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How-to guides and tutorials about topics related to the Microsoft Word 2013 application and ways that you can edit documents inside of it.

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How to Delete Documents from Microsoft Word

May 15, 2026May 18, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

The documents that you create in Microsoft Word can be opened and read from within Microsoft Word at any time. This is possible through the …

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Categories Programs Tags Deleting, Files, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
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How to Repeat Header on Each Page in Word

June 28, 2023February 1, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Do you have to create a document in Microsoft Word that needs to include a title at the top of every page or perhaps your …

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How to Hide the Recent Documents in Word 2013

June 30, 2023January 26, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

When you are in Microsoft Word 2013, and you want to open a document, you might be used to seeing a list of the documents …

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How to Apply Styles in Word 2013

July 20, 2023January 25, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Getting the right formatting combination in a Microsoft Word document can be difficult, especially if you need to meet some specific requirements. Rather than re-applying …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Ribbon
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How to Password Protect a Word 2013 Document

July 18, 2023January 25, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Word documents can often include information that shouldn’t be given to strangers, or people with malicious intent. But laptops get stolen and computers get hacked, …

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How to Prevent Text Drag and Drop in Word 2013

June 30, 2023January 24, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Accidentally dragging and dropping a word or sentence in a Word document can be really annoying. If you notice it happen, then you can usually …

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How to Stop Showing the Start Screen in Word 2013

June 9, 2023January 24, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

When you open Microsoft Word 2013, you may know exactly what you want to do. If that involves creating a new document, then you might …

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How to Add Two Spaces After Period in Word 2013

June 19, 2023January 18, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

If you have preferences about the spacing in your document, or your school or organization requires specific settings, then you might need to update something …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Punctuation
how to change the default font in Word 2013

How to Change the Default Font in Word 2013

August 4, 2023January 11, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Do you find that you need to change multiple settings each time you create a new Word document? This can be a time-waster, and it’s …

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Categories Programs Tags Defaults, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
How to Insert a Check Mark Symbol in a Word Document

How to Insert a Check Mark in Word 2013

August 22, 2023December 9, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

While your Microsoft Word documents may often be things that contain a lot of words or numbers for school or work, you may occasionally need …

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Categories Programs Tags Featured Word, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Symbols
How to Make Periods Bigger in Microsoft Word

How to Make Periods Bigger in Microsoft Word

June 10, 2023December 4, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Some fonts have a big impact on the way that punctuation looks. Occasionally this can make those characters too small, to the point where they …

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Categories Programs Tags Fonts, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Punctuation
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How to Change Table Color in Word 2013

July 17, 2023November 22, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Word has a remarkable amount of options for controlling the appearance of the objects in your document. This applies to the tables you create, …

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How to Make the Font Size Bigger than 72 in Word 2013

June 29, 2023November 21, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Many regular documents in Microsoft Word won’t use fonts much larger than 20 pt. But when you are making a flyer or a banner, you …

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Categories Programs Tags Fonts, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
flip a picture in word 2013

How to Flip a Picture in Word 2013

July 7, 2023November 4, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Editing pictures can be difficult and time-consuming, especially if it’s not something that you do a lot. Fortunately, many of the popular Microsoft Office applications …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Orientation
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How to Apply Small Caps in Word

August 22, 2023October 26, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Have you seen a document that used a type of “all caps” writing, but it looked a little different? Unless they were using an unusual …

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how to turn off double spacing in word 2013

How to Turn Off Double Spacing in Word 2013

June 27, 2023October 20, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Depending on your version of Word, the default spacing for your document might be double spaced, or something other than single-spaced text. While the amount …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Spacing
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How to Run Spell Check in Word 2013

June 18, 2023October 18, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

If you have been manually proofreading the documents that you create in Microsoft Word, then you probably know how tedious it can be. It’s also …

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How to Turn On Automatic Spell Check in Word 2013

July 10, 2023October 18, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

You might already be familiar with the tools in Microsoft Word that can help you fix mistakes in your writing. Learning how to do a …

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How to View Document Readability Statistics in Word 2013

June 17, 2023October 18, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Have others told you that your writing was difficult to read or understand? This is something that can be tough to evaluate on your own, …

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Categories Programs Tags Files, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
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How to Stop Word 2013 from Capitalizing the First Word of a Sentence

June 5, 2023October 2, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Usually, when you are typing in Microsoft Word, any word that you type after a period or question mark will be capitalized automatically. While this …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Punctuation
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How to Double Space in Word Documents

June 19, 2023September 29, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Some of the formatting requirements that your school or job may want for your documents will involve things like the margin size and spacing. A …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Spacing
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Can Word 2013 Save as a .doc File?

June 19, 2023September 26, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

The .docx file type that Microsoft Word has been using for recent versions of the Word application is compatible with a number of different programs …

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Categories Programs Tags Files, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
how to hide text in word 2013

How to Hide Text in Microsoft Word 2013

June 19, 2023September 23, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Do you want to remove some of the text from your document, but you don’t want to delete it completely? You might have considered copying …

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How to Vertically Center Text in Word 2013

June 19, 2023September 22, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Do you need to put some of the text in your document in the middle of the page? While you may have found the button …

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Categories Programs Tags Centering, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
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How Do I Change the Vertical Position of Text in Microsoft Word?

June 19, 2023September 22, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Word gives you the ability to move text horizontally on the page with some buttons that you can find on the Home tab. But …

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Categories Programs Tags Alignment, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
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How to Insert a Text Box in Word 2013

June 19, 2023September 12, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Word provides a number of different tools that you can use to add content to a document. You might already be familiar with adding …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Paragraphs
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How to Count Characters in Microsoft Word 2013 (A Quick 3 Step Guide)

July 3, 2023July 2, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Occasionally you will need to know the number of letters, numbers, and spaces in a phrase, paragraph, or document. Manually counting this sort of information …

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How to Remove Superscript in Word 2013

July 17, 2023June 24, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

If you copy text from a different location, it’s likely that it will have some unwanted formatting. If that formatting includes superscript, then you might …

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Categories Programs Tags Fonts, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
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How to Change Automatic Font Color in Word 2013

June 28, 2023June 8, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

When you start a new document in Microsoft Word, there are certain settings that it will use by default. In a perfect world, these will …

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How to Show Margins in Word 2013

July 15, 2023March 21, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

The margins that you set for a document in a word processing application like Google Docs or Microsoft Word can be pretty important. Your school …

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how to underline blank spaces in word 2013

How to Underline Spaces in Word 2013

June 28, 2023March 18, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Many of the formatting changes that you want to apply in a Microsoft Word document can be achieved by selecting the text that you want …

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how to add page borders in word 2013

How to Add a Page Border in Word 2013

May 16, 2026February 9, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

You might be familiar with working with borders for your cells in an Excel spreadsheet, but other types of documents can have borders, too. One …

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Categories Programs Tags Borders, Featured Word, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
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How to Remove the Underline from a Hyperlink in Word 2013

June 29, 2023January 12, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

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 …

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Categories Programs Tags Hyperlinks, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
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How to Outline Font in Word 2013

August 4, 2023January 11, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

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, …

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Categories Programs Tags Fonts, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
how to toggle case in word 2013

How to Toggle Case in Word 2013

July 14, 2023December 21, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

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 …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Punctuation
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How to Replace All Occurrences of a Word in Word 2013

July 19, 2023November 12, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

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 …

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how to print the background color in word 2013

How to Print Background Color in Word 2013

July 18, 2023October 20, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

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 …

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How to Get Ruler on Word 2013

July 6, 2023September 21, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

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 …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Rulers
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How to Remove Borders in Word 2013

June 30, 2023September 2, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

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 …

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How to Add Word 2013 Columns

July 3, 2023June 3, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

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, …

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Categories Programs Tags Columns, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
how to add a draft watermark in word 2013

How to Insert Draft Watermark in Word 2013

July 5, 2023June 3, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

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 …

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How to Draw in Microsoft Word 2013

July 25, 2023May 19, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

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 …

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Categories Programs Tags Menus, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
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How to Remove Text Highlighting in Word 2013

July 5, 2023March 24, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

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 …

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Categories Programs Tags Fill Color, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
how to remove a watermark in word 2013

How to Remove a Watermark in Word 2013

June 27, 2023March 10, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

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 …

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how to do a word count in word 2013

How to Do a Word Count in Word 2013

June 30, 2023March 5, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

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 …

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how to find and replace text in word 2013

How to Find and Replace Text in Word 2013

July 27, 2023February 24, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

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 …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Searching
remove the page number from the first page in word 2013

How to Remove the Page Number from the First Page in Word 2013

May 16, 2026February 18, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

Page numbers are helpful for remembering where you have left off when reading or when you need to reference something to someone else. But if …

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Categories Programs Tags Featured Word, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Page Numbers
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How to Make the Header Smaller in Word 2013

June 14, 2023February 11, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

Your school or organization likely has some specific formatting settings that you need to follow. Some of these are easier to adjust than others, especially …

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Categories Programs Tags Header, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
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How to Put Your Last Name and Page Number on Every Page in Word 2013

July 6, 2023December 21, 2020 by Matthew Burleigh

You may already know how to include page numbers in your Word document but, in some cases, that is only part of what you need. …

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Microsoft Word Landscape Orientation

June 2, 2023September 17, 2018 by Matthew Burleigh

Documents that you create in word processing applications can be in portrait or landscape orientation. Most programs, including Microsoft Word, use the portrait orientation by …

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How to Insert a File Into a Word 2013 Document

July 7, 2023May 14, 2018 by Matthew Burleigh

Sometimes you will be creating a document in Microsoft Word that would be improved by adding an entire other file inside of that document. Microsoft …

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Word 2013 – How to Add a Comment to a Document

July 18, 2023April 6, 2018 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Word provides a lot of tools for formatting, even allowing you to make small caps in Word, but it also has a variety of …

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How to Flip Text in Word 2013

May 31, 2023July 26, 2017 by Matthew Burleigh

Word is a good program to use if you are printing out your own t shirt transfers. We have previously written about setting up an …

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Can I Put a Border Around the Entire Page in Word 2013?

June 2, 2023June 5, 2017 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Word 2013 provides you with the ability to add some various decorative elements to your documents in an effort to make them more visually …

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Categories Programs Tags Borders, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
how to change the page order in word 2013

How to Change the Page Order in Word 2013

June 18, 2023June 1, 2017 by Matthew Burleigh

When you are creating a document with a lot of distinct parts in Microsoft Word 2013, you don’t always get the order correct with your …

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What is Smart Paragraph Selection in Word 2013?

August 4, 2023May 26, 2017 by Matthew Burleigh

Formatting in Microsoft Word can be a little frustrating to work with, especially if you are working on a document that you did not create …

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How to Use Large Page Numbers in Word 2013

July 1, 2023May 23, 2017 by Matthew Burleigh

You may already know how to add page numbers in Word 2013, but there may come a time when you would like to use a …

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how to change the color of a picture border in word 2013

How to Change the Color of a Picture Border in Word 2013

June 21, 2023March 17, 2017 by Matthew Burleigh

Adding a border to a picture in Word 2013 is useful when you want to easily identify the boundaries of an image, or convey a …

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Categories Programs Tags Borders, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
how to print the last page first in word 2013

How to Print the Last Page First in Word 2013

June 19, 2023March 3, 2017 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Word documents are generally easier to print than Excel spreadsheets, but there are small frustrations that can arise in Word, even when you have already …

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How to Add a Row to a Table in Word 2013

June 14, 2023February 27, 2017 by Matthew Burleigh

You may discover that you need to learn how to add a row to table in Word 2013 if you are creating one from scratch, …

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how to delete a font in word 2013

How to Delete a Font from Microsoft Word 2013

July 28, 2023December 6, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Word 2013 has a rich repository of font choices that you can use to customize your documents as you see fit. Each of those …

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How to Add a Caption to a Table in Word 2013

June 18, 2023December 1, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Large documents can be tough to navigate. Pages can start to run together, and similar sections may be difficult to identify separately from one another. …

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How to Embed Fonts in Word 2013 Files

June 7, 2023September 19, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

You can spend a lot of time adjusting the formatting options in a Word 2013 document in an effort to make the document as perfect …

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How to Make a Word Document Take Up the Whole Screen in Word 2013

June 29, 2023July 25, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

If you would like to make your document bigger and easier to read in Microsoft Word 2013, then there are several different options available that …

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How to Quickly Insert the Date and Time in a Word 2013 Document

June 24, 2023July 11, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Time and date stamps are helpful pieces of data to have when you work with certain types of documents or files. The ability to know …

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Why Isn’t Word 2013 Spell Checking Uppercase Words?

June 13, 2023July 5, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

If you type a document in Microsoft Word 2013 and wonder why it isn’t finding some spelling mistakes, then there are a couple of possible …

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How to Rotate a Picture in Word 2013

June 29, 2023July 1, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

The steps in this guide are going to show you how to rotate a picture in Microsoft Word. We cover the steps briefly at the …

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How to Convert Text to Table in Word 2013

June 14, 2023June 17, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Excel has a lot of ways for you to change data formatting. You could even elect to convert text to numbers in Excel if …

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How to Send a Word 2013 Document as the Body of an Email in Outlook 2013

June 29, 2023June 14, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Office products, such as Word and Outlook, are often compatible with one another for tasks where their functionality overlaps. For example, you might have …

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Categories Programs Tags Email, Microsoft Outlook 2013, Microsoft Outlook How-To Guides, Microsoft Word 2013
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How to Turn Off Automatic Numbered Lists in Word 2013

July 10, 2023June 9, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Word 2013 has a feature where it will automatically continue a numbered list if it thinks that you are starting one. This is helpful …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Punctuation
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How to Right Align a Paragraph in Word 2013

June 1, 2023June 7, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

When you are using the default settings in Word 2013, your paragraphs will be left-aligned by default. This means that the left side of each …

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How to Print Only the Comments in Word 2013

August 2, 2023June 7, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

When you are working on a large document, either by yourself or with a team, then it is entirely possible that there will be a …

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How to Make Text Superscript in Word 2013

June 29, 2023May 23, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Word 2013 can contain many different types of information that require many different types of formatting. Whether you are writing a report for an English …

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stop replacing selected text in word 2013

How to Stop Replacing Selected Text With Typing in Word 2013

June 3, 2023May 16, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Editing a document in Word 2013 will create many situations where a word or paragraph is selected. Whether you need to change the formatting of …

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How to Show Field Codes Instead of Values in Word 2013

July 5, 2023May 9, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Fields in Microsoft Word 2013 allow you to insert different types of data into your documents, some of which can dynamically update. For example, you …

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default save format in word 2013

How to Change the Default File Format for Saves in Word 2013

July 6, 2023March 21, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Word 2013 will save in the .docx file type if you don’t change any of the settings for the program. This is great when …

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How to Convert a Compatibility Mode Document in Word 2013

July 18, 2023March 16, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

In earlier versions of Microsoft Word, the default file format used the .doc file extension. However, newer versions of Word have started to use the …

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How to Save in the .doc Format in Word 2013

June 12, 2023March 10, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Word 2013 supports a number of different file types, which means that you can open or create files that are compatible with different programs. …

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How to Hide Formatting Marks in Word 2013

June 5, 2023March 4, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Formatting in Microsoft Word 2013 can be incredibly useful when you need to make adjustments to content that you have created, but it can be …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Symbols
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How to Delete a Picture in Word 2013

July 18, 2023March 1, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

The shortcut menu that appears when you right-click an image in Word 2013 contains a number of different settings and options that you can use …

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stop printing document properties in word 2013

How to Stop Document Properties from Printing in Word 2013

July 10, 2023February 24, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

A document can often be difficult to identify if it doesn’t have a title page or a detailed header, so printing a document properties page …

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hide add-ins tab in word 2013

How to Hide the “Add-Ins” Tab in Word 2013

June 30, 2023February 19, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

We have previously written about how to remove add-ins in Microsoft Word, but you may be experiencing a different problem where you have a tab …

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print document properties by default in word 2013

How to Print Document Properties by Default in Word 2013

June 16, 2023February 17, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

It can be difficult to keep track of printed documents if you don’t use cover pages or if you print a lot of very similar …

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how to miror text in a text box in word 2013

How to Get Mirrored Text in a Text Box in Word 2013

June 15, 2023February 17, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Positioning text in a Word 2013 document can be frustrating if that text is part of the regular document body. One way to give yourself …

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why isn't word 2013 printing background colors and images

Why Isn’t Word 2013 Printing My Background Colors and Images?

July 3, 2023February 16, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Word 2013 has a number of different templates that can help you design newsletters, flyers, birthday cards, and more. One of the first things that …

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how to use page x of y numbering in word 2013

How to Use Page X of Y Page Numbering in Word 2013

July 30, 2023February 5, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Page numbers are an important organizational part of many documents, and your school or company may require them for any document that you submit. While you …

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How to Use Narrow Margins By Default in Word 2013

August 4, 2023February 4, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

If you aren’t in school or a corporate environment that has strict rules about the way that your documents are formatted, then you have probably …

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Categories Programs Tags Margins, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
how to remove a document password in word 2013

How to Remove Password Protection from a Document in Word 2013

July 24, 2023February 2, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Learning how to remove a password from a Word document is crucial if you have a document that is currently password protected, but you need …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Passwords
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How to Password Protect a Document in Word 2013

July 24, 2023February 1, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Word documents can often hold personal or important information. A normal Word document can be opened by anyone with a copy of that document, however, …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Passwords
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How to Keep the Ribbon Visible in Word 2013

June 30, 2023January 8, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

The ribbon at the top of the window in Microsoft Word 2013 takes up a lot of space, which is a source of contention with …

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How to Hide Comments When Printing in Word 2013

July 7, 2023January 5, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Comments are very useful when you collaborating on a document at work or school. Without comments, changes can be difficult to notice and can lead …

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How to Hide the Vertical Ruler in Word 2013

July 14, 2023January 4, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Word 2013 can display a horizontal ruler above your document and a vertical ruler to the left of the document, depending upon which view …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Rulers
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How to Crop a Picture in Word 2013

August 9, 2023December 28, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

You might be aware of programs like Adobe Photoshop that allow you to create and edit pictures in a lot of exciting ways, but advanced …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Pictures
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How to Remove an Entry in the Word 2013 Dictionary

June 9, 2023November 30, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

When you use spell check in Word 2013, you have the opportunity to add words to a custom dictionary. This is helpful if you frequently …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Utilities
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How to Open the Navigation Pane in Word 2013

June 8, 2023November 25, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft features a tool called the Navigation Pane in Word 2013 that provides a convenient location for you to navigate through your document. You may have …

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How to Start Page Numbering Later in the Document in Word 2013

June 1, 2023November 19, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

You may already know how to number pages in Microsoft Word 2013, which will add a page number to the selected location in a document. …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Page Numbers
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How to Remove a Link in Word 2013

July 10, 2023November 13, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

You can create hyperlinks in Microsoft Word 2013 from the Insert menu at the top of the window or by right-clicking a selection and choosing …

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Categories Programs Tags Hyperlinks, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
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How to Change the Direction of Text in Word 2013

August 2, 2023November 12, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Word has a lot of possible applications aside from simple document creation. For example, you might use it to create a newsletter or flyer, …

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Categories Programs Tags Alignment, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
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How to Turn Off Automatic Hyperlinking in Word 2013

July 7, 2023November 12, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Word 2013 includes several features to make document creation and editing as simple as possible, and one such feature involves creating a hyperlink whenever you type …

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How to Clear All Tab Stops in Word 2013

July 18, 2023November 2, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

The default tab behavior in Microsoft Word 2013 is for a tab location at every half inch. But the needs of your document might dictate that …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Punctuation
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