Customizing the page numbers in a Word document can be difficult the first couple of times you try. Page numbers in the header or footer and handled a little differently than the rest of the content in a document, and there are several different options. You may be wondering how to add a page 1 … Read more
Formatting a document in Microsoft Word can often require things like using the correct font or setting the right margins, but there are some other options that you may need to consider as well. One of these involves not only whether you need page numbers, but also how they should be formatted, such as which … Read more
The way that the Microsoft Word application looks when you are using it is something that you might take for granted. If you’ve only ever used the default layout, or are accustomed to maybe switching between the standard views, then you may not be familiar with some of the more complex ways that you can … Read more
If you had previously added some color to a paragraph in your document because you liked the way it looked, or because you wanted to highlight something important, then you may have used paragraph shading. This is a helpful formatting option that lets you add a color behind a selection which can really make it … Read more
While the formatting requirements for different schools and organizations can vary, there are certain settings that are somewhat common. For example, it’s very common to have to double-space documents so that readers can add notes between the lines. Another formatting requirement that you might encounter involves centering your document title on a title page, but … Read more
Microsoft Word provides you with a number of tools to format the text and other objects that you add to the body of your document. But some of these objects behave a little differently than standard document text, specifically text boxes. If you discover that a text box or the text within it is problematic, … Read more