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Margins have always been frustrating to deal with, and they are even more so in Word 2010 because the options to change or reset the margins are hard to find.  Take a look at the screenshot below to give you an idea of how to work with margins in Word 2010, and then follow the directions below that apply to you (to reset margins, or to find where to create custom … [Read more...] about How to Reset Margins in Word 2010, and How to Create Custom Margins in Microsoft Word 2010

Adding a column to a table in Microsoft Word used to be a pain.  But adding a column to a table in Word 2010 is easy.  In the example below we will add a column to the right of our table, so we go from a two-column table to a three-column table. But you can easily use the same instruction to add a new column to the left of an existing column (just switch your choice in step 3 … [Read more...] about How to Add a Column to a Table in Microsoft Word 2010

It used to be very easy to add the text "Page X of Y" to your header in Microsoft Word.  However in the new Microsoft Word, Word 2010, adding Page X of Y to your header is easy to do, but just takes a lot more steps. So here's how to add a "Page X of Y" section to your header of footer in Word 2010.  It's a pain in the neck but it gets the job done until I find a faster … [Read more...] about Word 2010: How to Add Page X of Y to Header

In earlier versions of Microsoft Word it was pretty easy by default to adjust your paragraph margins (e.g. for a lone paragraph that wasn't cooperating with the other items in a bulleted list).  Word 2010 doesn't always display those friendly (or not-so-friendly) margin sliders so I will now show you how to get those "margin sliders" back. In Word 2010: 1. Navigate to the … [Read more...] about How to Adjust Paragraph Margins in Word 2010