This article, Three helpful Word formatting tips for working smarter, originally appeared on TechRepublic.com. Formatting is important, because it improves readability and sometimes emphasizes a ...

With so many menus to dig through, getting a document to look decent in Microsoft Word can feel like a chore. I used to find formatting tedious, but after learning a few features and shortcuts, it ...

Whether by applying prebuilt effects to images, adding columns and borders, or placing text over images, you can improve the eye-appeal of your Word documents with just a few clicks and settings ...

Once you get the format of your Word document just right, you don’t want users (or colleagues) messing things up in any way. Learn how you can lock all formatting options in your Word 2003 documents ...

Maintaining document formatting can be quite challenging when working with text from multiple sources. Fortunately, Microsoft Word provides you with special paste and formatting options to help you ...

Using Word styles will help you work more efficiently and create consistent documents that are easy to maintain and modify. There are two ways to format a Word document. You can apply formatting ...

Style: It matters as much for your Word documents as it does for how you dress every day. Your work could be great, but it won’t stand out if you stick with the dull, gray sea of Calibri 11 text in ...

A family member contacted me this morning about a problem a friend of his was having in Microsoft Word. It seems there were little dots in every blank space, paragraph marks at each “carriage return,” ...

If you're typing in a word processor and suddenly notice a symbol you don't recognize, you've probably enabled an often ...

If you're thinking of publishing a book or shorter work created in Microsoft Word on Amazon.com for the Kindle device, careful formatting is essential for a polished product. Kindle format is based on ...

Follow the steps below to show and hide formatting marks or non-printing characters in Word: Under the section “Always show these formatting marks on screen,” you can enable one or more formatting ...

Formatting in a Word document is important to manage properly. If you copy and paste content from one source to another, formatting may remain from the original document. Consistency can be ...