Tag Archives: Formatting

How to Convert MS Word Tables into ‘Plain Text’

Let’s say you have a table that you want to convert back into text. How do you do it? I write technical documents for a living. Part of my work is extracting text from excel files and other documents where technical information is located. Sometimes this is text inside tables that I need to get […]

Numbered Lists: How to Insert Space Without Breaking the Numbering

If you want to add space between items in a numbered list, but don’t want to turn off the numbering, follow this checklist. Creating Space Between List Items Create a new document. Click the Numbering button on the Formatting toolbar to start an automatic numbered list. Type First Item and press Enter. Type Second Item […]

[Video] How to Create an Amazing Table of Contents in MS Word

Be honest. You’ve got ambition, right? That boring ol’ Table of Contents in your Word doc. You want better right? Something with an edge. That stands out. Special. Actually, you want anything except the default Table of Contents in Word. So, how do you fix it? Fear not, good friend. This video explains all. [Video] How […]