Free Microsoft Office courses with a certificate

With us - nothing! All MS Office courses on Alison.com are free. We source courses and make them available at no charge because we believe that education should be available for all, not just the few who can afford it.

Yes, you can. All you need to do is:

1. Create your free account on Alison
2. Browse the MS Office courses
3. Select the ones that appeal to you and match what you want to learn
4. Enrol in the course and work at your own pace
5. Pass the assessments and start your next course

There is no limit to how many courses you can complete - all at no cost. 

If you want a certificate to show off your credentials or add to your resume, there is a small cost for the production and shipping of the documents. Absolutely everything else is completely free.

Yes, you can learn the ins and outs of MS Office on your own. Our courses are designed to be self-study with plenty of graphs, videos, imagery, tips and tricks to help you grasp the information. We deliberately break courses into modules so you are not overwhelmed by content, and many are short enough to work through in a morning or afternoon so you can fit them into your schedule or lifestyle.

Good foundational courses to start with are:

1. Office 365 for End Users

This course takes you through important basics like Outlook for your email, OneDrive for sharing documents and even how to master multiple calendars so you never miss an appointment.

2. Introduction to Administering Office 365 for Small Businesses 

Full of crucial skills if you want to run the IT for a small company, this course explains the more technical details of setting up Office 365 for users.

3. Microsoft Word for Everyday Use 

One of the most widely used components of MS Office is Word. If you’re writing college essays, documents for work or even a novel, this is the course for you.

MS Office is the name for a group of programs used widely worldwide in homes, schools and offices. They are:

• MS Excel (spreadsheets)
• MW Word (text documents)
• MS PowerPoint (presentations)
• MS Outlook (email)
• MS Access (data management)  
• MS Publisher (desktop publishing)

MS 365 contains all of the above as well as online storage and Cloud-connected features so you can share files in real time. It is MS Office with extra features.