This is part of my series on how to avoid time-consuming “short cuts” and use Word in the right way to maximise your time and improve the look of your documents. I bear no responsibility for any pickles you might get yourself into! Always save a copy of your document before manipulating it.
Mac compatible versions of Word should have similar options. Please note, these hints work with versions of Microsoft Word currently in use – Word 2007, Word 2010 and Word 2013 all for PC. I hope you’ve found these hints helpful! Do share or pop a comment on this post if I’ve helped you learn something new or solved a tricky problem for you, and do explore the rest of my blog if this is your first visit! To turn off the rulers, simply press that button again, and they will disappear! This will display both of your rulers, and you can use the sliders to adjust your margins: If you can’t see the rulers, click on the View Ruler button at the top of your right-hand scroll bar: If they don’t, here are instructions on how to make them display. How to create images for online advertisingThe top and side rulers in Word are used to set your margins, and also any Indents you might require for your paragraphs. How to use Stencil for marketing campaigns.
Using a web application for creating images Visual Marketing How important are visual images for my business? Related Pages and Random Possibly Useful GuidesĪdding Units to a Function - Add units to a Cell. The text in the cell can be aligned either to the left, centre or right and this is positioned against the space adjusters. It is standard to have a set distance between the table edge and the text. It is possible to adjust each individual cell in a table but this can give misaligned looking table once printed. The indent controls can be adjusted so that text fits in the cell space. The second set of formatting bars adjust the positioning of the text in the cell by either increasing or decreasing the indent: Complete pixel control is possible and shown later in this tutorial. The movement of the column widths have a snap to grid motion, meaning that there are set points and movement is not continuous. When the cursor is positioned in a cell two bars appear (see image below) indicating the width of the cell and column These are two gray bars can be used to adjusted the width of the cell and column. The ruler should now appear at the top of the document just below the ribbon Then click on the Ruler radar button on the Show/hide panel of the view ribbon tab.
If the ruler is not visible it can be easily opened clicking on the view tab on the ribbon which is at the top of the page. The ruler bar is at the top of the open document and below the icon ribbon. The first stage of formatting the contents of a cell in a table is to use the features available in the ruler feature. (This process could also be described as nudging the contents of a cell)
Microsoft Word is notoriously bad and difficult for formatting tables. Format A Table in a Microsoft Word Document