After initial installation, Microsoft Word typically uses Times New Roman serif font as its default. This means that any new document you start will use Times New Roman as its typeface. This style of ...

When you first install Microsoft Word 2010, it automatically sets itself as the default program for handling Word documents. This means anytime you double-click a Word document from File Explorer or ...

The two most recent versions of Microsoft's word processor let you paste plain text rather than formatted text and graphics when you press Ctrl-V or click the Paste button. Dennis O'Reilly began ...

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In late April, Microsoft announced that Calibri will no longer be the default font for Microsoft Office sometime in the near future. The company is currently asking people to help select its successor ...

Make sure the text and graphics you paste into Word 2007 documents don't bring their formatting along for the ride. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis ...

Formatting is important, because it improves readability and sometimes emphasizes a document's purpose. That means that we spend a lot of time applying formats. Here are three tips will help you work ...

Creating a numbered or bulleted list is one of Word’s easiest features to implement. You click a button–seriously, that’s about it. But with that ease comes a fixed set of properties, and you might ...

Say it ain’t so, Calibri. I’ve always favored Microsoft’s default Word font—much more so than Times New Roman, at least, which Microsoft replaced with Calibri way back in Office 2007. And while ...