How to Add a Calendar in MS Word

It is easy to add a calendar in a Word document. You can do this in three ways.

3 ways to add a calendar in MS Word

  • Use MS Word’s Online Templates
  • Use the ‘Quick Table’ option
  • Use Tables to manually create a calendar.

We will show you all the three methods in simple, step-by-step instructions.

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How to Start Page Numbering from a Specific Page in MS Word

It is often helpful to number the pages in your Word document. But what should you do if the first page is a cover page, and the second contains the list of contents? 

In that case, you would want to start the numbering from the third page onwards.

MS Word is highly flexible with page numbering. But you must divide your document into sections. This will allow you to number each section independently.

We will show you how to start page numbering from a specific page. We will use simple, step-by-step instructions.

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How to Make a Concept Map in MS Word

Concept maps make it easier to understand complex relationships. For instance, with an organization chart, you can understand the office hierarchy. 

It is easy to visualize a nuclear chain reaction if it is in the form of a diagram. An Ichikawa (or fishbone) diagram helps to find the root cause of a problem. These are all different forms of concept maps.

Making concept maps in MS Word is simple.

2 ways to cerate a Concept Map in MS Word

  • Use Basic Shapes
  • Use SmartArt Templates

Before we begin, ensure you have the basic layout of your concept map ready.

We will show you both methods in simple, step-by-step instructions.

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How to insert a Word document into Excel

In a scenario where you have a data table set up in a Word document, you can convert the table into an Excel sheet, by simply importing it – no need to recreate the table in Excel! 

Likewise, you can also easily import a text Word document into Excel.

3 ways to Insert Word Document into Excel

  • Import Word document into Excel as an embedded object.
  • Import Word data into multiple cells in Excel.
  • Import Word data as a text file into Excel.

We will show you in simple step-by-step instructions how you can do this. 

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How to Set Right Tab Stop in MS Word

Word offers tab stops as a feature for formatting paragraphs, as tab stops align the text in your document to the left and right.

Word has default tab stop settings, but you can set custom tabs.

In addition, you can press the tab key on your keyboard, which will then insert the tab character into your document. This moves the insertion point for your text to the tab stop. 

You can use tab stops to evenly distribute the text between the left and right margins. By default, Word sets tab stops every half-inch. 

2 ways to Set Right Tab Stop in MS Word

  • Using paragraph settings.
  • Using the horizontal ruler.

We will explain how to do the above in simple, step-by-step instructions.

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How to set Left tab Stop in MS Word

Word offers tab stops as a feature for formatting paragraphs, as tab stops align the text in your document to the left and right.

Word has default tab stop settings, but you can set custom tabs.

In addition, you can press the tab key on your keyboard, which will then insert the tab character into your document. This moves the insertion point for your text to the tab stop. 

You can use tab stops to evenly distribute the text between the left and right margins. By default, Word sets tab stops every half-inch. 

2 ways to set Left tab Stops

  • Use paragraph settings.
  • Use the horizontal ruler.

We will explain how to do the above in simple, step-by-step instructions.

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How to add a Cover Page in MS Word

You can attract the reader’s attention by adding an attractive cover page to your MS Word document. 

Fortunately, Word offers several cover page templates which you can use. 

3 ways to add cover page in MS Word

  • Adding a cover page to a new document.
  • Adding a cover page to an existing document.
  • Changing the cover page of a document.

We will show you in simple, step-by-step instructions how you can add a cover page in all the above situations.

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How to rename a Microsoft Word Document

There are several ways to rename a document in MS Word.

3 ways to rename a Word Document

  • Use Word itself to rename a Word document.
  • Use File Explorer to rename a Word document.
  • Make a copy of the document and rename the copy.

We will show you all the methods in simple stepwise instructions.

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How to Split a Page in Half (Like a Book) in an MS Word Document

By default, Word displays a document as scrolling pages in a single column. This is called the Print Layout.

But Word can display the document in other layouts as well.

4 ways to split page in half in MS Word

  • Display two pages side by side.
  • Display the document on multiple pages.
  • Use columns to split a page vertically in half.
  • Use tables to split a page vertically in half.

We will show how to achieve the above in a few simple steps.

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