When Word stops underlining spelling mistakes in red, it is easy to assume the feature has broken. Usually it has not — one of a handful of common settings is wrong, or a single piece of text ha...
Converting a Word document to PDF takes about three seconds, and Word has built-in tools to do it without any third-party software. The result is a file that looks the same on any device, cannot be ac...
If a Word document contains sensitive information — a contract, salary details, client data, or anything you would not want someone to open accidentally — adding a password is quick and st...
Losing an unsaved Word document is one of the most frustrating things that can happen at a computer. Whether Word crashed, you accidentally closed without saving, or the power went out, there is a goo...
Find and Replace is one of the most time-saving tools in Microsoft Word, and most people only use a fraction of what it can do. At its simplest, it finds a word and swaps it for another. At its most p...
Headers and footers are the strips of space at the top and bottom of every page in a Word document. They sit outside the main body area and repeat on every page — or, with a bit of configuration...
A table of contents at the start of a long document makes it far easier to navigate — for you when editing, and for anyone who receives the finished document. Microsoft Word can build one for yo...
Track Changes is Microsoft Word’s built-in review tool. When it’s switched on, every edit made to the document is recorded — additions, deletions, formatting changes — and disp...
Mail merge is one of the most useful things Microsoft Word can do, and one of the least understood. If you’ve ever needed to send the same letter to dozens of people but with each one addressed ...