Word processing applications like the Microsoft Office version, Word, or the Google Apps version, Docs, allow you to add various objects to your document to help you convey information to your readers. One such object is a table, and you can specify the number of rows and columns included in that table. But you can … Read more
When you need to change something every time you create a new document in Microsoft Word then it can become annoying very quickly. Fortunately, you are able to change a number of default settings in the application so that your new documents have all of the formatting changes made already. This means that you can … Read more
Many of the more popular document-creation applications include ways for you to work with others. These methods usually provide an interface where collaborators can comment on a part of a document so that everyone else can see that comment and decide if a change should be made. You can insert a comment in Word 2010 … Read more
If you open a document in Microsoft Word and see a pattern of small blue squares of the page, then it’s likely that gridlines are enabled. Your first instinct might be to go to the Page Layout tab to try and remove them, but the option is actually found in a different location. Fortunately you … Read more
A Microsoft Word text box can be a great tool when you want to include text in a document, but regular text isn’t helping you. But you can also use a text box to rotate text if you need it to be in a different direction than standard text. Your Word document can contain a … Read more
If you are collaborating on a document with other people, then there’s a good chance that edits and comments are being displayed. But you may want to learn how to turn off Track Changes in Word 2010 if you don’t want this to happen. Working with the change tracking feature in Microsoft Word 2010 is … Read more
It’s common for schools or workplaces to have specific requirements for the documents that you create, and one of those requirements might involve margins. Since Microsoft Word is still one of the most popular ways that you could create a document, that makes it likely that you will need to know how to set 1 … Read more
While adding a table to Microsoft Word is accomplished from the Insert tab, simply adding the table may not be enough. Use these steps to make a table fit to one page in Word 2010. Click inside the table. Choose the Layout tab under Table Tools tab at the top of the window. Click the … Read more
Your Microsoft Word 2010 document includes a lot of information behind the scenes that dictates how elements appear within that document. You can choose to show that information by enabling an option that will display formatting marks. However, these marks can be difficult to work with if you are unfamiliar with them, so you might … Read more
There are many different types of add-ins for Microsoft Word 2010 that can increase the functionality of the program. Some of these add-ins are great, and can help to simplify tasks that would otherwise be difficult to complete. But some of these add-ins are not helpful, or may even cause Word 2010 to run poorly. … Read more