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Office and productivity - Beginner

Microsoft Word: Documents from Zero

Learn to type, format and print professional documents in Microsoft Word: letters, CVs, reports and more. No experience needed.

About this course

Microsoft Word is the most widely used program for writing documents. Schools, offices, NGOs and small businesses use it every day for letters, CVs, reports, proposals, notices and forms. This course takes you from opening Word for the first time to producing clean, professional documents.

Each lesson is short and practical. You read a little, then you try it on your own computer. By the end you will have made a CV, a formal letter and a short report, and you will know how to review, share, protect and print your work.

The course is for anyone new to Word: students, job seekers, volunteers and small business owners. The steps match Microsoft 365 and Word 2019 or later on Windows 10 and 11, and most steps work the same on a Mac.

What you will learn

  • Create, save, open and close Word documents in the right file format
  • Type and format text with fonts, sizes, colours, alignment and spacing
  • Use bullets, numbering, styles and headings to organise a document
  • Set up pages with margins, orientation, headers, footers and page numbers
  • Build a CV, a formal letter and a simple report from scratch
  • Insert and format tables, pictures, shapes and charts
  • Review documents with comments and Track Changes, and protect them
  • Print, save as PDF and share a document with other people

Course content

5 modules · 20 lessons · 4 h 38 min · 6 quizzes

Module 1: Getting started with Word4 lessons

Meet the Word window, then learn to create, save, open and view documents.

  1. What Word is and how the window looks 12 min
  2. Creating, saving and opening documents 14 min
  3. Views, zoom and moving around 10 min
  4. Templates and getting help 10 min
  5. Quiz: 8 questions
Module 2: Typing and formatting text4 lessons

Type, select, edit and format text, paragraphs and lists, then check your spelling.

  1. Typing, selecting and editing text 14 min
  2. Fonts, size, colour and alignment 14 min
  3. Spacing, indents, lists and Format Painter 15 min
  4. Find and Replace, spelling and grammar 12 min
  5. Quiz: 8 questions
Module 3: Page layout and professional documents4 lessons

Set up pages, use styles and headings, and build a CV, a letter and a report.

  1. Page setup: margins, orientation, size and columns 12 min
  2. Headers, footers, page numbers and the table of contents 15 min
  3. Writing a CV and a formal letter 18 min
  4. Reports and proposals with a clear layout 18 min
  5. Quiz: 8 questions
Module 4: Tables, pictures and shapes4 lessons

Add tables, pictures, shapes, charts and links to make documents clear and attractive.

  1. Inserting and formatting tables 16 min
  2. Pictures, wrapping and captions 14 min
  3. Shapes, text boxes and SmartArt 14 min
  4. Charts, hyperlinks and cross-references 14 min
  5. Quiz: 8 questions
Module 5: Review, share and print4 lessons

Review work with comments and Track Changes, protect, merge, print, export and share.

  1. Comments, Track Changes and comparing documents 14 min
  2. Protecting documents and mail merge basics 16 min
  3. Print preview, printing and saving as PDF 12 min
  4. Sharing, shortcuts and a final document checklist 14 min
  5. Quiz: 8 questions
Final exam

28 questions. Pass with 70% or more to earn your certificate.

What you need

  • A computer with Microsoft Word installed (or Word online), or access to one at a centre
  • No experience needed

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