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Free certificate template for Google Docs

A landscape certificate in Google Docs with recipient, achievement, date and signature, generated one per person from your completion or award list.

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Automate this template Copy to my Google Docs How to use it

Free to copy, no sign-up: the file opens in your own Google Drive. Updated November 13, 2026.

The actual template Free certificate template for Google Docs: preview of the first page

What’s in the certificate template

Every block has a placeholder showing where your details go. Type over them by hand, or bind each one to a field in your data and let it fill itself.

  • Bordered landscape page with title {{certificate.title}}
  • Recipient name {{recipient.name}}
  • Achievement or course line {{achievement.name}}
  • Date and certificate number {{certificate.date}} · {{certificate.number}}
  • Issuer and signature line {{issuer.name}}

How to use this certificate template in Google Docs

  1. 01

    Copy the template to your Google Drive

    Press "Copy to my Google Docs". Google asks to make a copy, and the copy is yours to edit; the original is never changed. All you need is a free Google account.

  2. 02

    Replace the placeholders with your details

    Text in double braces, like {{certificate.title}}, marks where your own values go. Work down the page: bordered landscape page with title; recipient name; achievement or course line, and so on.

  3. 03

    Make it match your brand

    Swap the logo, colours and fonts in Google Docs as you would in any document. The layout is built to hold when the text changes.

  4. 04

    Download it as a PDF, or share the link

    File, then Download, then PDF Document gives you a file to send or print. Download as Word (.docx) works too if someone needs it.

  5. 05

    Making these regularly? Fill it from your data

    Connect Airtable, Google Sheets or a CSV to SourceToDocs and it fills a copy of this template for every row, so you stop retyping.

Most certificates in this library are Google Slides, because a certificate is a designed page. This one is the Google Docs version for teams that live in Docs: a bordered landscape page, the recipient and achievement placed from the roster, one PDF per person.

From roster to folder of PDFs

Keep the completions table: recipient, course, date, number. Filter to the cohort and generate; each row becomes a certificate in Drive with its PDF, named from the record.

Fill this certificate template from Airtable, Google Sheets or a CSV

Connect an Airtable base, a Google Sheets spreadsheet or a CSV file, map each field to a placeholder, and generate. One run can produce a single document or one per matching row, delivered to your Google Drive.

Certificates & credentials: A landscape certificate in Google Docs with recipient, achievement, date and signature, generated one per person from your completion or award list.

Completions · Airtable

RecipientCourseDate
Ada LovelaceData Basics3 Nov 2026
Grace HopperData Basics3 Nov 2026
Alan TuringAdvanced SQL4 Nov 2026

Template: Google Slides or Docs

{{recipient.name}}

{{achievement.name}}

{{certificate.date}}

{{certificate.number}}

{{issuer.name}}

one certificate per record, PDF alongside

Generated output

DocsPDF

Ada Lovelace

Data Basics

3 Nov 2026

No. 2026-0412

Signed

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Who uses this certificate template

Training providers and schools

A certificate per completion from the course roster, emailed as PDF.

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Associations and events

Participation and award certificates from the attendee list.

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HR and compliance

Internal training records with a certificate per employee per course.

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Common questions, answered

Docs or Slides for certificates? +
Either. The Slides versions in this library give pixel control for a designed certificate; this Docs version is for teams who work in Docs and want a simple bordered page they can edit like a document. Both generate one per recipient.
One certificate per person? +
Yes. Each row in the roster becomes one certificate with its own PDF, named from the record.
Can I add a logo and signature image? +
Yes. Place your logo in the header and a signature image above the line; both are fixed parts of the master and appear on every certificate.
Is this certificate template free? +
Yes. Copy it to your own Google Drive at no cost and with no sign-up, then edit it like any Google Docs file. You only need SourceToDocs if you want it filled from your data automatically, and that has a free plan too.
Can I download this certificate template as a PDF or Word file? +
Yes. Open your copy in Google Docs and choose File, Download. PDF Document gives a print-ready file; Microsoft Word (.docx) gives an editable one for people who do not use Google Docs.

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