With Word you can:
- Create a document from scratch or from a template.
- Add text, images, art, and videos.
- Research a topic and find credible sources.
- Access your documents from a computer, tablet, or phone via OneDrive.
- Share your documents and collaborate with others.
- Track and review changes.
Create a new document
- On the File tab, select New.
- Select Blank document, or double-click a template image or type the kind of document into the Search for online templates box and press Enter.
Tip: For practice using Word features, try a learning guide like Welcome to Word or Insert your first table of contents.
Add and format text
- Click on your new blank page and type some text.
- Select text to format and choose font options on the Home tab: Bold, Italic, Bullets, Numbering, and more.
Add Pictures, Shapes, SmartArt, Chart, and more
- Select the Insert tab.
- Select what you want to add:
- Tables – choose Table, hover over the size you want, and select it.
- Pictures – select Pictures, browse for an image on your computer, a online stock image, or with an image search on Bing.
Note: Older versions of Word may have Online Pictures on the ribbon next to Pictures.
- Shapes – select Shapes, and choose a shape from the drop-down.
- Icons – choose Icons, pick the one you want, and select Insert.
- 3D Models – select 3D Models, choose from a file or online source, pick the image you want, and select Insert.
- SmartArt – choose SmartArt, pick a SmartArt Graphic, and select OK.
- Chart – select Chart, choose the chart you want, and select OK.
- Screenshot – select Screenshot and select one from the drop-down.