Unlock the Power of the Paragraph The paragraph is arguably the most important element in a Word document. Your success in formatting a document ultimately depends on understanding how it works.

If Formatting marks or or non-printing characters are turned on in Word, it displays hidden characters such as Tab characters, Spaces, Paragraphs marks, Hidden text, Optional hyphens, etc.

Direct Formatting vs. Style Formatting There are two ways to change the paragraph settings in Word: direct formatting and style formatting.

Peter S. Chamberlain asked for a way, in Microsoft Word, to automatically manage the formatting of “a lot of text.” The Styles feature in Microsoft Word is one of a handful of tools that keep ...

Make your Microsoft Word and PowerPoint documents stand out by creating your own one-click formatting with Style Sheets (formerly known as style sets).

Q. I know how to number bullets vertically in Word, but I want to number a large quantity of bullets horizontally in a paragraph. Is this possible? A. Numbering your items in a paragraph format takes ...

The default document settings in Word 2010 create documents with the necessary margins and justification, but you have to do a bit more formatting to create a document with full block configuration.