You copy something, paste it into Word, and suddenly it’s a formatting disaster. You aren't alone. I learned these paste tricks the hard way—so you don’t have to. Paste Special should be your go-to ...

Formatting is important, because it improves readability and sometimes emphasizes a document's purpose. That means that we spend a lot of time applying formats. Here are three tips will help you work ...

Last week I gave you some useful Windows tips; this week I thought I’d continue the tips theme, and move to Microsoft Word. Actually, when you’re copying from a Web page, things get a little ...

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 ...

Normally, we select a character, a word, a sentence, or a paragraph. All these selections are horizontal selections. Sometimes, you may need to select vertically. For example, if your text has numbers ...

There are two basic types of Word 2010 users: Those who upgraded from Word 2007 and those who skipped from Word 2003 (or an earlier version) directly to 2010. These two groups are likely to have very ...

Changing the default printer driver to PDF lets files created in Word 2010 format properly in Word 2007, but the only permanent solution is to revert to Word's old default format. Dennis O'Reilly ...

We’ve all been there—staring at a Microsoft Word document that just doesn’t look quite right. Maybe the text feels cramped, the formatting is inconsistent, or that image you inserted refuses to stay ...