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 ...

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 ...

Understand your document's building blocks.

There is no avoiding the fact; Microsoft Word is a very powerful program that has way more features than you’re probably ever going to need. When you are just getting started with Word the entire ...

Make sure the text and graphics you paste into Word 2007 documents don't bring their formatting along for the ride. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis ...

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 ...

Office Q&A: How to save time formatting Word tables Your email has been sent Formatting every new Word table you insert gets old in a hurry. Learn how to modify Word's default table style or use the ...

Once you get the format of your Word document just right, you don't want users (or colleagues) messing things up in any way. Learn how you can lock all formatting options in your Word 2003 documents ...