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 […]

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. […]

Collaborating on a document can be very difficult when individuals need to identify changes made by someone else. Word 2010 offers a feature called Track Changes that makes it much easier to see the modifications that have been made to the document, but another helpful tool allows you to add comments to the document. This […]

Text formatting can be a difficult thing to deal with when you are working in Microsoft Word 2010, and it is amplified when you are copying and pasting information from other documents or programs. Fortunately there is a setting in Microsoft Word that handles the formatting that is pasted along with the text that you […]

You can format nearly every aspect of a document in Microsoft Word 2010, including the colors of certain elements. Due to the general lack of color in most documents, the small accents created by hyperlink colors can have a big impact on how the document is presented. So if you find that you dislike the […]

Microsoft Word 2010 includes a number of research tools that can aid you in writing your document. You are probably already familiar with the spellchecker, and possibly the grammar checker, but Word 2010 also has a thesaurus. The thesaurus tool in Word 2010 allows you to select a word in your document, then look that […]

Word documents can take a lot of shapes and sizes, but it is not unusual to include pictures when you are editing something in the program. For example, you might even copy and paste cells from Excel as a picture, which allows you to easily move the data around without fear that it will accidentally […]

Are there a couple of documents on your computer that you are always editing or printing? The Recent Documents list in Word 2010 is a great way to find the documents that you were working on last, but occasionally an often-used document could fall off of this list, forcing you to manually seek it out. […]

It is not uncommon for people to have access to more than one printer, especially in an office environment. And when you can print to more than one printer, certain choices can be better for certain situations. For example, you might have a black and white laser printer connected to your computer that prints everything […]

If you are creating a contract, or sending an official letter, in Microsoft Word 2010, then you may be looking to add a place where the document can be signed. Word 2010 offers an official tool that allows you to quickly create a signature line, even including an X to let the person know to […]