Advanced learners who want to create A+ school projects need to communicate ideas and stories in a compelling and impactful ways. Microsoft 365 provides you with the tools you need to produce quality, dynamic reports and presentations, whether you're in middle school, high school, or college.
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Plan your work
A stellar report begins with a good foundation. Here are tools to help you research and stay organized before you start writing.
Plan with Researcher in Word
Researcher in Word helps you research topics, find reliable sources, and add content with citations all within Word.
Organize your ideas with Collections
Collections in Microsoft Edge helps you keep track of your web research, whether you're collecting notes or just want to pick up where you left off the last time you were browsing the internet.
Stay organized with OneNote
OneNote is a digital notebook where you can keep all your notes, screen shots, and links in one place. Create sections for different needs such as brainstorming, references, contacts, and more.
Get writing help with Editor
Microsoft Editor is an AI-powered service that helps bring out your best writer in more than 20 languages. Use it when writing papers and presentations and make sure typos don't take the spotlight.
Create reports and presentations with templates
Get a head start on book reports, papers, and online or in-person presentations with ready-to-customize templates in Word and PowerPoint.
Ace that book report with the help of this PowerPoint template. It includes slides for comparisons, lists, and videos, and has lots of space for you to add original touches.
Elevate your school report with the help of this colorful template that supports 3D models that rotate and tilt. Helpful tips guide you through building your document. This template includes spaces for graphs, a table of contents, a bibliography, and more.
Use this template to create a dynamic presentation about a famous person. It's useful for school projects, educational settings, or any time you want to tell a story about a prominent individual.
Use this accessible Word template for a book report, term paper, or other basic school report. It includes easy-to-follow instructions about how to personalize the template. Personalize it with a cover photo of your own for a different look.
Do you need to write a paper with a partner or team? Use this accessible template to collaborate on a great looking report that keeps all your concepts structured and organized.
You can use this term paper Word template to create a great looking report with a cover sheet. Swap out the cover photo for a personal feel and build your content from the outline included in the template.
Writing a report is easier with this pre-formatted Word template. We've set up styles for headings, quotes, numbered and bulleted lists so you can focus on writing a great paper.
This Word template will help you format your paper for MLA guidelines. It includes formatted styles and instructional text to assist you in easily creating your report while adhering to MLA style.
Create science and technology reports
Reporting on science and technology requires specific elements for your content and data. Use one of these templates to make your reports and presentations shine.
This Word template will help you create a presentation that describes a scientific experiment conducted using the scientific method. It's easy to customize and build on.
Whether your school science fair is in-person or remote, this PowerPoint template will help you ace your project. It includes slides for summary and hypothesis, data, graphs, and videos so you can share your ideas.
Create a comprehensive school project about the solar system with this template for PowerPoint. This includes informative illustrations of the planets so you can make your presentation look great.
Present your scientific research with this PowerPoint design. Slide varieties include a sample chart, table, and SmartArt graphic in coordinating colors.
Engage your audience with this 3D PowerPoint presentation. Use this template as a starting point and tailor it with your own words. You can rotate models a full 360 degrees to illustrate a point or focus on a specific feature.
Dinosaurs seem to come to life with this 3D PowerPoint presentation. Create exciting content and captivate your audience. Simply swap out the boilerplate content with your own research.
Take your classmates on a virtual field trip right from your computer. Modify this template to create a trip using the power of digital media. Where in the world would you like to go?
Bring your presentations to life
After creating your content, you can spice up the visuals to grab people's attention and keep them focused on your content.
Generate designs automatically
PowerPoint Designer improves your slides by automatically generating design ideas and matching your content to professionally designed layouts.
Add dimension with 3D models
Expand the creativity and visual impact of your projects by inserting 3D models into your presentations and reports. Get started with the help of colorful templates that guide you through creating your documents.
Morph your slides in PowerPoint
Morph your PowerPoint slides to animate smooth movement from one slide to the next, to create the appearance of moving art and text elements.
Add WordArt to a slide
Insert WordArt to add effects to text and visually transform your text and slides.
Meet your deadlines
Researching and writing will get you far but you've also got to meet your deadlines. Keep track of your workload with these schedules and calendars.
Track your homework assignments with this accessible weekly homework Word template, with rows for up to 8 class periods. Print it or work with it online.
This academic Word calendar can be easily updated for any month and year. It includes room for notes, plus previous and next month for at-a-glance scheduling. See the customized "calendar" tab on the ribbon to easily make changes. Click "Enable Macros" when prompted during download.
Tip: To stay organized and keep track of everything, try Microsoft To-do, a simple and intelligent to-do list that lets you manage all your tasks in one place. You can work through your tasks for the day in My Day and create any number of additional lists to organize your work and assignments.
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