How-to guides and tutorials to help you perform specific tasks and use the Microsoft Word word-processing application.
Add a font to Word: download and unzip it, right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install, then restart Word. Embed fonts when sharing files. Continue Reading How to Add a New Font to Word (Windows, Mac and Word 2013)
Delete a page in Word, including stubborn blank pages at the end. Use Go To \page, show paragraph marks, and fix page breaks, section breaks, and tables. Continue Reading How to Delete a Page in Word (Including Blank Pages)
Convert a PDF to an editable Word document with Microsoft Word, Google Docs for free, or Adobe Acrobat, including scanned PDFs, plus tips to keep formatting. Continue Reading How to Convert a PDF to Word
Hide text in Microsoft Word on Windows or Mac with the Hidden font effect or Ctrl+Shift+H, then show, print, or remove hidden text before sharing a document. Continue Reading How to Hide Text in Word (and Show, Print, or Remove It)
Make an appendix in Word: add a page break at the end, type Appendix A, and apply Heading 1. Plus TOC updates, appendix captions, and APA/MLA rules. Continue Reading How to Make an Appendix in Word
Dictate in Word on a Mac with Home > Dictate (Microsoft 365) or macOS Dictation, plus voice commands for punctuation and fixes. Continue Reading How to Dictate in Word on a Mac
Go to File > Account and set Office Theme to White. Use View > Switch Modes to make just the page white. Steps for Mac and mobile too. Continue Reading How to Change Word to Light Mode
Turn a word into a link in Microsoft Word with Ctrl + K, link to websites, headings, emails or files, and edit, remove, or change how links open. Continue Reading How to Turn a Word Into a Link in Microsoft Word
Alphabetize a Word bibliography by updating a generated one or sorting a typed list with Home, Sort, Paragraphs, Text, Ascending. Continue Reading How to Put a Bibliography in Alphabetical Order in Word
Make text vertical in Word by rotating it in a text box or table cell, stacking letters, or rotating to any angle, and change it back to horizontal. Continue Reading How to Make Text Vertical in Word (Text Box, Table, Stacked)
Place your signature over a printed name in Word: insert the image, set Wrap Text to In Front of Text, make its background transparent and drag it into place. Continue Reading How to Put a Signature Over a Printed Name in Word
Make a spider diagram in Word with a SmartArt Basic Radial layout or with shapes and connectors, add branches, style it, and save it as a picture. Continue Reading How to Make a Spider Diagram in Word: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners
Select the text and click Line and Paragraph Spacing on the Home tab, then pick 1.0, 1.5, or 2.0. How to set exact spacing, remove gaps, and set a default. Continue Reading How to Adjust Line Spacing in Word
Add Word’s Shrink One Page command to the Quick Access Toolbar to pull overflow text back one page, plus other ways to fit text. Continue Reading How to Use Shrink One Page (Shrink to Fit) in Word
Make text wrap in a Word table: Table Properties > Cell > Options > Wrap text, untick Fit text, then AutoFit Window to keep it on the page. Continue Reading How to Wrap Text in a Table in Word
Add a table of figures in Word by captioning images and tables, then using References > Insert Table of Figures. Format, update, and troubleshoot it. Continue Reading How to Add a Table of Figures in Word (Step-by-Step)
Format bullet points in Word: change symbols, colors, and size, adjust indents and spacing, build multilevel lists, and fix bullets that won’t line up. Continue Reading How to Format Bullet Points in Word: A Step-by-Step Guide
Get Word back to normal: View > Print Layout, reset the zoom, leave Read Mode or Focus with Esc, and hide formatting marks with Ctrl + Shift + 8. Continue Reading How to Get a Word Document Back to Normal View
Select all text with Ctrl + A, highlight every instance of a word with Reading Highlight, or mark all matches permanently with Replace. Continue Reading How to Highlight All in Word (Text or Every Match)
Fix a Word table that runs off the page with AutoFit Window, 100 percent preferred width, a zero left indent, or a landscape section. Continue Reading How to Fix a Table in Word That Is Off the Page
Accept only formatting changes in Word: filter Show Markup to Formatting, then choose Accept All Changes Shown. Text edits stay tracked. Continue Reading How to Accept All Formatting Changes in Word
Clear a tab stop in Word: drag the marker off the ruler, or open Tabs from the Paragraph launcher and click Clear or Clear All. Continue Reading How to Clear a Tab Stop in Word
Type the plus-minus sign (±) in Word with Insert Symbol, 00B1 then Alt+X, Alt+0177, or Option+Shift+= on a Mac, and create your own shortcut. Continue Reading How to Type Plus or Minus (±) in Word: A Step-by-Step Guide
Use Microsoft Word offline with the desktop app, make OneDrive files available without internet, learn which features need a connection, and try free options. Continue Reading How to Use Microsoft Word Offline (Without Internet)
Make collapsible headings in Word with heading styles, collapse or expand one or all sections, and set headings to start collapsed when the document opens. Continue Reading How to Make Collapsible Headings in Word
Make header text black in Word with Font Color, fix a header that looks gray, update the Header style, or add a black header background with shading or a shape. Continue Reading How to Make the Header Black in Word: A Step-by-Step Guide
Fit a picture to the page in Word within margins, fill the entire page edge to edge with Behind Text wrapping, or set it as a page background. Continue Reading How to Fit a Picture to the Page in Word (Full Page and Background)
Stop tables splitting across pages in Word: turn off Allow row to break across pages, use Keep with next, repeat header rows and fix wrapping issues. Continue Reading How to Stop a Table From Splitting Across Pages in Word
Embed an image in Word with Insert > Pictures, drag and drop, or paste, then wrap text, resize, add alt text, and understand embedded vs. linked images. Continue Reading How to Embed an Image in Word (Insert, Position, and Resize)
Remove line numbers in Word from Layout > Line Numbers > None, suppress them for one paragraph, and fix numbers that stay in some sections. Continue Reading How to Get Rid of Line Numbers in Word
Sign a Word document on your iPad with the Draw tab and Apple Pencil, add a reusable signature with Markup, or insert a signature image. Continue Reading How to Sign a Word Document on an iPad
Adjust list indents in Word: right-click the list, choose Adjust List Indents and set the number position, text indent and what follows the number. Continue Reading How to Adjust List Indents in Word
Write fractions in Word with AutoFormat, fraction symbols, the equation editor (Alt + =), or superscript and subscript. Works on Windows, Mac, and web. Continue Reading How to Do Fractions in Word (4 Easy Methods)
Link or unlink Word sections: add section breaks, toggle Link to Previous for headers and footers, and restart page numbers per section. Continue Reading How to Link Sections in Word: Headers, Footers and Page Numbers
Save reusable text as Quick Parts in Word, insert it from the gallery or with F3, and edit or delete entries in the Building Blocks Organizer. Continue Reading How to Use Quick Parts in Word
Remove big gaps between words in Word: fix justified text, replace double spaces with Find and Replace, reset character spacing, and clear tabs. Continue Reading How to Remove Extra Spaces Between Words in Word
Remove drop-down arrows in Word: delete drop-down content controls while keeping text, remove legacy form fields, and turn off Paste Options buttons. Continue Reading How to Remove a Drop-Down Arrow in Word
Turn vertical text horizontal in Microsoft Word for text boxes, shapes, and table cells, fix rotated objects, and fix letters stacked one per line. Continue Reading How to Change Vertical Text to Horizontal in Word
Disable Word add-ins: File > Options > Add-ins > Manage COM Add-ins > Go, untick and restart. Remove web add-ins from My Add-ins, or use Safe Mode. Continue Reading How to Disable Add-ins in Word
Convert a Word .docx file to LaTeX for free with one Pandoc command, then clean up tables, images, and citations. Plus how to convert single equations in Word. Continue Reading How to Convert Word to LaTeX (Free, With Pandoc)
Create a user manual in Word with Heading styles, a cover page, an automatic table of contents, numbered steps, captioned screenshots and PDF export. Continue Reading How to Create a User Manual in Word
Turn on AutoSave in Word for Mac by saving to OneDrive or SharePoint, and use AutoRecover in Settings, Save for files stored on your Mac. Continue Reading How to Turn On AutoSave in Word for Mac
Insert a content control in Word from the Developer tab, choose the right type, set properties and drop-down choices, edit placeholders, and protect the form. Continue Reading How to Insert a Content Control in Word: A Step-by-Step Guide
Edit text in a picture in Word by overlaying a text box, extracting the text with OCR, or editing the image and using Change Picture. Continue Reading How to Edit Text in a Picture in Word
Open files in Word with File > Open, Ctrl + O, File Explorer, or OneDrive, handle PDFs and older formats, and fix files that won’t open. Continue Reading How to Open a File in Word
Create a memo in Word from a template or from scratch with a MEMORANDUM title, To, From, Date and Subject lines, and a clear body. Continue Reading How to Create a Memo in Word
Put multiple bullet points on one line in Word with a borderless table, bullet symbols and tabs, columns, or text boxes, and pick the best method. Continue Reading How to Put Multiple Bullet Points on One Line in Word
Hide footnotes in Word by making the footnote styles hidden text, read without them in Draft view, or delete all footnotes at once with Find and Replace. Continue Reading How to Hide Footnotes in Word (Without Deleting Them)
Remove extra spaces between words with Find and Replace, and fix gaps between paragraphs, lines, and justified text in Microsoft Word. Continue Reading How to Remove Extra Space in Word
Suggest edits in Word by turning on Track Changes on the Review tab, showing All Markup, and adding comments. The author accepts or rejects them. Continue Reading How to Add Suggestions in Word With Track Changes