diff --git a/src/lib/google-drive.ts b/src/lib/google-drive.ts
index 932c2f3..5064333 100644
--- a/src/lib/google-drive.ts
+++ b/src/lib/google-drive.ts
@@ -147,43 +147,72 @@ export function generateReportHTML(report: ReportWithRelations) {
   const plannedTasks = report.tasks.filter((t) => t.type === 'PLANNED');
   const completedTasks = report.tasks.filter((t) => t.type === 'COMPLETED');
 
-  // MPM brand palette
-  const GOLD_DARK = '#998643';   // titles on light backgrounds
-  const GOLD_MID = '#DCBB4F';    // accent lines, dividers
+  // MPM brand palette (matches the hex values used across MPM technical docs)
+  const GOLD_DARK = '#998643';   // document titles, section headings
+  const GOLD_MID = '#DCBB4F';    // accent rules / dividers
   const SHADE_DARK = '#232022';  // body text / table header background
-  const SHADE_LIGHT = '#F5F1EC'; // section panels / table header text
-  const OFF_WHITE = '#FAF7F2';   // alternating table rows
+  const SHADE_LIGHT = '#F5F1EC'; // key-column / table header text fill
+  const OFF_WHITE = '#FAF7F2';   // alternating data-table rows
   const ACCENT = '#849698';      // secondary / muted text
+  const BORDER = '#E7E0D5';      // hairline cell borders (warm gray)
 
   const bodyFont = "'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif";
   const headingFont = "'Montserrat', 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif";
 
-  const cellStyle = `padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #E7E0D5; font-family: ${bodyFont}; font-size: 11pt; color: ${SHADE_DARK};`;
-  const headerStyle = `padding: 12px 10px; background-color: ${SHADE_DARK}; font-family: ${headingFont}; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 600; text-align: left; color: ${SHADE_LIGHT};`;
+  const statusLabel = (report.status || 'DRAFT').charAt(0) + (report.status || 'DRAFT').slice(1).toLowerCase();
+  const docRef = `WFH-${new Date(report.date).toISOString().slice(0, 10)}`;
+
+  // Data-table cell styles
+  const cellStyle = `padding: 8px 12px; border: 1px solid ${BORDER}; font-family: ${bodyFont}; font-size: 10.5pt; color: ${SHADE_DARK}; vertical-align: top;`;
+  const headerStyle = `padding: 9px 12px; background-color: ${SHADE_DARK}; border: 1px solid ${SHADE_DARK}; font-family: ${headingFont}; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; text-align: left; color: ${SHADE_LIGHT};`;
+  const rowBg = (i: number) => (i % 2 === 1 ? ` background-color: ${OFF_WHITE};` : '');
+
+  // Document Control-style key/value row
+  const metaKey = `width: 26%; padding: 8px 12px; background-color: ${SHADE_LIGHT}; border: 1px solid ${BORDER}; font-family: ${headingFont}; font-weight: 600; font-size: 10pt; color: ${SHADE_DARK};`;
+  const metaVal = `padding: 8px 12px; border: 1px solid ${BORDER}; background-color: #FFFFFF; font-size: 10.5pt; color: ${SHADE_DARK};`;
+  const metaRow = (k: string, v: string) =>
+    `<tr><td style="${metaKey}">${k}</td><td style="${metaVal}">${v}</td></tr>`;
+
+  // Section label styled like the technical docs' "Document Control" heading.
+  const sectionLabel = (text: string) =>
+    `<p style="font-family: ${headingFont}; font-weight: 600; font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: 1.5px; text-transform: uppercase; color: ${GOLD_DARK}; margin: 0 0 8px 0;">${text}</p>`;
+  const sectionHeading = (text: string) =>
+    `<h2 style="font-family: ${headingFont}; font-weight: 600; font-size: 14pt; color: ${GOLD_DARK}; margin: 26px 0 10px 0;">${text}</h2>`;
+
+  // A gold rule rendered as a filled 1-row table (survives Google Docs conversion,
+  // where border-bottom on headings/divs does not).
+  const goldRule = `<table role="presentation" style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 12px 0 22px 0;"><tr><td style="height: 3px; line-height: 3px; font-size: 0; padding: 0; background-color: ${GOLD_MID};">&nbsp;</td></tr></table>`;
+
+  const emptyNote = (text: string) =>
+    `<p style="font-style: italic; color: ${ACCENT}; font-family: ${bodyFont}; margin: 0 0 8px 0;">${text}</p>`;
 
   // Embed the logo inline so it survives conversion without a reachable host.
   const logoDataUri = getLogoDataUri();
   const logoHtml = logoDataUri
-    ? `<img src="${logoDataUri}" alt="Message Point Media" style="height: 44px; margin-bottom: 16px;" />`
+    ? `<img src="${logoDataUri}" alt="Message Point Media" style="height: 40px; margin-bottom: 14px;" />`
     : '';
 
-  const rowBg = (i: number) => (i % 2 === 1 ? ` background-color: ${OFF_WHITE};` : '');
-
   return `
     <html>
-      <body style="font-family: ${bodyFont}; color: ${SHADE_DARK}; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 20px;">
+      <body style="font-family: ${bodyFont}; color: ${SHADE_DARK}; line-height: 1.5; max-width: 760px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 16px 24px;">
         ${logoHtml}
-        <h1 style="color: ${GOLD_DARK}; border-bottom: 3px solid ${GOLD_MID}; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: ${headingFont}; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 20px;">WFH Daily Report</h1>
+        <p style="font-family: ${headingFont}; font-weight: 600; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; color: ${SHADE_DARK}; margin: 0 0 2px 0;">Message Point Media</p>
+        <h1 style="font-family: ${headingFont}; font-weight: 700; font-size: 23pt; color: ${GOLD_DARK}; margin: 0 0 4px 0;">WFH Daily Report</h1>
+        <p style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: ${ACCENT}; margin: 0;">Daily Work-From-Home Status &nbsp;|&nbsp; ${escapeHtml(report.user.name)} &nbsp;|&nbsp; ${dateStr}</p>
+        ${goldRule}
 
-        <div style="background-color: ${SHADE_LIGHT}; padding: 20px; border-left: 4px solid ${GOLD_MID}; border-radius: 4px; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: ${bodyFont};">
-          <p style="margin: 0 0 8px 0; font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Date:</strong> ${dateStr}</p>
-          <p style="margin: 0 0 8px 0; font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Employee:</strong> ${escapeHtml(report.user.name)}</p>
-          <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Manager:</strong> ${escapeHtml(report.managerName || 'N/A')}</p>
-        </div>
+        ${sectionLabel('Report Details')}
+        <table style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 4px;">
+          ${metaRow('Employee', escapeHtml(report.user.name))}
+          ${metaRow('Date', dateStr)}
+          ${metaRow('Manager', escapeHtml(report.managerName || 'N/A'))}
+          ${metaRow('Status', statusLabel)}
+          ${metaRow('Reference', docRef)}
+        </table>
 
-        <h2 style="color: ${GOLD_DARK}; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 15px; font-family: ${headingFont}; font-weight: 600;">Planned Tasks</h2>
+        ${sectionHeading('1. Planned Tasks')}
         ${plannedTasks.length > 0 ? `
-          <table style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 30px;">
+          <table style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 6px;">
             <tr>
               <th style="${headerStyle} width: 45%;">Description</th>
               <th style="${headerStyle} width: 20%;">Estimate</th>
@@ -197,11 +226,11 @@ export function generateReportHTML(report: ReportWithRelations) {
               </tr>
             `).join('')}
           </table>
-        ` : `<p style="font-style: italic; color: ${ACCENT}; font-family: ${bodyFont}; margin-bottom: 30px;">No planned tasks for today.</p>`}
+        ` : emptyNote('No planned tasks for today.')}
 
-        <h2 style="color: ${GOLD_DARK}; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 15px; font-family: ${headingFont}; font-weight: 600;">Completed Tasks</h2>
+        ${sectionHeading('2. Completed Tasks')}
         ${completedTasks.length > 0 ? `
-          <table style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 30px;">
+          <table style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 6px;">
             <tr>
               <th style="${headerStyle} width: 40%;">Description</th>
               <th style="${headerStyle} width: 20%;">Status</th>
@@ -212,18 +241,19 @@ export function generateReportHTML(report: ReportWithRelations) {
               return `
               <tr>
                 <td style="${cellStyle}${rowBg(i)}">${escapeHtml(t.description)}</td>
-                <td style="${cellStyle}${rowBg(i)} font-weight: bold; color: ${GOLD_DARK};">${escapeHtml(t.status || 'Done')}</td>
+                <td style="${cellStyle}${rowBg(i)} font-weight: 600; color: ${GOLD_DARK};">${escapeHtml(t.status || 'Done')}</td>
                 <td style="${cellStyle}${rowBg(i)}">${link ? `<a href="${escapeHtml(link)}" style="color: ${GOLD_DARK}; text-decoration: none;">${escapeHtml(link)}</a>` : '-'}</td>
               </tr>
             `;
             }).join('')}
           </table>
-        ` : `<p style="font-style: italic; color: ${ACCENT}; font-family: ${bodyFont}; margin-bottom: 30px;">No completed tasks reported today.</p>`}
+        ` : emptyNote('No completed tasks reported today.')}
 
-        <div style="margin-top: 50px; font-size: 9pt; color: ${ACCENT}; text-align: center; border-top: 1px solid ${GOLD_MID}; padding-top: 20px; font-family: ${bodyFont};">
-          <p style="margin: 0 0 4px 0; font-family: ${headingFont}; font-weight: 600; color: ${GOLD_DARK}; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Born to Innovate. Built to Last.</p>
-          <p style="margin: 0;">Message Point Media &middot; Generated automatically by the WFH Daily Report app</p>
-        </div>
+        ${goldRule}
+        <p style="font-family: ${headingFont}; font-weight: 600; font-size: 10pt; color: ${SHADE_DARK}; margin: 0 0 2px 0;">Prepared by ${escapeHtml(report.user.name)}</p>
+        <p style="font-size: 9pt; color: ${ACCENT}; margin: 0 0 10px 0;">Message Point Media &nbsp;&middot;&nbsp; ${docRef} &nbsp;&middot;&nbsp; Generated by the WFH Daily Report app</p>
+        <p style="font-family: ${headingFont}; font-weight: 600; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: 0.5px; color: ${GOLD_DARK}; margin: 0 0 2px 0;">Born to Innovate. Built to Last.</p>
+        <p style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-style: italic; color: ${ACCENT}; margin: 0;">Compelling&hellip; Affordable&hellip; Dynamic&hellip; Messaging&hellip; It&rsquo;s What We Do!</p>
       </body>
     </html>
   `;