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To make your own template in Word, set up the document, select File, Save As and choose Word Template. Start new files from File, New, Personal. Continue Reading How to Make Your Own Template in Word

Adjust spacing in Word: change line spacing with Home > Line and Paragraph Spacing, set space before and after paragraphs, change letter spacing in the Font dialog, and fix uneven gaps. Continue Reading How to Adjust Spacing in Word (Lines, Paragraphs and Letters)

Use File > New and search for memo, or build one with bold TO, FROM, DATE and SUBJECT lines and a short body. Includes a ready-to-copy example memo. Continue Reading How to Create a Memo in Word

Turn off auto capitalization in Word: go to File > Options > Proofing > AutoCorrect Options and clear Capitalize first letter of sentences. Continue Reading How to Turn Off Auto Capitalization in Word

Design Space has no export button. Take a screenshot, print the design to PDF with Print Then Cut, or insert your original file, then place it in Word. Continue Reading How to Copy an Image from Cricut Design Space to Word

MLA does not require a word count, so add one only when asked, usually as a line after the date in your heading. Here is how to count the body text accurately. Continue Reading How to Include Word Count in MLA Format

Select a whole page in Word with Ctrl+G and \page, copy it, and paste it into another document while keeping its formatting, margins and headers. Continue Reading How to Copy a Page from One Word Document to Another

Print several Word documents at once by selecting them in File Explorer and choosing Print, or combine them with Insert > Text from File to print any number with custom settings. Continue Reading How to Print Multiple Word Documents at Once

To make only one page landscape in Word, select everything on that page. Then go to Layout and select the small arrow in the corner… Continue Reading How to Make Only One Page Landscape in Word

Select Review > Track Changes (Ctrl + Shift + E) to record edits, then accept or reject each change. Here is how to view, lock, accept and turn off tracked changes in Word. Continue Reading How to Use Track Changes in Word

Print an envelope from Word with Mailings > Envelopes: type the delivery and return addresses, choose the size and feed method in Options, and print or add it to your letter. Continue Reading How to Print Envelopes from Word

To add a section break in Word, click where the new section starts, go to Layout > Breaks, and pick Next Page, Continuous, Even Page, or Odd Page. Continue Reading How to Add a Section Break in Word

Tighten spacing, narrow the margins, drop the font by a point, or use Shrink One Page. Here is how to make a Word document fit on one page without making it hard to read. Continue Reading How to Make Everything Fit on One Page in Word

Sort a table in Word with Table Layout > Sort: choose the column, the data type and the order, keep the header row in place, and sort by more than one column. Continue Reading How to Sort a Table in Word (Alphabetically, by Number or Date)

Show formatting marks, click before the section break and press Delete, or remove them all with Find and Replace (^b). Here is how to keep your formatting when you do. Continue Reading How to Get Rid of a Section Break in Word

Make Word show one page at a time: View > One Page, switch Page Movement to Vertical, zoom in to 100% or Page Width, and leave Read Mode for Print Layout. Continue Reading How to Get Word to Show One Page at a Time

Capitalize the first letter of each word in Excel with =PROPER(A2), Flash Fill or Power Query, then paste as values. Plus sentence case and fixes for names PROPER gets wrong. Continue Reading How to Capitalize Each Word in Excel

Stop page numbers at a certain page with a section break and Link to Previous, or remove them from the whole document with Remove Page Numbers. Continue Reading How to Stop Page Numbering in Word

Move a picture anywhere in Word by changing its text wrapping from In Line with Text, then fix its position, align several pictures and keep them from jumping. Continue Reading How to Place a Picture Anywhere in Word

In Word for the web, select File > Save As > Download a Copy. In OneDrive, select the file and Download. Here is how to download Word documents from email, Google Docs, Teams and your phone. Continue Reading How to Download a Word Document

Open the Navigation Pane with View > Navigation Pane or Ctrl + F to jump between headings, drag sections into a new order, browse pages and see search results. Continue Reading How to Use the Navigation Pane in Word

Add a section break, then turn off Link to Previous in the new section’s header and type a new one. Here is how, plus different first-page and odd/even headers and automatic chapter titles. Continue Reading How to Make Different Headers in Word

Copy comments between Word documents by copying the commented text with Keep Source Formatting, merge all comments with Review > Compare > Combine, or copy comment text alone. Continue Reading How to Copy Comments from One Word Document to Another

Turn on AutoSave in Word by saving to OneDrive and switching on the toggle, make it the default, set up AutoRecover for local files, and fix a greyed-out AutoSave switch. Continue Reading How to Turn On AutoSave in Word (and Fix It When It’s Greyed Out)

Type on a line in Word without it moving: use a table with a bottom border, an underlined tab, a paragraph border, or a borderless text box over an existing line. Continue Reading How to Type on Top of a Line in Word

Embed a Word document in Excel with Insert > Object > Create from File > Browse > OK. Includes Mac steps, linking, and fixes. Continue Reading How to Embed a Word Document in Excel

Open Window > Info (F8) and click in a text frame to see the word count for that story in InDesign. Select text to count part of it, or export text to count a whole document. Continue Reading How to Find Word Count in InDesign

Crop a photo to a perfect square in Word, set it to exactly 1 inch, fit several copies on one page and print them at actual size. Continue Reading How to Make a 1×1 Picture in Word

Format section titles as headings, insert an automatic table from References, Table of Contents, then Ctrl+click any entry to jump to that section. Continue Reading How to Link a Table of Contents to Pages in Word

Remove the expand/collapse triangle in Word by applying the Normal style to a heading, or expand all headings to show hidden text. Continue Reading How to Remove Expand and Collapse in Word

Find every Word document on your PC with a File Explorer search for .docx and .doc files, Word’s Recent list, OneDrive, or a PowerShell command. Continue Reading How to Find All Word Documents on Your Computer

Add header text and a page number together in Word: type the header, press Tab, then use Insert > Page Number > Current Position so the number doesn’t replace your text. Continue Reading How to Add a Page Number and Header in Word

Ignore all spelling and grammar errors in Word with Ignore All, hide errors for one document in Proofing options, skip checking for selected text, or turn checking off entirely. Continue Reading How to Ignore All Errors in Word (Spelling and Grammar)

Drag the four-arrow move handle at the top-left of the table, or select it, cut and paste. Use Table Properties to align or position it exactly. Continue Reading How to Move Tables in Word

A blank page in Word that won’t go away is almost always caused by something you can’t see: extra empty paragraphs, a page break, a… Continue Reading How to Delete a Blank Page in Word That Won’t Go Away

Scale a Word document to a different paper size with File > Print > Scale to Paper Size, print several pages per sheet, change the page size, or shrink a document onto fewer pages. Continue Reading How to Scale a Document in Word (Print and Page Size)

Word shows the count in the status bar; right-click it to turn Word Count on, or press Ctrl + Shift + G for full statistics. Here is how on Windows, Mac, web and mobile. Continue Reading How to Display Word Count in Word