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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Have you ever felt that the bullet size of your bulleted list was too small or too big? Did you know that in MS Word, you can change the size of the bullets?

2 ways to change bullet size in MS Word

• Change bullet and text size together.
• Change only the bullet size.

We will show you a few easy, step-by-step instructions on how to do this.

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MS Word allows you to place bullets against a list of text in your document. Bullets help to emphasize different aspects of the subject. By default, Word allows you a selection of seven types of bullets from a library. You can also choose to have no bullets when you choose None.

3 ways to change bullet color in MS Word

• Pick a bullet from the library.
• Define a new bullet.
• Change the color of the bullet.

Let us show you in simple steps how you can do the above.

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