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 ...

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 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 ...

Give your business newsletters, manuals and brochures a designer look by arranging the text in them in a columnar layout. The shorter lines and punchier look of a two-column layout maximizes the use ...

Microsoft Word quickly converts columns to a table when you apply the "Insert" ribbon command and then select the "Convert Text to Table" option. To help you format the columns, Word displays the ...

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 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 ...

If you’re completely new to Microsoft Word, you’re probably wondering where to begin. You’ve come to the right place because we’ll get you started. From what you see in the Word window to how to save ...

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 ...