Formating of Manual

Project Overview
I am looking for an experienced editor, document formatter, or technical writer to professionally reformat and standardise a large HACCP Manual used by our food safety consultancy. The manual is several hundred pages in length and contains mixed formatting from multiple contributors over the years. The goal is to bring the entire document into a clean, consistent, professional, and easy-to-edit format.

Scope of Work

1. Document Standardisation
The full manual must be reviewed and updated to achieve complete consistency in:
- Fonts (type, size, and line spacing)
- Colour scheme
- Headers & footers (must match across all pages)
- Logo placement
- Page numbering
- Watermarks (consistent and correct opacity)
- Section titles & subheadings

2. Structural Clean-up
You will need to:
- Ensure all tables, charts, and records are aligned, correctly spaced, and uniformly styled
- Fix layout issues caused by copy–paste from different sources
- Standardise the margins, indentation, and page breaks
- Reorganise sections where needed for a cleaner flow (minor structural edits only)

3. Template Creation
After formatting, create a reusable template for future manuals, including:
- Title page
- Table of contents (auto-generated)
- Section header pages
- Standardised table template
- Standardised hazard analysis section layout
- Standard record sheets layout

Deliverables
1. Fully formatted, fully standardised HACCP Manual (Word format, editable)
2. Clean template file that my team can use for new manuals
3. Short style-guide document listing:
- Fonts
- Colours
- Header/footer rules
- Table format
- Any styling guidelines you created

Ideal Freelancer
- Expert in Microsoft Word, document templates, and technical formatting
- Experience with large documents (200–400+ pages)
- Bonus: familiarity with HACCP, ISO, SOP documentation, or technical manuals
- Ability to improve aesthetics without changing the content
- Strong attention to detail and consistency

Additional Notes
- Content is already written; this is not a writing job—this is a professional formatting job.
- Confidentiality is essential (manual contains internal business documentation).