Microsoft Word includes several tools for adjusting the alignment of text -- words, sentences and paragraphs. Although text aligns left with the left document margin automatically, you can re-align ...

With so many menus to dig through, getting a document to look decent in Microsoft Word can feel like a chore. I used to find formatting tedious, but after learning a few features and shortcuts, it ...

You can waste a lot of time trying to get a document to look right. These power user tricks will help speed your formatting chores. Formatting improves the readability of your documents and often ...

Peter S. Chamberlain asked for a way, in Microsoft Word, to automatically manage the formatting of “a lot of text.” The Styles feature in Microsoft Word is one of a handful of tools that keep me from ...

Whether by applying prebuilt effects to images, adding columns and borders, or placing text over images, you can improve the eye-appeal of your Word documents with just a few clicks and settings ...

Style: It matters as much for your Word documents as it does for how you dress every day. Your work could be great, but it won’t stand out if you stick with the dull, gray sea of Calibri 11 text in ...

Full block format is most common in business communications, but you may also use it when quoting long portions of text in academic documents. The left justification and one-inch margins give ...

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Follow the steps below to show and hide formatting marks or non-printing characters in Word: Under the section “Always show these formatting marks on screen,” you can enable one or more formatting ...