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Learn how to add a diagonal line to a table in MS Word.
How to add line numbers to an entire document or just a part of the document. Useful in technical specifications and legal documents
You can count the number of words in a document while you type. In Word, you can count pages, paragraphs, lines, and characters. Here’s how to do it.
If backward P symbols suddenly appeared on your document, here’s how to turn off them off. What are backward P symbols? In MS Word, these are used to show you the underlying layout and general structure of your document. You can use this to fix pesky layout issues. What can happen is that you accidentally […]
Instead of copy and pasting text, use the Navigation pane in Word to restructure your document. This pane allows you to quickly update the layout of the document without accidentally missing text when you copy/paste from one section to the next. You can also use it instead of scrolling, scrolling, scrolling… instead just go directly to the heading or section you want to update. Here’s how to use the Navigation pane.
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A footnote is a type of note which appears at the bottom of the page in a document. In contrast, endnotes appear at the end of the document.
When you add a footnote, Word puts a reference mark or symbol in the body of the text to draw attention to the footnote.
Typically, a footnote is something you want to flag to the reader without disrupting the flow of the main text. You can also use them to add citation. Here’s how to do it.
You can improve the readability of your document by adjusting the line spacing between lines and paragraphs. If the default settings on the table of contents or other parts of the document are too narrow, you can adjust these settings. This gives the document more breathing spaces, making it easier to read.