MS Word: Improve Your Writing with Microsoft Word (Basic)

Pin frequently used documents and folders in the Word file menu for quick access, and learn to save as pdf, print, and share for online presentation via the cloud.

Explore the file menu options, configure auto save to recover recent work every ten minutes, and designate save locations; enable Word's LinkedIn integration and tailor settings to your needs.

Explore the home menu in Word to format text, including color, bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough; adjust paragraph alignment; use format painter; and employ find, replace, select tools, and undo.

Use the styles tab to apply title and heading formats for consistent document styling, and update heading styles to match selections for a coherent table of contents.

Explore the Word insert menu, from cover pages and blank pages to table of contents, hyperlinks, and header and footer tools, with graphical objects and YouTube video options.

Learn to insert screenshots, cross references and hyperlinks, and symbols (including alt codes) in Word, and connect links within the document via headings or bookmarks.

Explore the design menu in Word to apply themes, adjust fonts and color schemes, tweak paragraph spacing, and reset to the template defaults for branding.

Explore the layout tab to control the final appearance before printing or exporting to PDF. Adjust margins, orientation, paper size, columns, and line numbers, then refine spacing and indentation.

Explore the references tab to insert footnotes or endnotes, use Word’s style guides for APA and Chicago, and use smart lookup and researcher tab to cite sources and add images.

Explore the mailings menu to prepare envelopes or labels using mail merge, configure envelope and label options, and print with optional electronic postage by adjusting orientation and feeder settings.

Explore the Word review tab’s proofing tools—spell and grammar checks, thesaurus, word count, read aloud, accessibility checks, and translation—and collaboration features like comments and track changes.

Collaborate with others using the track changes panel to track edits, view markup, add comments, and then accept changes or monitor and enforce editing restrictions on who can edit.

Open the resume assistant panel in the review menu, enter your role and industry, and view or copy examples for your document. Filter live LinkedIn examples by skills.

Use the View menu to switch between read mode, print layout, and web layout with rulers, grid lines, a navigation pane, and zoom options for easier editing.

Create a Word document using the home tab to apply styles. Insert and center images, apply headings, add a cover page, and include an automatic table of contents.

Track changes, remove markup, and run spelling and grammar checks; format with styles, insert page breaks, and compare revised to original for a polished Word document.

Save your document with Save as, choosing formats such as doc file, pdf, html, ATF, plain text, or open document text, and enable maintain compatibility with previous versions of Word.

Navigate Word menus to create, format, print, and save documents as Word files or PDFs; review spelling, track changes, insert links and references, and apply consistent styles.