Master Word, from the ground up.
A practical, hands-on guide to Microsoft Word — covering the interface, document creation, text editing, and professional formatting. Built for instructor-led sessions and self-paced reference.
What you will learn
Explore the Ribbon, Quick Access Toolbar, and the key parts of the Word screen. Learn how to customize your workspace.
Create and save documents, use rand() to generate practice text, explore document views and built-in Help.
Navigate and select text efficiently. Cut, copy, paste, and use Find & Replace to modify documents with precision.
Apply font styles, sizes, and effects. Work with AutoCorrect and AutoText to speed up your typing and maintain consistency.
Control alignment, tabs, lists, indentation, borders, and shading. Apply and manage Styles for consistent, professional documents.
Insert, format, and manage tables. Merge and split cells, apply styles, and convert text to table.
Insert pictures, shapes, SmartArt, and charts. Control text wrapping, grouping, alignment, and picture formatting.
Add repeating headers and footers, insert page numbers, and use section breaks to create independent page layouts.
Set margins, orientation, watermarks, columns, and control how text flows across pages.
Create personalized letters, envelopes, and labels from a data source. Connect to Excel, Outlook, or a Word table.
Spell check, grammar, thesaurus, track changes, comments, and accessibility checker.
Backstage view, password protection, editing restrictions, document inspector, and digital signatures.
Footnotes, endnotes, captions, cross-references, bookmarks, and hyperlinks.
Add citations and bibliographies in APA, MLA, and Chicago styles. Generate a Table of Contents and Table of Figures automatically.
Record and run macros to automate repetitive tasks. Introduction to VBA code in the Word editor.
Build interactive forms with content controls — text fields, dropdowns, checkboxes, and date pickers. Protect and distribute.
How OneDrive manages version history. Compare and restore previous versions. Combine revisions from multiple reviewers.