So far you’ve improved your report by cutting way the unnecessary paragraphs, bringing the bottom line up front and converting passive sentences into active ones.

Step 4 is to remove adverbs and adjectives from your sentences. Use stronger verbs and nouns instead.

Instead of checked carefully write scrutinised.

You can find many of the adverbs by searching for “ly “ but there’s no easy way to find adjectives in Word. But there are various wrtiting apps and web services that can highlight the syntax in text, such as iA Writer and Hemingway Editor so you might want to try some of those.