How-to guides and tutorials to help you perform specific tasks and use the Microsoft Word word-processing application.
Word has no Merge and Center button, but you can match it: select table cells, choose Merge Cells on Table Layout, then click Align Center. Continue Reading How to Merge Cells and Merge and Center in Word Tables
Box text or a table in Word with Home, Borders, Outside Borders, and customize the style in Borders and Shading. Continue Reading How to Add Outside Borders in Word
Remove bold in Word with Ctrl+B, Clear All Formatting, or by modifying the style. Includes Find and Replace for removing bold everywhere. Continue Reading How to Remove Bold in Word
Add a caption to a picture in Word for the web with References > Insert Caption, format and number captions, and know when to use the desktop app. Continue Reading How to Add a Caption to a Picture in Word Online
Move the insertion point in Word with the mouse, arrow keys, Ctrl shortcuts, Go To (Ctrl+G) and Shift+F5, plus Mac shortcuts and cursor visibility fixes. Continue Reading How to Move the Insertion Point in Word: Every Shortcut
Edit a scanned document in Word: open the scanned PDF in Word to convert it, or use Google Docs, OneNote or Snipping Tool OCR. Plus accuracy tips. Continue Reading How to Edit a Scanned Document in Word
Delete every footnote in Word at once by replacing ^f with nothing in Find and Replace, use ^e for endnotes, and remove single notes or the separator. Continue Reading How to Remove All Footnotes in Word
Make a bar graph in Word with Insert > Chart, enter your data in the built-in spreadsheet, style bars, labels and colors, and fix common chart issues. Continue Reading How to Make a Bar Graph in Word
Click a picture, choose Picture Format > Compress Pictures, apply to all, and pick a lower resolution. Plus font, image, and save settings that shrink files. Continue Reading How to Compress a Word File and Reduce Its Size
Make a tri-fold brochure in Word with a template or a landscape three-column layout, plan the six panels, and print double-sided on the short edge. Continue Reading How to Make a Tri-Fold Brochure in Word
Fix garbled text in Word by choosing the right encoding, usually Unicode (UTF-8), in the File Conversion dialog. Plus how to reopen files and save as UTF-8. Continue Reading How to Fix File Conversion Encoding in Microsoft Word
Copy a chart from Google Forms to Word: Responses > hover the chart > copy icon > paste into Word. Use the Sheets chart for an editable version. Continue Reading How to Copy a Chart From Google Forms to Word
Word has no blur text button, but you can paste text as a picture and apply the Blur effect, or use glow and soft edges. Why blur is not safe for redaction. Continue Reading How to Blur Text in Word (4 Methods)
Change opacity in Word with Picture Format, Transparency for images, and the Fill and Text Fill transparency sliders for shapes and text. Continue Reading How to Change Opacity in Word for Pictures, Shapes and Text
Turn on kerning in Word from the Font dialog: Advanced tab, check Kerning for fonts and set a minimum point size. Plus kerning vs character spacing. Continue Reading How to Adjust Kerning in Word
Create a multilevel list in Word with the Multilevel List button and Tab key, customize 1.1 numbering, link levels to headings, and fix numbering problems. Continue Reading How to Create a Multilevel List in Word (1, 1.1, 1.1.1)
Make a heart in Word with Insert > Shapes > Heart (hold Shift while drawing), or add one to text with Icons, Symbol or the emoji panel. Continue Reading How to Make a Heart in Word
Remove blue double underlines, blue hyperlink underlines, and blue lines across the page in Word by turning off grammar marks, links, or borders. Continue Reading How to Remove the Blue Line in Word (Underlines, Links, Borders)
Word 2016 has no Dictate button. Use Windows voice typing with Windows + H to dictate into Word 2016, plus options for newer versions. Continue Reading How to Dictate in Word 2016 (No Dictate Button? Use This)
Add a dotted line in Word with the *** shortcut, a dotted paragraph border, a drawn line with round-dot dashes, or dot leader tabs. Continue Reading How to Add a Dotted Line in Word (4 Easy Ways)
Add navigation to a Word document with heading styles and the Navigation Pane, a clickable table of contents, and bookmark links. Continue Reading How to Add Navigation to a Word Document
Remove automatic numbering in Word: turn off Automatic numbered lists in AutoCorrect, undo it once with Ctrl+Z, and remove numbers from lists and headings. Continue Reading How to Remove Automatic Numbering in Word (3 Ways)
Change table row height in Word with the Height box, by dragging, or with an exact height in Table Properties, and fix rows that will not shrink. Continue Reading How to Change Row Height in Word
Erase table lines in Word with Borders > No Border, remove only inside or specific lines, use Eraser or Border Painter, and hide on-screen gridlines. Continue Reading How to Erase Table Lines in Word (All, Some, or One)
Make an inverted pyramid in Word with the SmartArt Inverted Pyramid layout, a flipped triangle shape, or centered text. Step-by-step for all three. Continue Reading How to Make an Inverted Pyramid in Word (3 Easy Ways)
Align a table of contents in Word: right-align page numbers with dot leaders, fix tab stops and indents in the TOC styles, and keep alignment after updates. Continue Reading How to Align a Table of Contents in Word: A Step-by-Step Guide
See and restore earlier versions of a Word document with Version History for OneDrive and SharePoint files, plus options for files saved on your PC. Continue Reading How to See Document History in Word (Version History)
Open a shared Word file in the desktop app: in Word for the web click Editing > Open in Desktop App, or use File > Info. Changes save to the shared copy. Continue Reading How to Open a Shared Word Document in the Desktop App
Print a Word document in Simple Markup: switch the Review view, keep Print Markup checked, control comments and balloons, or print a clean copy with no markup. Continue Reading How to Print Simple Markup in Word: A Step-by-Step Guide
Turn off Track Changes in Word for Microsoft 365, remove existing markup with Accept or Reject All, and unlock tracking when the button is grayed out. Continue Reading How to Turn Off Track Changes in Word for Microsoft 365
Facebook profile posts cannot hold Word files, but you can upload one to a group, send it in Messenger, or share a OneDrive or Google Drive link. Here is how. Continue Reading How to Post a Word Document on Facebook (4 Ways)
Remove dotted lines in Word: delete automatic borders, hide text boundaries and gridlines, remove section break markers, tab leaders, and underlines. Continue Reading How to Remove Dotted Lines in Word (Every Type Explained)
Show or hide gridlines in Microsoft Word, change grid spacing and snapping, view table gridlines, and create printable grid lines like graph paper. Continue Reading How to Show Gridlines in Word (and Change or Remove Them)
Put text next to an image in Word with Square or Tight wrapping, keep the picture in place with anchors and positions, control spacing, or use a table. Continue Reading How to Put Text Next to an Image in Word: A Step-by-Step Guide
Delete a Section Break (Next Page) in Word by showing formatting marks and pressing Delete, keep formatting with Continuous breaks, or remove all at once. Continue Reading How to Delete a Section Break (Next Page) in Word
Remove Restrict Editing in Microsoft Word with Stop Protection, tell it apart from other read-only modes, and see options if you lost the password. Continue Reading How to Remove Restrict Editing in Word (Windows, Mac, and Web)
View two pages side by side in Word with View > Multiple Pages or Side to Side, compare two documents with View Side by Side, or print 2 pages per sheet. Continue Reading How to View Two Pages Side by Side in Word
Remove all tracked changes in Word with Review, Accept All Changes and Stop Tracking, then delete comments and inspect the document. Continue Reading How to Remove All Track Changes in Word
Circle text in Word: Insert > Shapes > Oval, draw around the text, set Shape Fill to No Fill and Wrap Text to In Front of Text. Plus pen tips. Continue Reading How to Circle Text in Microsoft Word
Crop an image in Word with the Crop tool, crop to a shape or aspect ratio, crop by exact size, and permanently delete cropped areas. Windows and Mac. Continue Reading How to Crop an Image in Word (Shapes, Ratios, and More)
Change Word pages from horizontal (landscape) to vertical (portrait) for the whole document or specific pages, and switch text direction if needed. Continue Reading How to Change a Word Document From Horizontal to Vertical
Show label lines in Word by turning on View Gridlines in the Table Layout tab, add printed borders if needed, and line up labels for printing. Continue Reading How to Show Label Lines in Word (View Gridlines)
Press Ctrl + F to open the Navigation pane and type your word. How to use Advanced Find, match case or whole words, and find and replace with Ctrl + H. Continue Reading How to Search for Words in Word
Type Māori macrons in Word with the Windows Māori keyboard, the Alt+X Unicode shortcut, or Insert, Symbol. Includes codes for every macron vowel. Continue Reading How to Insert Māori Macrons in Word
Make tracing letters in Word with a dashed text outline or a free tracing font, then add handwriting guide lines and print a practice worksheet. Continue Reading How to Make Tracing Letters in Word
Make text bigger than 72 in Word by typing up to 1638 in the Font Size box, using Ctrl+] shortcuts, filling a page, or printing big letters. Continue Reading How to Make Font Size Bigger Than 72 in Word
Insert a Next Page section break, open the new footer, and turn off Link to Previous. Then type the new footer. Plus first-page and odd/even options. Continue Reading How to Have Different Footers on Each Page in Word
Get out of editing mode in Word: switch to Viewing, close the Editor pane, exit Read Mode, handle Protected View, and turn off Track Changes. Continue Reading How to Get Out of Editing Mode in Word (and Other Modes)
Export comments from Word: print List of Markup to PDF, save a PDF with markup, copy from the Reviewing Pane, or use a macro for a comments table. Continue Reading How to Export Comments From Word
Word dims the header while you edit the body. Learn how to switch views, fix a gray font color or washed-out logo, and make sure your header prints normally. Continue Reading How to Make the Header Not Faded in Word (5 Fixes)