Microsoft Word

Keyboard navigation keys are used to move the cursor or mouse pointer around a document area or screen. These keys are the Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Page Up, Page Down, Home, and End keys. Source: Redragon Karura K502 USB Gaming Keyboard, from Amazon.in. Types of the Keyboard navigation keys: The navigation keys … Read more

Text Watermark is useful as a sign, which appears behind the content to identify important documents such as bond papers, stamps, mark sheets, documents, and materials. It is also useful to prevent duplicate documents, identify their own contents, and claim ownership of the property. To change the watermark for selected pages in Microsoft Word, follow … Read more

Vertical text selection is a great feature of all MS-Word versions for you. This technique can be used to select a list of different written text vertically. The usefulness of Vertical Text Selection: For example, if your document has a list of countries and Currencies, Countries and Capital, Dogs and Nicknames, States and Capitals, and … Read more

The bold, italic, and underline commands are very important to format your text in the document. In fact, without these commands, we can’t specify the important paragraph sentence, line, phrase, or word. These commands are very useful when you specify a theme for the content. Bold, Italic, and Underline Text in Word

Creating a bookmark in Word means that any location or content in a document can be saved with its corresponding names, and the same location or content can be navigated by a bookmarked name at any time in the future. Create a Bookmark To create a bookmark in your word document, do the following: On … Read more

In the Word document, you can split (divide) text into different columns for different pages and sections wherever you want. The column Format includes one column, two columns, three columns, left columns and right columns and also you can insert the line in between the columns. Formally, the column format is a great way to … Read more

Usually, increasing or decreasing the font size with the mouse is a time-consuming task. So, you can quickly and easily change the font size by using keyboard shortcuts instead of the mouse. You can also learn other commands to change the font size in addition to these six.  That is why they are necessary for … Read more

There are great ways to add space between the cells of a table by using the table options in a Microsoft Word document. The space between the cells gives a clean look and shows you a clear margin area to the content of a table as in the picture below. Adding space between the Cells … Read more

In this article, you will learn about a very important topic related to paragraph formatting, such as page breaks, paragraph, line, and column breaks in a Word document. Page Break in MS Word: When a new page is started or an additional page is added to the next from the current page, this is referred … Read more

If a table’s row height or column width is not distributed equally or evenly, the “Distribute Row Height” and “Distribute Column Width” options can help you distribute all of the row heights and column widths equally when they are not even. This is useful in cases where the table’s row height or column width is … Read more

What is an alignment? When paragraphs are aligned properly, a document becomes much simpler and more professional to read. A paragraph is a form of one or more lines, a line is a group of words, and a word is a combination of other characters. In most cases, you have the option of aligning a paragraph … Read more

You can set the default page/paper sizes to multiple page sizes like letter size, A4 size, tabloid, envelope size and custom page sizes at a time in a Word document. This technique saves you time by not having to open and work in separate document windows for mixed page sizes in a single document. In … Read more

You can apply different page borders to the pages you like. Various page borders add beauty to your document. These can be very useful for small children’s projects and any other related projects. What most people do not know, however, is how to add different borders. So in this article, you will easily learn how … Read more

Changing the Portrait page to a Landscape page and the Landscape page to a Portrait is called Orientation. In other words, changing the height of a page to the width and width of a page as height is called Orientation. However, the default Page Layout in word is Portrait. Set Portrait and Landscape Page in … Read more

To do document work faster you need to use shortcut keys of MS Word that are used frequently. These reduce the mouse work and make documents work pretty fast in less time. The Most Important and Frequently used shortcuts of MS Word are explained in this article. Most Important Shortcut Keys of MS Word Shortcut … Read more

Quickly access any command by adding or removing (customizing) the commands such as Save, Undo, Redo, Cut, or Copy to/from the quick access toolbar. The Quick Access Toolbar locates at the top left corner of the title bar. By default, the Quick Access Toolbar contains a set of 3 commands such as Save, Undo, and Redo. These … Read more

Ribbon Display Options are very useful to control the Ribbon Tabs (Menus) and Groups. It appears at the 4th position from the top right corner of the office applications (Left to the Control Buttons). The list of 3 options under the Ribbon Display Options in MS Word is the Auto-Hide Ribbon, Show Tabs, Show Tabs, and … Read more

Introduction to Clipboard Task pane: We use copy or cut commands to paste the contents of any Word document from one place to another or into another application or on the same system. But after cutting or copying the contents, the previous copied or cut content in the clipboard will be replaced with the new … Read more

Changing text case means changing the selected text from one case to another, such as uppercase, lowercase, capitalize each word, toggle case, and sentence case. Changing Tet Case: There are 5 common text cases in Word. These are explained step by step below. 1. Change any case to a Sentence case In this case, the … Read more

The formatting of one text can be applied to another text using Format Painter, which copies the formatting from one text and applies it to the other. In other words, duplicate the text formatting, which could include any combination of bold, italic, underlining, text color, text size, etc., and then apply it to another text … Read more

Text effects are unique formats that are applied to content, such as an outline, shadow, reflection, or glow. “Typesettings” is another name for changing the styles, ligatures, and style sets of the numbers. Text effects and typography refer to the combination of these parameters. Text Effects and Typography: These are specifically described below to make … Read more

Clear All Text Formatting: Clearing all text formatting means removing any formatting previously applied to all text in a document, such as bold, italics, size, text colour, etc. After clearing the font formatting, it resets to the default size (the default font size is 11) with the unformatted Calibri(body) font. You can clear the text … Read more

Paragraph formatting can be a little combination of different commands, such as an Indention, Numbering, Alignments, Line and Spacing. A paragraph is a meaningful part of a document that describes a specific idea or point. It can be a combination of letters, words, numbers etc.  Giving more or less space between the Lines and paragraphs, … Read more

Using the command “Select All Text With Similar Formatting,” you can select every piece of text in the document that shares the same formatting. In other words, this helps to select all the text in the Word document (for example, formatted text with bold, italic, color, etc.) in the same manner. How to Select All … Read more

You can insert tables and spreadsheets in different ways like Insert, Draw, Convert Text to Table, Spreadsheet (Excel) and Quick Tables, and Shortcut wherever you want in the document. Methods to insert the table in MS Word 1. The Hidden Secret to Insert a Table in MS Word Insert the table by using mathematical operators … Read more

Table style options and their styles in a word are the customizable and automatic format options. These will make it easier for you to format the table based on your text needs. Manually formatting a table is likely to waste some time. Thus we have a choice in Word to save our precious time. A … Read more

The table border styles and painter are used to apply a stylish look to your table. These include border styles, border weight, border colour, etc. Formatting table styles and borders are useful to match the content of the table in a Word document. Table Border Styles and Painter First, insert the table from the Insert … Read more

There are many options to delete (erase) a row, column, or cell of a table in Word. So the deletion may be a whole table or a part of it. To easiest way to delete/erase a table or part of it, follow the steps below the table of contents. Delete a Row, Column, or Cell … Read more

Combining more than two cells into one is called “merging cells,” and dividing one cell into more cells is referred to as “splitting cells.” Similarly, dividing a table into more tables is called a “split table.” To merge and split cells of a table in a word document, follow the steps below. 1. How to … Read more

AutoFit Table Contents, Window, Fixed Column Width, and Resize a table, row, or column is also known as autofit behavior. It is based on the content, window, or size. These are described step-by-step below. AutoFit Table Contents in MS Word It is not as professional-looking as it appears if the text in a table’s column … Read more

When a table’s header is set to “Repeat Header Row,” all subsequent pages of a Word document will automatically be repeated with that table’s header. In other words: After filling in the data in the table of the current page and starting to fill in the data for the subsequent pages, the header of that … Read more

Linking between text boxes is the process of establishing a text flow from one text box to the next. We can shorten the typing process. The text can be adjusted by resizing the text box. As we all know, manually entering text into a text box takes a lot of time. How to Create a … Read more

The Remove Background tool is very useful to easily remove the unwanted background of the picture inserted in your Word document. There is no need to use Photoshop and such photo editor software for the basic type of editing. To know how to remove the background of a picture, follow the step-by-step instructions below. Steps … Read more

All except first page border means adding borders to all pages except the first. A first-page border means adding the border only on the first page, excluding all subsequent pages in a Word document. Page borders lend a polished and expert air to the overall appearance of your work. You have the option of using … Read more

To have different Headers or Footers for Different Pages in Word, depending on the need for different types of content in your document, we should break the sections on required pages and apply the header or footer. To do so, read this short reading or full reading article in its entirety. How to Have Different … Read more

Page Layout in Microsoft Word refers to the arrangement or setting of certain pages or entire documents based on the requirements of the content being displayed. Before beginning the process of taking printouts, it is very important to set the page’s margins, orientations, sizes of columns, and spacing. Layout or Page Layout in Microsoft Word … Read more

A line number is a sequence starting from inside the margin for each line of the document, unlike numbered list in the document. Start each line in a document by using these numbers in the margin for your further quick reference even when the content starts with Bulleted or Numbered List. These include Continues, Restart Each Page, … Read more

What is a great feature in Word documents is that all document-related heading styles are pre-built in them. These can be customized according to your needs. Not only you can use built-in styles such as headings, captions, subtitles, annotations, indentation, etc., but you can also quickly clear heading styles if you don’t want. If existing … Read more

The Insert tab is used to insert and format images, shapes, tables, headers and footers, 3D models, page numbers, equations, etc. in a Word document. As said in the above line, Only this menu adds strengths to the text in a Word document. Groups of Insert Tab in MS Word The Insert menu has 10 … Read more

A hyperlink in MS Word is a clickable text or object that links to any web page, image, video, or text in an existing document on your computer. And when needed, you can immediately click a link to open a web page or any file for use in seconds. Launching the Hyperlink dialogue box: On … Read more