I have no idea what "certificate 3 at Tafe" means.

There are lots of tutorials on macros, but recording macros is not a way to program Word, it is a step. The macro recorder does not pick up many Word actions and can be very inefficient in what it does record.

Here is a good starting point: http://wordmvp.com/FAQs/MacrosVBA/index.htm

Here is a good book: Writing Word Macros: An Introduction to Programming Word using VBA: PhD Steven Roman