Master Microsoft Word by creating real documents you'll be proud of — from CVs to newspapers, travel guides and more.
Word processing is one of the most important digital skills you will ever learn. Every job, every course, every university application — they all need it.
Coursework, reports, and revision notes all look better and score higher when they're well formatted. Teachers notice effort in presentation.
Over 80% of office jobs require Word skills. Whether you become a doctor, designer or engineer — you'll write documents every week.
Essays, dissertations, lab reports — all need headings, tables, images and consistent formatting. Start building these habits now.
Letters to your landlord, event flyers, party invitations — Word skills help you communicate clearly in every part of life.
Each lesson teaches you real Word skills through fun, creative projects. By the end, you'll be confident creating professional documents from scratch.
Follow this simple pathway to build your Word skills step by step.
Everyone completes this lesson first. You'll learn the essential Word skills — headings, tables, formatting and images — while creating a real CV you can use.
Pick at least 2 of the 4 optional projects below. Each one teaches different Word skills through a fun theme. You can do them in any order you like.
Finished your projects? Check the enhancement ideas below to take your work further and really impress your teacher.
Click a project to mark it complete. You need the CV + at least 2 others.
Create a professional CV from scratch. Learn the core Word skills — headings, bold text, tables for your education, bullet point skills lists, and how to insert a photo. This is your foundation for everything else.
Design a school newspaper front page with columns, headlines, and images that wrap around text. Learn how to use WordArt for a bold masthead and create an events table.
Create a travel guide to your dream destination. Use colourful titles, page borders, text boxes for tips, an itinerary table, and beautiful photos with captions.
Build a matchday programme for your own football club. Create a league table, numbered squad list, headers and footers, and use shapes for section dividers and badges.
Design an information leaflet about your favourite pet. Learn to use spell check, find and replace, borders and shading for tip boxes, and how to keep formatting consistent throughout.
Finished your projects? Here are ideas to enhance your documents and push yourself further.
Pick 2–3 colours that work well together and use them consistently across your headings, borders and highlights. This makes your document look professionally designed.
Use paragraph spacing (before and after) instead of pressing Enter multiple times. Set consistent line spacing (1.15 or 1.5) throughout your document for a polished look.
Try picture styles — add shadows, reflections or rounded corners to your images. Use the crop tool to remove unwanted parts and make photos fit perfectly.
Use the Table Design tab to add alternating row colours (banded rows). Merge cells for a title row across the top. Remove or style individual borders for a custom look.
Use one font for headings and a different font for body text — this is what professional designers do. Try pairing a bold sans-serif heading with a clean serif body font.
Use Word's built-in Styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, Normal) instead of manually formatting each heading. This keeps everything consistent and lets you create a table of contents automatically.
When your document is finished, save it as a PDF (File → Save As → PDF). This preserves your formatting exactly and is how professionals share final documents.
Create a brand new document of your own choice — a recipe book, a game guide, a music magazine — and use every skill you've learned across all the lessons.
The Word skills you're learning right now aren't just for school — they'll give you an edge in everything that comes next.
Many subjects require well-presented written work. Students who format professionally often score higher on presentation marks.
Personal statements, cover letters, and application forms all need clear, well-formatted writing. You're already ahead of most applicants.
Reports, proposals, meeting agendas, client documents — Word is used in virtually every workplace. These skills transfer directly to Google Docs too.
Invoices, business plans, marketing flyers — if you ever start your own business, you'll need every one of these document skills.