing reliable information and insights. Using Altus for Word as an addition to your Altus reporting suite and dashboards provides the capability to add project commentary, context and key findings to the data provided.
We are happy to show you how easy it is to generate accurate reports for all your projects with Altus for Word.