I’ve heard from some readers who have asked about creating columns in a Microsoft Word document. Well, there are four basic types of columns that I refer to as “Book,” “Newspaper,” “Table” and “Tabbed ...

Word tables have long been a way that people create spreadsheet-like items in Word documents. Word tables are also often used to improve the layout of a page in Word. Regardless of how you plan to use ...

When you lay out page text in columns you will generally fit a little more text on the page than if you laid it out so the lines stretch full width of the page. The shorter lines of text are also ...

A number of readers have asked how to divide text into columns within Microsoft Word. Well, there are four basic column types that I call “Book,” “Newspaper,” “Table” and “Tabbed.” Book columns are ...

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 ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Word comes with a variety of formatting and layout tools to enable you to get your business documents looking their best and to put across ideas effectively. In the case of bulleted lists, the Bullets ...

Newspaper columns are a great way to format content in brochures, flyers, newsletters and so on. They’re especially useful in a document that is text-heavy because the narrow columns are more readable ...

A fast way to center a heading across Word columns Your email has been sent Don't wrestle with column width and alignment formats when you want to add a title above multi-column text. This trick lets ...

Maintaining document formatting can be quite challenging when working with text from multiple sources. Fortunately, Microsoft Word provides you with special paste and formatting options to help you ...

The battle of Word vs. Google Docs is usually over before it begins, with the spoils awarded to Microsoft’s venerable word processor and its huge feature set. But the size of the toolbox isn’t always ...