There are a variety of reasons why you may find your document is too large. The most likely culprit, however, is that it contains pictures. In this case, the way to reduce the file size of a Word document is to compress the pictures. Read on to find out how and which settings to choose for the best results.
Managing the text styles displayed in a Word document is essential. This is the case whether you apply styles using the Quick Styles gallery or the Styles task pane. Because it helps to ensure you’re not wasting time trying to find the right style when needed.
There are several methods you can use to update a table of contents in Word. Each method is straightforward – but there are a few prerequisites. Read on to find out what the prerequisites are, and how to deal with them. That way, you’ll be able to update the table of contents using any of the available methods.
Inserting an image in Word isn’t always a straightforward process. This is particularly so if you don’t know the best way to position and align an image so that it works with surrounding content. If this sounds familiar, then the steps below will show you exactly what you need to do to add and adjust an image in Word.
Want to include a table of figures or a list of tables in Word but not sure how? Well, there’s one step you must take before you can in fact include either of these in a document. Once you’ve taken the step, you’ll find it’s a simple process to then insert an automatic table of figures.
It’s easy enough to align text horizontally in Word. That is, by applying the relevant paragraph alignment: left, centre, right or justified. But what happens when you need to space text at intervals across the page? For example, for a list of services and related charges. Following are two methods that’ll show you how to perfectly align text in Word.
Want to add some design to your document but not sure how? Well, setting custom margins in Word is one way you can do this. You can adjust margins by specifying your own custom settings. Or, for a quicker alternative, you may wish to take advantage of Word’s predefined settings. Either way, when you adjust the margins in your document, this moves you away from the Word default. And as such, will help add that extra bit of design you’re looking for.
Word’s default behaviour is for headers and footers in a document to contain the same content throughout. Sometimes, however, you may wish to include different headers and footers on each page. Or for different sections of your document. The only way to enable this is by adding sections to the document. And then unlinking headers and footers as required.
When you insert a table, Word applies a very basic Table Grid design to it. This may suit your needs some of the time. But for the most part, you’ll want to style the table. This is easily done in two key steps.
When you add an image to a Word document, you may wish to use your own, or a stock image provided by Microsoft. Or to add one you source via an online search. The process to insert any of these is essentially the same.
