Hyperlinks are a crucial part of how we navigate our digital world. Whether it’s something in an email, text message, on a website, or even in a document, the ability to click a link and open a Web page or online media can make navigating the Internet much simpler. In Microsoft Word, a hyperlink includes … Read more
Word 2013 has a lot of formatting capabilities for the text and images that you include in your document. Some of the more basic ones, like Bold, Italics, and font style changes are things that most Word users become familiar with early on, but there are other formatting options that you might not have cause … Read more
Some of the changes that you will want to make to a Microsoft Word document can seem pretty easy to accomplish. You’ve probably already changed the font or text color of some text in your document, and you may have changed the margins or background. But if you have ever needed to use a different … Read more
Microsoft Word has an impressive editor menu where you are able to define the parameters that the application uses when correcting spelling and grammar in your documents. One of the options you have lets you define the amount of white space that should be included after a period. So if you would like to use … Read more
Many of the applications that you use every day will have a way for you to search through the text that appears on the screen or in the file that is currently open. Often this will be accessible by choosing a “Find” option from a menu or using the Ctrl + F keyboard shortcut. Sometimes … Read more
Microsoft Word documents let you select a page background color from a Colors dialog box, allowing you to view the document with that color on your screen. But the default printing options in Microsoft Word have a feature disabled on the Word Options menu so that you aren’t able to print background colors or images … Read more
Some of the formatting options and tools in Microsoft Word can be in the way, so some users may hide them. Or, perhaps, there is something that could be shown on the screen but Microsoft has chosen to hide it by default because the majority of users won’t use it. But it’s possible that you … Read more
While borders are often more of a concern in other Microsoft Office products like Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Powerpoint, you can have borders in a Word document as well. Whether those borders surround the entire document, part of the document, or a picture, then you might be wondering how to remove a border in Word … Read more
New documents in Microsoft Word include a combination of settings that are defined by the Normal template. These default settings effectively determine what new documents will look like, so you will need to change these settings if you want a different setting for all future new documents. If you want to change the default font … Read more
A new document in Microsoft Word is going to have one column by default. For documents that you create in a scholastic or corporate environment, this is likely the type of formatting that your organization would like you to use. But it may become necessary to add more columns to a document in Word 2013 … Read more