HTML week

We have begun work on programing with HTML last week but we still continue to work on the assignments provided to us since last week and i still find myself confused at points, it is not without help but it is only to during the stuff is due, i cant work on the assignments at home either as the instructions on word don't seem to load properly and il i get is what looks like";lk5%hdf" continuosly and so it leaves me trying to understand why it does not work properly.