Document workflow progress.

Does anyone know of a way to indicate percentage or step completed graphically in a word document?  I was trying conditional formating on cells in a word table or excel table. I don't VB, so it appears it would be difficult to do. May be able to turn radio buttons on and off with transitions.  The ultimate goal would be to have a bar chart or progress bar similar to file install in windows. I think it may be more work than what it's worth.