If you want someone to be able to click some text in your document and visit a Web page, then you want to use a hyperlink. You can create a hyperlink in Microsoft Word 2010 if you select some text or a picture, right-click the selected text or image, then click Hyperlink from the shortcut … Read more
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
Documents that we create in applications like Google Docs or Microsoft Word are rarely perfect in the first draft. Most documents need a lot of editing or revisions before they are acceptable. This applies to more than just the content that you type in paragraphs. It can go for other documents objects as well, such … Read more
If you find that you are making the same changes to every new document that you create in Microsoft Word 2010, then it might be worth learning how to make those settings the default. You can change defaults for things like margins and fonts, but you can also choose to set landscape as the default … Read more
Many of the settings in Microsoft Word will only apply to the current document unless you choose to apply a setting to the default template. But there is one specific setting that can hide or show formatting marks in a document, and that setting will remain even after you close a document in Microsoft Word. … 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
It’s common for many word processing applications to use single line spacing by default. A single space looks good, and more space between lines can seem like a waste of paper, or an attempt to needlessly lengthen a document. But it’s possible that you need to use double spacing for your documents in Word 2010, … Read more
Microsoft Word’s Review tab has tools that can automatically check grammar and spelling in your document. A red or blue squiggle appears when it detects an error, and you can check and recheck document quality after fixing mistakes until you are satisfied with the quality of your writing. A word processing program in today’s day … Read more
Microsoft introduced a new default file type with Office 2007 that changed the standard Word document type from .doc to .docx. It added some new features to the document and improved the types of edits that you could make. Unfortunately, it also made it much harder to collaborate on documents with people that were still … Read more
While many standard documents aren’t going to need to change their background, it’s possible that you want to use an Office theme that utilizes your desired color, or to which you can add shading styles, a gradient color or pattern, or fill effects. Fortunately, Microsoft Word has a number of different ways that you can … Read more