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
Using your mouse to highlight text in a document can be useful when you only need to select a word, sentence, or paragraph, but it can quickly become frustrating when you need to select more. And if you have ever found a need to highlight everything in a word processing application, then you may be … 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
If you open a document in Microsoft Word and see a pattern of small blue squares of the page, then it’s likely that gridlines are enabled. Your first instinct might be to go to the Page Layout tab to try and remove them, but the option is actually found in a different location. Fortunately you … 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
While Microsoft Word is primarily thought of as a document editor for text, it has a variety of different drawing tools that allow you to insert custom shapes into the document. You can even use shape fill options and format shape settings to further customize an object that you draw. Our steps below will walk … 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
A Microsoft Word text box can be a great tool when you want to include text in a document, but regular text isn’t helping you. But you can also use a text box to rotate text if you need it to be in a different direction than standard text. Your Word document can contain a … 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