Business users have found many ways to take advantage of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini™, and Claude. These tools can help you get work done faster and more efficiently. This includes the authoring of content within word processing tools like Microsoft® Word, Google Docs™, and LibreOffice® Writer or desktop publishing tools such as Adobe® InDesign®, Microsoft Publisher®, and QuarkXPress. GenAI tools can help you brainstorm ideas to inspire your writing and can help you create and revise text and image content for a wide range of writing and documentation projects. And all these tasks can be accomplished using free online AI tools.
Getting the Most from Your Documents with GenAI
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Getting the Most from Your Documents with GenAI
This course is part of Maximize Office Productivity with GenAI Specialization
Instructor: Bill Rosenthal
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6 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
In this course, you will use generative AI tools to help you develop text and images that you can use in your documents.
Skills you'll gain
- Google Docs
- Creative Problem-Solving
- Productivity Software
- Business Communication
- Microsoft Copilot
- Writing
- Problem Solving
- Prompt Engineering
- Business Writing
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Word
- User Interface (UI)
- Brainstorming
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Artificial Intelligence
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Google Gemini
- Generative AI
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January 2026
Assessments
1 assignment
Taught in English
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This course is part of the Maximize Office Productivity with GenAI Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
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- Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
- Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
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There are 4 modules in this course
Most writers, at some point or another, have faced the problem of writer's block. You have to compose a letter, paper, speech, or business proposal and are daunted with the task of what to write about or where to even begin. Now, with generative AI tools such as Copilot, Gemini™, and ChatGPT, you have an ever-ready team of creative partners to help get you started in the process of brainstorming, research, and writing.
What's included
1 reading6 plugins
Chatbots are based upon a learned ability to make sense of words and language. You might consider the ability to read written text in a prompt and respond with their own written text to be the very heart of what chatbots do.
What's included
5 plugins
Popular word processing applications enable you to create a wide variety of visually interesting documents, including marketing slicks, flyers, brochures, proposals, newsletters, web pages, posters, and so forth. You can use the image-generation capabilities of generative AI tools to create custom images that you can include in such documents or to generate visual ideas that you can develop further in your image editing applications.
What's included
5 plugins
You'll wrap things up and then validate what you've learned in this course by taking an assessment.
What's included
1 assignment1 plugin
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