Free · Word and PDFCertificate of recognition templates
For marking something someone achieved or contributed, at work, at school or in a club. 13 templates, every line editable in Word.
Want your logo, colour or signature on it? Press Customise to open any template in the free certificate maker.
Wording for a recognition certificate
Lines for under the name. Copy one, then paste it over the placeholder in Word.
What to put on it
- What is being recognised, in a sentence
- The team, project or period it covers
- Who is recognising it: organisation and signer
- The date
How to edit a recognition certificate in Word
- 01Download the Word filePress Word on any template. It’s a .docx, A4 landscape, with its fonts inside.
- 02Enable editingWord may open it in Protected View first, as it does any download. Click Enable Editing.
- 03Type over the placeholdersEvery line is its own text box. The logo, seal and signature are pictures: delete them, or right-click ▸ Change Picture.
- 04Print it or save a PDFFile ▸ Print on card, or File ▸ Save As ▸ PDF to email it. Change the name and save again for the next person.
Questions
- What is a certificate of recognition?
- A certificate that formally notes something someone did: a result, a contribution or a milestone. It’s often given at a staff meeting or awards evening.
- Can I use these for staff awards?
- Yes. For a monthly award see the employee of the month templates; for years of service, the retirement and recognition ones both work.
- Are these certificate templates free?
- Yes. Download as many as you like as Word or PDF: no sign-up, no watermark.
- Can I edit them in Word?
- Yes. The design is the page’s background and every line of text is a text box you can retype, in the template’s own font (the fonts are inside the file). The logo, seal and signature are pictures you can delete or change.
- Will they open in Google Docs?
- They’re made for Microsoft Word. Google Docs can open a .docx but may move the text boxes and swap the fonts, so for Google Drive, customise the template in the maker and download a PDF.
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