Medgar Evers College of CUNY

Insert Table For a basic table, click Insert > Table and move the cursor over the grid until you highlight the number of columns and rows you want....

When you type 1, a period, a space, and some text, then press Enter, Word automatically starts a numbered list for you. Type * and a space before your tex...

Select Design > Paragraph Spacing. Hover the cursor over each option to see a preview, and then select the option you want. For sin...

Styles give your document a consistent, professional look. Select the text you want to format. Tip: If you place your cursor in a paragraph, the sty...

Apply a theme to quickly format an entire document and give it a modern, professional look. Select Design > Themes. Point to a theme t...

In Word, you can customize or choose predefined margin settings. Word automatically sets a one-inch page margin around each page. You also can set margins f...

To lay out the whole document in columns, select Layout > Columns. Choose the option you want, or choose More Columns to set your own column...

To change the orientation of the whole document, select Layout > Orientation. Choose Portrait or Landscape. Change part of a d...

Select Design > Page Borders. Make selections for how you want the border to look. Tips:  To adjust the distance betw...

With your cursor on the first page of your document, go to Insert , select Header or Footer, and then pick a built-in layout and design , or select Edit...