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Microsoft Word Tutorials

Word Tutorial for Windows

Word Tutorial for Mac

GCF Global Word 2016 Beginner Tutorial
From GCF Global learn how to use Microsoft word with this step by step, easy to understand tutorial.
Microsoft Word Tutorial for Beginners
A beginner's guide to using Microsoft Word with helpful pictures for each step of the way.
Microsoft Office 365 Training
From Microsoft, this website offers a variety of tutorials in video and text format to provide basic training in any of the Microsoft Office products including Office 365, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, OneDrive, Skype for Business, Access, Delve, Project Online, Publisher, SharePoint, Visio, and Yammer. Training is provided on versions 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, and Office 365

MS Word 2016 Windows Quick Reference Guide
Use this handy cheat sheet to help you quickly reference some basic information about using Word for Windows.
MS Word 2016 for the Mac Quick Reference Guide
Use this handy cheat sheet to help you quickly reference some basic information about using Word for Mac.

21 Tips and Tricks for Word
Tips from GCF Global
16 Tips for Using Microsoft Word
Article from PC Magazine
Time saving tips and tricks for Microsoft Word
Information from Computerworld
How to Set Up Voice Dictation in Word
Article trom Popular Science
Writing Accessible Word Documents
Information from the National Center on Disability and Access to Education

Flowchart for Printing Images
Learn how to use a photo or image legally within a document or presentation.
You can use a picture if...
Learn more about legally using photos in your documents or presentations.

MS Word 2016 for Windows PDF Handout
This 36-page booklet, in PDF form, will help you learn all about Microsoft Word for Windows. Download, save, or print this PDF for later reference. The accompanying exercises for this booklet can be found below by their titles as word documents.
MS Word 2016 for Mac PDF Handout
This 36 page booklet, in PDF form, will help you learn all about Microsoft Word for the Mac. Download, save, or print this PDF for later reference. The accompanying exercises for this booklet can be found below by their titles as word documents.
Birds
Birds document for practice.
Computers and the Internet Raw
Practice centering, spell-check, accessing hyperlinks, and inserting graphics into this document.
Computers: Lions of the Industry
Learn how to create columns out of this single paragraph.
Grand Teton Article
Use this article with National Parks to practice the copy/cut/paste exercise in the MS Word 2013 handout.
John Smith Article
Use this article to accompany the lesson on "Find and Replace," and track changes.
Memory Clutter
Memory Clutter article that helps you practice using the Format Painter in corresponding exercise located in the MS Word 2013 handout.
National Parks Article
Use this article along with Grand Teton National Park to practice copy/cut/paste exercises in the MS Word 2013 handout.
Tabs
Access this handout to practice using tabs instead of spaces to line up text in a document. Learn why spaces are not as reliable when "lining up text" in a document.