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
If you’ve ever seen a document with some faint text or an image that is grayed out and behind the document text, then you have likely seen a watermark. These can come in the form of a text watermark or picture watermark, and provide a useful method for identifying documents quickly. You might even wonder … Read more
Formatting a document in Microsoft Word often consists of adjusting the margins, or adding page numbers, or simply trying to adhere to your organizations formatting guidelines, such as MLA. But when you start adding other objects and media to your document, you can have a little more freedom to customize. If you have a table … Read more
Do you need to add something to your Word 2013 document, but the only way that you can accurately express the information is through a drawing? Fortunately you can draw in Microsoft Word 2013 with the Scribble shape. The scribble shape allows you to make a freehand drawing directly in your document. Word will then … Read more
A text highlight color in Microsoft Word can be a useful way to indicate that something in a Word document is important. But if your Word document includes text highlight color that you don’t want, you might be struggling to figure out how to remove highlighting from that text. Some Microsoft Word users will choose … Read more
Microsoft Word includes a “Normal” template that has some default formatting options. It’s often necessary to change these options for a document, so you may need to learn how to double space in Word 2013. There are a couple of options that can help to make a paper created in Microsoft Word 2013 easier to … Read more
There are some uncommon document formatting options that you may encounter in Microsoft Word, which can be difficult to delete. One such option is a watermark, which can appear in the background of the document. Therefore you may be wondering how to delete a watermark in Microsoft Word. Watermarks in Microsoft Word provide a simple way … Read more
Manually counting words in a document can be frustrating, tedious, and is generally something that many people won’t want to do. So you may be wondering how to do a word count in Word 2013 using a simpler or more automated method. The word count of a document is often an important characteristic when you … Read more
Sometimes you may use a word incorrectly, or you might use the wrong term or name. Or perhaps you have a document template and need to change a word that is repeated throughout it. These occasions are perfect situations to learn how to find and replace text in Word 2013. Microsoft Word 2013 provides you … Read more