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 ...

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 ...

Inserting tables into your Word document is a great way to organize and present information. However, you don't have to stop there. With a few simple formatting adjustments, you can transform basic ...

A number of readers have asked how to divide text into columns within Microsoft Word. Well, there are four basic column types that I call “Book,” “Newspaper,” “Table” and “Tabbed.” Book columns are ...

Whether by applying prebuilt effects to images, adding columns and borders, or placing text over images, you can improve the eye-appeal of your Word documents with just a few clicks and settings ...

Using columns arranges text in newspaper-style format with two or more narrow columns of text per page. When the text in one column reaches the bottom of the page, it resumes at the top of the next ...

Most of us know that formatting a table’s data, cells, and borders can potentially help readers grasp what a table is trying to say. But that doesn’t mean we know the best way to make it happen. When ...

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 ...

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 ...