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Articles and tutorials to help you with document creation, editing, and formatting options in the Microsoft Word word-processing application.

Not sure where to start? Check out our featured Microsoft Word guides below:

  • How to Remove a Section Break in Word – if the layout of your document is problematic because of a section break, this article will show you how to fix it.
  • How to Print Avery Labels in Word – this tutorial will instruct you on how to use the built-in templates in Word to print Avery-brand labels.
  • How to Double Space in Word – find out how to change the spacing for your document from the current setting to double-spaced.
how to print multiple word documents at one time in windows 7

How to Print Multiple Word Documents at Once

Last Updated On August 30, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

You can print multiple Word documents by opening the folder with the documents, holding down the Ctrl key, and clicking each document, then right-clicking on …

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Categories Programs Tags Files, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Printing
how to delete word documents

How to Delete Documents from Microsoft Word

Last Updated On June 30, 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
How to Single Space in Microsoft Word

How to Single Space in Word for Office 365

Last Updated On July 31, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

While you might have experience changing the formatting for your Word documents to meet the requirements for your school or job, you might encounter a …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 365, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Office 365, Spacing
set up 1 inch margins in word 2010

1 Inch Margins in Word: How to Guide

Last Updated On September 17, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

To set 1-inch margins in Microsoft Word, first navigate to the ‘Page Layout’ tab at the top. Then, click on the ‘Margins’ option. In the …

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Categories Programs Tags Margins, Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
how to select all in Word

How to Select All in Word for Office 365

Last Updated On June 15, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

You can select all in a Microsoft Word document with a keyboard shortcut by clicking inside the document, then pressing Ctrl and A at the …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Selections
how to wrpa text around an image in word 2010

How to Wrap Text in Word Documents [2023 Guide]

Last Updated On July 14, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

It can be helpful to know how to wrap text around a picture in a Microsoft Word document if you dislike the way the document …

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Categories Programs Tags Alignment, Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
how to center text in word

How to Center Text in Word [2023 Guide]

Last Updated On June 18, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Text in a Microsoft Word document occasionally needs to be put in the center of the page between the left and right margins. You might …

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Categories Programs Tags Alignment, Centering, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
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How to Use Document Borders in Word

Last Updated On July 3, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Word has a lot of formatting tools that you can use to customize a document, including a way that you can place a border …

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Categories Programs Tags Borders, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
choose the keep text only option

How to Paste as Plain Text By Default in Word 2010

Last Updated On August 3, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Have you ever pasted something into your Microsoft Word document, only for it to have the wrong font, text color, or some other incorrect formatting? …

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Categories Programs Tags Defaults, Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
How to add a Square Root Symbol on Keyboard in Microsoft Word

How to Insert a Square Root Symbol in Word

Last Updated On June 30, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

If you often include a lot of math-related content in your Word documents, then you may be wondering how to insert a square root symbol …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Symbols
select a header style

How to Repeat Header on Each Page in Word

Last Updated On June 28, 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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Categories Programs Tags Header, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
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How to Delete a Hyperlink in Word 2010

Last Updated On June 1, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Hyperlinks are a great way to provide your readers with additional information about a topic in your Microsoft Word document. But if you copied content …

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Categories Programs Tags Hyperlinks, Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
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How to Hide the Recent Documents in Word 2013

Last Updated On June 30, 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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Categories Programs Tags Files, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
how to convert uppercase to sentence case in word 2010

How to Switch Uppercase Letters to Sentence Case in Word 2010

Last Updated On June 8, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Some people really like to type in all capital letters, and you might find yourself editing a document like that in Microsoft Word. If that …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Selections
how to apply styles in Word 2013

How to Apply Styles in Word 2013

Last Updated On July 20, 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
how to password protect a Word 2013 document

How to Password Protect a Word 2013 Document

Last Updated On July 18, 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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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Passwords
how to disable drag and drop in word 2013

How to Prevent Text Drag and Drop in Word 2013

Last Updated On June 30, 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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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Selections
stop showing the start screen when you launch Word 2013

How to Stop Showing the Start Screen in Word 2013

Last Updated On June 9, 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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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Startup
two spaces after period on word 2013

How to Add Two Spaces After Period in Word 2013

Last Updated On June 19, 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 insert an artistic or decorative horizontal line in word 2010

How to Insert an Artistic or Decorative Horizontal Line in Word 2010

Last Updated On June 19, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Occasionally you will need to add objects or different formatting marks to your documents. One of the more commonly used objects is a horizontal line. …

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Categories Programs Tags Lines, Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
how to change the default font in Word 2013

How to Change the Default Font in Word 2013

Last Updated On August 4, 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 Remove Section Breaks in Word

How to Remove Section Breaks in Word Documents

Last Updated On July 17, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

While Microsoft Word can be a pretty intuitive application for many of the documents that you edit, you will inevitably find situations where you can’t …

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Categories Programs Tags Breaks, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
How to Type an Exponent in Word

How to Type an Exponent in Word for Office 365

Last Updated On July 28, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Occasionally you will need to type some text into a Word document that requires some unusual formatting. If that formatting requires the text to be …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Ribbon
How to Make a Footnote in Microsoft Word 2016

How to Make a Footnote in Microsoft Word 2016

Last Updated On July 6, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

When you have some extra information that you want to include in a document, the natural inclination is to type it as a paragraph in …

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

How to Insert a Check Mark in Word 2013

Last Updated On August 22, 2023 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 Turn Off Overtype Mode in Microsoft Word

When I Type it Deletes in Microsoft Word – Why?

Last Updated On August 22, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

It can be pretty frustrating when an application that you use all the time starts behaving differently or is causing a weird problem that is …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Settings
How to Add a Horizontal Line in Microsoft Word

How to Add a Solid Line in Word

Last Updated On June 16, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Word gives you a lot of tools for adding objects and formatting to your documents. Use these steps to add a solid line in …

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Categories Programs Tags Lines, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
How to Make Periods Bigger in Microsoft Word

How to Make Periods Bigger in Microsoft Word

Last Updated On June 10, 2023 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
how to save word 2010 files to skydrive by default

How to Save Word 2010 Files to SkyDrive By Default

Last Updated On June 5, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

When you make new documents in Microsoft Word, you assume that you won’t have any trouble finding them later when you need them. But if …

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

Last Updated On July 17, 2023 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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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Tables
how to make bigger than 72 pt fonts in word 2013

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

Last Updated On June 29, 2023 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

Last Updated On July 7, 2023 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
click the hyperlink button

How to Create a Hyperlink in Word 2010

Last Updated On June 21, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

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 …

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Categories Programs Tags Hyperlinks, Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
how to insert a blank page in word 2010

How to Insert a Blank Page in Word 2010

Last Updated On June 2, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Everyone makes mistakes or forgets something, and this extends to the documents that we create for work and school. While some of the more common …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Ribbon
small caps in word example

How to Apply Small Caps in Word

Last Updated On August 22, 2023 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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Categories Programs Tags Fonts, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
set landscape as default orientation in word 2010

How to Set Landscape as Default Orientation in MS Word 2010

Last Updated On July 19, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

While your school or place of employment might want your documents to be in the portrait orientation, you may create a lot of other documents …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Orientation
how to clear all text formatting in word 2010

How to Clear All Text Formatting in Word 2010

Last Updated On August 1, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

When someone gives you a document to edit, it’s very likely that they will have used some of their own formatting. If you need to …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Selections
put an image behind text in word 2010

How to Put a Picture Behind Text in Word 2010

Last Updated On June 21, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Making edits to pictures can be simpler with applications like Microsoft Paint or Photoshop. But these tools can feel like an unnecessary added stop when …

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Categories Programs Tags Layers, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
how to add a drop shadow to a picture in word 2010

How to Add a Drop Shadow to a Picture in Word 2010

Last Updated On July 10, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Does a picture in your document seem like it’s kind of boring? While an image in and of itself can be enough to grab your …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Pictures
how to change background color in word 2010

How to Change Background Color in Word 2010

Last Updated On July 15, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

New MS Word documents will usually have a white background. This is probably fine for most normal documents, especially if it’s for work or school. …

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Categories Programs Tags Background, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
how to turn off double spacing in word 2013

How to Turn Off Double Spacing in Word 2013

Last Updated On June 27, 2023 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
how to run spell check in word 2013

How to Run Spell Check in Word 2013

Last Updated On June 18, 2023 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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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Utilities
how to do a grammar check in word 2010

How Do I Do a Grammar Check on Word Documents?

Last Updated On June 19, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Do you often make grammar mistakes when you write, and it’s affecting your grades on papers or your job performance? One way that you can …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Utilities
turn on the automatic spell checker in word 2013

How to Turn On Automatic Spell Check in Word 2013

Last Updated On July 10, 2023 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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Categories Programs Tags Featured Word, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Utilities
example or readability statistics in word 2013

How to View Document Readability Statistics in Word 2013

Last Updated On June 17, 2023 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

Last Updated On June 5, 2023 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
how to double space in word 2013

How to Double Space in Word Documents

Last Updated On June 19, 2023 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
how to remove the borders from a table in word 2010

How to Remove Table Borders in Word

Last Updated On June 18, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

When you add a table to a document in Microsoft Word, it will have borders around the table and its cells. These borders can be …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Tables
how to delete a column from a table in word 2010

How to Delete Column from Table in Word 2010

Last Updated On June 19, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

As you adjust the layout of a table in your Word document, you might be moving data around to different columns or rows. All of …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Word How-To Guides, Tables
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How to Get Rid of Gridlines in Word 2010

Last Updated On June 18, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

If you open a document in Microsoft Word and see a pattern of small blue squares on the page, then it’s likely that gridlines are …

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Categories Programs Tags Lines, Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Word How-To Guides
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