Microsoft Word Masterclass 2026 — From Beginner to Pro

Select the text to change, then adjust font size and family in the home tab. Apply bold, italic, underline, strike-through, subscript, or superscript as needed; font size has no limit.

Master text styles and effects in Microsoft Word using presets, typography, outlines in solid, dashed, and dotted styles, shadows, reflections, glow, and text highlighting with color options.

Explore changing case in Word using the change case drop-down, with options to capitalize each word, capitalize the first letter of each sentence, and switch between upper and lower case.

Demonstrates how to use clear all formatting in Microsoft Word to remove formatting changes and restore text or a document to its default look, while preserving case changes and highlights.

Learn to create bulleted and numbered lists in Word, toggle styles with the bullet/numbering icons, and build nested levels by tabbing to explore roman numerals, letters, and dots.

Explore how to align text in Word, choosing center, left, or right alignment and controlling appearance, while distinguishing alignment from text direction for many languages.

Explore different kinds of text justification in Microsoft Word, including justify load, justify medium, and justify high, and observe automatic spacing for cleaner text.

Adjust line spacing and paragraph spacing, including space before and after paragraphs, and apply shading and borders to selected text to highlight words or sentences.

Master the Word clipboard with cut, copy, paste, and paste options, keep source formatting, merge formatting, keep text only, and paste pictures, plus format painter.

Master the format painter to copy formatting from one text block to another in Word. Select the source text, click format painter, then apply the formatting to the target text.

Master Word's editing tools to find and replace text, select occurrences across long documents, navigate results, and view searches by pages or headings for faster edits.

Learn to use find and replace in Word to locate words, replace them in bulk, verify results with search, and undo changes to restore original text.

Navigate the layout tab to understand document structure and settings, explore the options it offers, and set up your document for any project.

Adjust margins to control the white space between content and page edges, selecting layout presets—normal, narrow, moderate, wide—or setting custom margins with precise numbers.

Set page orientation between landscape and portrait and tailor Word paper sizes with presets like letter, legal, executive, A3–A6, B4–B5, envelopes, and Japanese papers for precise printing.

Master Word formatting by creating two- or three-column layouts for newspaper or magazine styles, with optional left or right sidebars, then return to a single column.

Learn how to insert page and column breaks to move to the next page from a chosen cursor position and continue writing on the new page.

Enable line numbers to automatically number every line in your document using the continuous option. Avoid using this for lists, as it numbers all lines regardless of structure.

Create and customize tables in Word by inserting with the visual selector or draw table, importing Excel spreadsheets, and refining with table design, layout, borders, alignments, and cell margins.

Insert pictures from device, stock images, or online sources, then use wrap text and picture format options to adjust size, position, border, transparency, and crop.

Insert, customize, and format shapes in Word, applying shape fill, outline, and effects, and adding text inside shapes; set text direction, alignment, styles, and add links.

Explore inserting shapes and icons in Microsoft Word, then customize shape fill, outline, effects, and text within shapes to create labeled, linked designs.

Explore how to insert and manipulate 3D models in Word, choosing from Microsoft’s library, inserting, navigating, rotating with preset views to enhance your document.

Learn when to use charts versus SmartArt in Word to present numbers and concepts, then add and customize SmartArt with design options, colors, and text formatting.

Insert charts in Word by selecting a chart type, pasting data from Excel, and customizing the chart design with presets, colors, and data edits.

Capture and insert screenshots quickly with screen clipping in Microsoft Word. Open screen clipping, select an area from other windows, and insert the image directly into your document.

Apply themes in Word to give your document a professional look with fonts, sizes, and colors. Customize the current theme by adjusting colors and fonts to match your desired style.

Change the page background by selecting page color in the design tab to apply a consistent background color to the entire document and all pages.

Add and customize page borders in Word by applying lines of various widths, including double and dotted styles, shadows, and 3D effects, and embellish with decorative border arts.

Add watermarks to your Word document with presets like draft or urgent, or create a custom watermark by choosing language, text, font family, size, and color for the entire project.

Explore the draw tab in Microsoft Word and learn how to add drawings, signatures, and use drawing tools to enhance a Word document.

Explore the pen tool in Word's draw tab to annotate with adjustable thickness, colors, and patterns, and switch between two presets for efficient notes.

Explore the pencil tool in the draw tab of Microsoft Word, compare its texture to the pen tool, and learn to adjust thickness and color for realistic freehand drawing.

Explore highlighting in Microsoft Word by using the highlighter tool, adjusting thickness, choosing colors, and using it alongside the draw tab for seamless annotation.

Explore using the draw tab ruler in Microsoft Word to make precise drawings, set a zero degree line, and snap objects to the ruler for accurate placement.

Explore Word's draw tab selection tools to move or delete drawings, including highlighters, pencils, and pens, and create area selections with the lasso tool by clicking and dragging.

Master how to use the eraser to remove drawing elements and format the drawing canvas background in Word, applying notebook styles, grids, and rule lines from the draw tab.

Learn how to insert and format mathematical equations in Microsoft Word for math-heavy documents, and master working with equations in Word.

Learn to insert currency symbols in Microsoft Word using the insert tab and symbols, including the dollar, pound, euro, and yen signs.

Learn to insert the plus-minus symbol in Microsoft Word using the Insert tab and Symbol options, enabling you to include plus or minus signs in equations.

Learn how to insert not equal to symbol in Microsoft Word by using insert symbol, locate not equal to, click to add it, and use it in your project.

Learn to insert copyright, registered, and trademark symbols in Microsoft Word using the insert, symbol menu, and add them to your document with ease.

Learn to insert greater than, greater than or equal to, less than, and less than or equal to symbols in Microsoft Word using the insert symbol feature.

Learn to use Microsoft Word to insert proper multiplication and division signs, replacing the star with the multiplication symbol and applying the division sign.

Learn to insert the micro sign in Microsoft Word by using the insert symbol feature. Understand micro as a prefix for physical units.

Insert Greek letters in Microsoft Word by using the Insert > Symbol workflow, adding alpha and beta to your documents with ease.

Learn to insert the ohm sign in Microsoft Word by using the Insert, Symbol menu to add the OM symbol quickly and easily.

Learn to insert the sigma symbol in Microsoft Word using the insert tab and symbols, making it accessible for use in documents as a special notation.

Learn to insert umlaut letters and other special symbols in Microsoft Word by using insert symbol, exploring the symbols library, and applying keyboard shortcuts like alt+0.169 for a copyright sign.

Learn to insert and customize complex equations in Microsoft Word using the equation tab, fractions, radicals, integrals, limits, matrices, and functions.