Formatting is important, because it improves readability and sometimes emphasizes a document's purpose. That means that we spend a lot of time applying formats. Here are three tips will help you work ...

There is no avoiding the fact; Microsoft Word is a very powerful program that has way more features than you’re probably ever going to need. When you are just getting started with Word the entire ...

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 ...

Most of us know that formatting a table’s data, cells, and borders can potentially help readers grasp what a table is trying to say. But that doesn’t mean we know the best way to make it happen. When ...

Changing the default printer driver to PDF lets files created in Word 2010 format properly in Word 2007, but the only permanent solution is to revert to Word's old default format. Dennis O'Reilly ...

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 ...

The How-To Geek weblog steps through how to use Word's find and replace feature to handle formatting the same way it handles text. Click in the blank Find box, and then you can use the regular ...

Word tables have long been a way that people create spreadsheet-like items in Word documents. Word tables are also often used to improve the layout of a page in Word. Regardless of how you plan to use ...

Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2004. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. Q. Format Painter is a ...