Full Microsoft Word Tutorial - Basic to Advance

Master essential and advanced Microsoft Word skills, from templates, page setup, tables, and headers to equations, table of contents, mail merge, Excel linking, and Word to web conversion.

Open a document from a template or start fresh, then customize templates—from flyers and resumes to business cards—by editing text, shapes, and colors, and save your Word file.

Master Word's view options, including read mode, web layout, print layout, focus view, and immersive reader. Adjust line focus, page color, ruler, and navigation pane for a distraction-free reading experience.

Change page orientation between portrait and landscape, select paper sizes, and adjust margins, headers, and footers, applying changes to a section or the entire document.

Insert and edit tables in Word by selecting size, borders, shading, and styles. Learn to insert, delete, merge, split, draw, and adjust cells with auto fit and table properties.

Learn to insert and customize shapes, lines, and text boxes in Word, create flowcharts with connectors, apply fill, outlines, and effects, and group or rotate objects to convey ideas.

Learn to insert and customize SmartArt in Microsoft Word, exploring hierarchy, process flows, lists, matrices, and organizational charts with color themes and layout options.

Learn to insert and customize cover pages in Microsoft Word, choose templates, add titles and dates, replace images, and remove cover pages.

Insert and customize charts in Word, linking to Excel, and explore column, line, pie, bar, and more charts with styles, colors, data labels, and axis options.

Learn to insert, edit, and remove headers and footers in a Word document, apply different header and footer styles, and control their behavior on all pages with page breaks.

Learn to create and format mathematical equations in Microsoft Word using the built-in equation editor, exploring symbols, fractions, scripts, and structures like summations, integrals, and matrices.

Learn to insert and manage equation numbers in Word by creating a 3-cell table, using sequence fields, quick parts, and update fields.

Learn to generate an automatic table of contents in Microsoft Word by applying heading styles, inserting the table, and updating page numbers or the entire table as you edit.

Learn to insert captions for figures, create a list of figures, insert a table of figures, and update it as you add or move content.

Master creating an automated list of tables in Word by captioning each table, inserting a tables of figures list via references, and updating it as new tables appear.

Format text into two, three, or more columns in Word using layout and columns, adjust column width and spacing, and apply changes to a selection or the whole document.

Learn to add page numbers in Word by insert, top or bottom, left/center/right alignment, and formats; it covers current position, margins, removal, and Office.com styles.

Master inserting page numbers in Word and starting numbering on a chosen page using section breaks. Learn to unlink from previous and adjust formats for the footer.

Learn to change the page color in Microsoft Word from the design tab, using solid, gradient, or custom colors with hex codes and presets, and set to default white.

Learn to set different colors on each page in Word by drawing full-page rectangles, filling them with color, and sending them behind the text.

Collaborate in Word by using the review tab to add comments and track changes, then accept or reject edits and navigate or view all comments in the reviewing pane.

Learn how to use the find and replace feature in Microsoft Word, including Ctrl F to search, the replace dialog, and replacing one or all occurrences across the document.

Copy formatting across text by using the Format Painter tool: select the source text, click Format Painter on the Home ribbon, and apply styles to other text.

Create and customize calendars in Word using templates or search, add your logo and images, adjust text and colors, then save as PDF for printing or sharing.

Insert and resize images from stock images, then position them with text using inline and wrap options (square, tight, through, top and bottom), and adjust with the picture format editor.

Learn to create and customize Microsoft Word certificates using templates, modify colors and text, add logos and signatures, and export as PDF, JPEG, or PNG.

Download Handycam from fontspace.com and extract it to a fonts folder. Drag the font file into the fonts in Control Panel, then select Handycam in Word.

Use the design tab to add watermarks in Word, choosing confidential, do not copy, or draft. Create custom watermarks with text or pictures and adjust scale, color, orientation, and transparency.

Convert a Word document into a web page with Microsoft Sway in Office 365, then edit, preview, and share the result.

Insert page borders in Word via the design tab, choose box or custom, adjust color, width, and shading, and preview effects like shadow or 3D before applying.

Learn mail merge in Microsoft Word to produce personalized letters or emails from an Excel list, using address blocks, greeting lines, and merge fields, then print or send.

Learn how to link Excel data to Word by using paste special with an Excel worksheet object. Also compare embedding as an Excel chart or pasting as a picture.

Learn to format paragraphs in Word, including alignment, line spacing, spacing before/after, indentation and multi-level lists, bullets, numbering styles, and inserting line and page breaks.

Learn to access Microsoft Word online for free on Office 365, sign in with a Microsoft account. Start from a blank page or templates and collaborate in real time.

Create a restaurant bill in Microsoft Word by configuring page size and margins, adding header details, customer info, an itemized table with totals, inserting a logo, and saving as PDF.

Learn how to combine multiple Word documents into a single file by inserting text from files, arranging their order as in the folder, and saving as Word or PDF.

Create circular text in Microsoft Word using WordArt, set equal horizontal and vertical sizes, apply text effects transform, center align, and layer two lines for a professional look.

Learn how to recover unsaved Word documents by navigating to file > info > manage document > recover unsaved documents, open it, and save as a Word document.

Reduce a word document’s file size by compressing pictures and applying the changes to all images. Choose email 96 ppi to minimize sharing size and save to see the reduction.

Learn to take and insert screenshots in Microsoft Word using screenshot or screen clipping, then crop and rotate images to fit your document.