Microsoft Word
Practice real Microsoft Word workflows — resolving tracked changes and comments, applying heading styles and judging new section levels, inserting a table of contents and matching its depth to the document, running a mail merge, and choosing the right editing restriction — in a hands-on training simulation.
Educational practice environment — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Microsoft.
Options
Lesson 1 is free in every option. You'll enter your email first — no password. $20 unlocks the rest of Beginner or Advanced · Crash Course is $10.
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Beginner
Every step spelled out, including what each screen and field actually means. For anyone who's never opened Microsoft Word before.
Start Beginner — free lesson 1 →
Advanced
The full real-world workflow with less hand-holding. Best if you've used it before or pick up new software fast.
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Crash Course
Four of the Advanced lessons — the highest-value tasks in the same real workflow. Built for brushing up before an interview.
Start Crash Course — $10, free lesson 1 →
What you'll practice
Getting Set Up
- Create a Custom Style
- Insert a Footnote
- Set Up Header & Footer
- Change Page Orientation and Margins
- Add a Watermark to a Draft Document
- Turn On the Navigation Pane
Editing
- Resolve Tracked Changes
- Triage the Comments
Headings & TOC
- Apply Heading Styles
- Decide the Level for a New Section
- Insert a Table of Contents
- Match the TOC Depth to the Document
Mailings & Protection
- Run a Mail Merge
- Restrict Editing
- Choose the Right Restriction for Active Review
Drills & Projects
Drill
Before You Send It →
Six real send-it-off tasks, on an actual document — a mail merge with a gap, tracked changes still recording, a comment that should never leave the building, and more.
🔒 Included with Microsoft Word
Drill
Off the Page →
Six real document-structure tasks, on an actual page and section list — a footnote numbered twice, a header leaking onto the cover page, a DRAFT watermark left on the final copy, and more.
🔒 Included with Microsoft Word
Drill
Looks Fine on Screen →
Six real Microsoft Word tasks, on an actual document — a template that remembers its last client, a PDF that kept the redlines, two copies with two sets of edits, an image with no alt text, and more.
🔒 Included with Microsoft Word
Drill
Behind the Text →
Six real Word tasks, on an actual document — a page break made of blank lines, a rebrand done shape by shape, a contract anyone can unlock, a spell check that never ran, and more.
🔒 Included with Microsoft Word
Drill
The Long Document →
Six real Word tasks, on an actual document — a list of figures typed by hand, a contents page from last week, a contract returned with tracking off, and more.
🔒 Included with Microsoft Word