One of the simplest ways to make a page more attractive and easy to read is to place the text in columns. Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Apr. 2013 and the video tutorial for ...

Give your business newsletters, manuals and brochures a designer look by arranging the text in them in a columnar layout. The shorter lines and punchier look of a two-column layout maximizes the use ...

I’ve heard from some readers who have asked about creating columns in a Microsoft Word document. Well, there are four basic types of columns that I refer to as “Book,” “Newspaper,” “Table” and “Tabbed ...

A table is an object that is made up of columns and rows, and its purpose is to store and organize data. In Microsoft Word, users can change the table border styles and shade the cells with various ...

A number of readers have asked how to divide text into columns within Microsoft Word. Well, there are four basic column types that I call “Book,” “Newspaper,” “Table” and “Tabbed.” Book columns are ...

The Check Box Content Control tool in Microsoft Word 2010 allows you to add check boxes to a document and create a checklist. However, if you attempt to use justification to align the items of a ...

While Microsoft Excel is great at performing calculations, producing charts and storing data, you can more easily create a descriptive, expressive and readable business report by using Microsoft Word ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...