Smart Templates
Ensure consistency & organize content with automated templates.
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With a few simple steps, you can turn your PowerPoint deck into a facilitator or a participant guide. LeaderGuide Pro will easily import from PowerPoint...
I have been using LeaderGuide Pro for almost four years. It is one of the best tools I've used for instructor-led and virtual classroom materials development. The time savings is priceless. Also, the level of customer support I have received has been superb. Excellent value all around!
Creating well-researched virtual learning courses can take three months or more to develop, approve and launch. With LeaderGuide Pro, I have created 7 courses in less than a year.
It's easy to convert materials from other sources. The formatting is automatic. And you can customize it. Support is almost immediate and very helpful. LeaderGuide Pro helped us create a consistent look for all training materials. The formatting and finished look are great.
LeaderGuide Pro has cut my development time by more than half. Projects that have taken me 8-10 hours in the past I’m able to do in two. It was so easy to learn and use that on day one I was able to produce a professional, high-quality Leader Guide and Participant Guide.
I recently sat down with a colleague to build out a set of fairly detailed learning modules and I love how easy LeaderGuide Pro made it for us. The structure was already in place. I just had to ask the questions, and she fed me the content. We were able to focus on the impact we intended versus spending time messing with format. It allowed us to concentrate on what mattered most and trust that the Guide would be as professional as is possible when we were done.
Ensure consistency & organize content with automated templates.
Import, update & even create slides & notes in your facilitator guides.
Included Professional Style Guides eliminate wasting time on formatting.
Extract participant guides, case studies, handouts, agendas & more from facilitator guides.
Visually cue trainers & producers with easy-to-insert icons.
Sync page numbers & content changes between documents.
Add & track time and easily generate timed agendas.
Keep your customizations in folders that are easy to access & share.
Easily customize templates, styles, icons & more to meet your style & branding needs.
Import existing content & images, controlling placement, size, etc.
Keep an audit trail of contributors, imports & exports.
Existing content is easy to reformat and insert into new documents.
Create a library of content chunks that are easy to customize & insert.
Easily change styles, icons, layouts & more with a mouse click or two.
Set up the basics to meet your needs once & they will automatically apply
Alt Text adds automatically to images & tables for screen readers.
Place, size, label, and control images easily - alt text adds automatically.
Special formats for numbered lists with images, answers, no numbers.
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We help training professionals like you do their best work by using LeaderGuide Pro — the only tool specifically designed to streamline and improve your Instructor-led Training & Virtual ILT development process.
Time, budget, or staff … LeaderGuide Pro will help you improvise, adapt and overcome.
Take advantage of the 14-day free trial to see your materials built with LeaderGuide Pro.
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LeaderGuide Pro™ is course authoring software that uses Microsoft Word as its platform to automate the development of consistent, professionally formatted, icon-driven facilitator guides and participant guides (guidebooks) to support the delivery of Instructor-led Training (ILT) and Virtual ILT.
LeaderGuide Pro is designed for instructional designers, training managers, learning consultants, facilitators, subject matter experts, and Learning & Development teams that create and deliver training programs.
New employee onboarding programs
Leadership and management training
Sales and customer service training
Technical and software training
Compliance and regulatory training
Safety and operational training
Professional and soft skills development
Train-the-trainer workshops
Virtual instructor-led training (VILT)
Multi-day learning and certification programs
You can create facilitator guides, participant guides, workbooks, instructor manuals, lesson plans, training handouts, and other instructor-led training materials.
LeaderGuide Pro automates formatting, document structure, design standards, and content organization, allowing developers to focus on instructional content rather than document production.
Yes. LeaderGuide Pro uses customizable templates, styles, and design standards to ensure consistency across courses, departments, and development teams.
Yes. LeaderGuide Pro incorporates proven instructional design principles and guide-building methodologies that help create engaging, learner-centered training materials.
Yes. Organizations use LeaderGuide Pro to improve consistency, streamline collaboration, and scale training development across multiple designers and programs.
Yes. Existing Microsoft Word-based facilitator guides, participant guides, and training content can typically be migrated and enhanced using LeaderGuide Pro templates and tools.
Absolutely. You can customize styles, layouts, colors, fonts, icons, branding elements, and templates to align with your organization's standards.
To take LeaderGuide Pro for a spin, take advantage of the 14-day free trial.
If you want an expert to answer your questions while they demonstrate the power of LeaderGuide Pro, schedule a demonstration.
Yes. A free trial is available so you can explore the features, evaluate the workflow, and see how LeaderGuide Pro fits your training development process.
LeaderGuide Pro is built for Microsoft Word and works within the Microsoft Office environment for Windows, making it easy for training professionals to create and maintain guide-based learning materials.
LeaderGuide Pro runs locally on the user’s computer to automate and add functionality to desktop versions of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. For full details, please review the following:
LeaderGuide Pro does not currently have a native Mac version. However, many customers successfully use LeaderGuide Pro on Mac computers by running Windows in a virtual environment such as Parallels Desktop® or VMware Fusion®. This allows you to install and use Microsoft Word for Windows along with LeaderGuide Pro, providing the full functionality of the software on your Mac.
Common Mac solutions include:
Parallels Desktop
VMware Fusion
Other Windows virtual machine environments
For the best experience, we recommend using a supported version of Windows and Microsoft Word within the virtual environment.
LeaderGuide Pro offers multiple licensing options to support individuals, consultants, teams, and enterprise organizations. Visit the Pricing page for current plans and details.