Word Quick Tips

Get quick, bite-sized answers that tell you exactly what you want to know about working with Microsoft Word.

Introduction

• Pick up some valuable skills in Word

1. Working with Text

• Add commonly used text automatically
• Use placeholder text
• Find the word count in a Word document
• Properly add space between paragraphs
• Insert a word count into your document
• Use nonprinting characters as a layout guide
• Translate text in a Word document
• Use Resume Assistant

2. Page Formatting

• Add page numbers
• Start page numbering later in a document
• Add a watermark
• Insert a header or footer in Word

3. Content Formatting

• Copy formatting from one item to another
• Draw a table
• Format text in a table
• Convert text to table and table to text
• Format pictures

4. Pages and Sections

• Use portrait and landscape pages in a document
• Delete a page in Word
• Add page and section breaks in Word
• Use section breaks to control column layouts

5. View Options

• View two parts of a document
• View multiple pages at once in Word
• Customize the Quick Access Toolbar

6. Working and Collaborating Online

• Save to OneDrive and use Word Online
• Insert and delete comments in Word
• Coauthor a Word document