It has been 24 years since Microsoft first released Word, and four years since the program’s last major upgrade. How much more can Microsoft do to tweak its venerable word processor? Surprisingly, ...

Before Office 2007, Microsoft Word's buttons were arranged in a series of toolbars. In Office 2007, controls now appear in a ribbon on the top of the window, and the program now uses a single toolbar: ...

Reader Barbara Van Gorder misses some of the cosmetic features found in earlier versions of Microsoft Word. She writes: In older versions of Word there were pictures on the toolbar for cut and paste.

Copilot integration in Microsoft 365 apps makes it a snap to generate first drafts, revise text, and get instant summaries for long docs or email threads. Here’s how to use Copilot for writing ...

Want to add your most useful commands to a spot in which you can gain quick access to these commands without clicking on random tabs to find the command you are looking for to use? In Microsoft Office ...

There are three ways to check your word count in Microsoft Word. You can find your word count in Microsoft Word at the bottom of the window, or by opening the "Review" menu. If you add word count to ...

Microsoft Word comes with countless options that you can change or tweak as per your requirements. For some people, default settings are enough to get the job done, whereas some of you might not be ...

Disappearing toolbar Gavin E. Greenoak offers a simple workaround to for users who lose the Microsoft Word toolbar when switching the application from the foreground to background, or vice versa: "For ...

If you’re a writer, student, or anyone else constrained by word counts, you’re probably a regular user of Microsoft Word’s handy Word Count feature (which is accessible in the Tools menu). Wouldn’t it ...

Microsoft Word is the de facto standard in word processing. Simple on the surface, yet immensely capable and feature-rich when you poke around. It's one of those productivity applications that nearly ...