Putting information in the header of a document in Word 2013 can be a little confusing the first few times you do it. The header is actually a separate part of the document, and has different rules than the body of the document where you type the majority of your content. But the header in […]

A useful, but not commonly utilized, font formatting option in Microsoft Word is something called strikethrough. This allows you to draw a line through some of the text in your document. An advantage of doing this, rather than simply deleting the text, is that it still lets you keep information that you think you don’t […]

Page numbering is not only a useful means for your readers to know their current location in your document, they are also helpful in the event that the different page of a document become separated from one another. Page numbers are also often required when you submit documents for school or your job, so it’s […]

Occasionally you will need to create a document that is actually a composition of several different other documents. This is common when you are working as part of a team, and each individual team member needs to create a different part of the document. You may have previously simply copied and pasted the contents of […]

You are likely accustomed to your documents being in the portrait orientation in Word 2016. It is the default setting for the application, and the majority of works that you complete for work or school will likely need to be in the portrait orientation. But Word has a lot of formatting settings that are adjustable, […]

If you often create a lot of documents in Microsoft Word 2013 that have pictures in them, then you are likely aware of the toll that those pictures can take on the program’s performance. This is even more apparent when you are scrolling through the document. This scrolling problem can be frustrating, and it can […]

Have you ever copied something from another document or a website and tried to paste it into Word 2013? If so, then it’s very likely that the pasted text didn’t look anything like the rest of the document that you had already created. When you copy and paste into Word, the default setting will also […]

Hyperlinks are very useful in documents when you want to reference a website or a file so that your audience can read the information that the site or file contains. Simply apply the link to the selected text, then anyone reading it can click the link to be taken to the desired location. But a […]

Hyperlinks in a Word document are useful when you have some extra information, such as a website, that your document readers might find helpful. But hyperlinks can be applied to more than just text, and you may have found that your screenshots are automatically being hyperlinks. If this isn’t behavior that you want, then you […]