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How to Make Precision Distance & Width of Columns in Microsoft Word

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How to Make Precision Distance & Width of Columns in Microsoft Word. After making a column written in the document, we sometimes need to adjust the spacing between columns by dragging the mouse. But the spacing is less precise or only be guessed at. To be able to make more precise distance between the columns of 1 cm or 1 inch for example, you can use the following steps in Microsoft Word 2007.

  1. Click on or place the text cursor in text fields that you want to change the distance between columns.
  2. Click the Page Layout Ribbon
  3. Select the Columns button
  4. On the popup menu that appears select the More Columns item

    5. Picture: How to bring up a dialog column to set the column format text in Microsoft Word 2007

  5. You will be given a Column dialog that allows you to organize your writing the column configuration. On the width and spacing grup, fill the column width in the Width box, while to adjust the spacing between the columns fill the distance between columns in the Spacing box.
  6. Make sure that you fill value is to your liking and then press the OK button.

Picture: How to set the column format text in Microsoft Word 2007 using the dialog column

Tips when creating precision spacing and column width in Microsoft Word

When you arrange or provide value for the column width, the spacing between the columns will be adjusted automatically by Microsoft Word and vice versa. When you set the value of space between the columns so the column width is automatically adjusted.
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How to Adjust the Distance Between Columns Easily in Microsoft Word

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How to Adjust the Distance Between Columns Easily in Microsoft Word. When you make writing in a columns format, sometimes you feel the distance between the columns are too close or too far perhaps. By the way, you can easily adjust the spacing between columns written in Microsoft Word with the following steps.

  1. Click on a column that will change the spacing between columns
  2. Point your mouse cursor to the ruler

    3. Image: An easy way to make writing newspaper columns like in Microsoft Word 2007

  3. If the mouse cursor has changed into a two-way arrows, horizontal left and right, click and drag to the left or right to change the distance between your columns. At the time of dragging the process is done, you will see vertical dotted lines change with the position.
  4. If the column space has been to your liking, release the mouse button.
  5. The distance between the columns of your writing has changed.

Tips when Set the Distance Between Column Text in Microsoft Word

  • When you do a drag to minimize the distance between the columns, there is a minimum distance allowed by Microsoft Word.
  • To set a more specific range or precision, you should use the column dialog for setting the column.

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How to Make Newspaper Column Writing Easily in Microsoft Word

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How to Make Newspaper Column Writing Easily in Microsoft Word. You must already know about the text column in the newspaper. The writing on the paper using some of the columns so that the reading process becomes more comfortable. Microsoft Word also provides the facility to make writing with forms such as newspaper columns. To create a column of text in Microsoft Word 2007 you can use the following steps.

  1. Create your typing or writing in advance.
  2. Next, block the text that will be made into a columns
  3. Select the Page Layout Ribbon
  4. Click the Columns button.

    5. Image: An easy way to make writing newspaper columns like in Microsoft Word 2007

  5. On the popup menu that appears you will be given several options, pick one of it:
    • One: create a form of writing a column (as usual typewriting)
    • Two: make text into two columns of equal width
    • Three: make text into 3 columns of writing the same large width
    • Left: make text into 2 columns, left hand column is smaller than the right column.
    • Right: make text into 2 columns, right-hand column is smaller than the left hand column.
    • More columns: displays the other options for making further columns.

Tips when Creating Columns in Microsoft Word

  • If you want to make four columns or more then you can make it by accessing the menu item More Columns.
  • You can reset the column that you created by making the text into one column.

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How to Easily Create Diagonal Lines in the Cell Table in Microsoft Word

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How to Easily Create Diagonal Lines in the Cell Table in Microsoft Word. To create a diagonal line in the Cell Table Microsoft Word you can follow the 2 steps below.

Make a Diagonal Line Through the Border and Shading Dialog

  1. Select the cell or block of diagonal lines that will be made
  2. Click the right mouse button on the blocked area
  3. On the popup menu that appears click the item Border and Shading

    4. Image: An easy way to make a diagonal line in the table cell in Microsoft Word by using the help of Dialog Border and shading

  4. On the Border and Shading dialog click the button you want diagonal
  5. Click OK to use a table format cell border

How to Make a Diagonal Line by using the Draw Table

  1. Click one cell in the table
  2. On the Table Tools menu, click Ribbon Design
  3. On the right side of the ribbon click the Draw Table
  4. Click the corner cell that will be made diagonal line and drag it into another angle to form a diagonal line and then release the mouse button.
  5. Do it over and over again for another cell you want to give a diagonal line.

Image: An easy way to make a diagonal line in the table cell in Microsoft Word by using the Draw Table

Tips when Creating a Diagonal Lines on the Table Cell in Microsoft Word

To create a diagonal line on many cell you should use a way of making the first diagonal line which is using the help of Border and Shading Dialog.

How to Create a Different Header & Footer In One Document Microsoft Word

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How to Create a Different Header & Footer In One Document Microsoft Word. To make a display variations sometimes we need to provide a different header or footer between one page to another. To create the look of a different header and footer on second page or on each page in Microsoft Word 2007 you can follow the steps below.

  1. Place the text cursor position on where you want to create a different header or footer
  2. Create a new Section. The way the rapid succession – also press ALT + I, B, N.
  3. In the Break dialog is shown, in the Section break types select Next Page
  4. Click OK to add a new Section
  5. Next double click on the header or footer area, or you can do it by right-clicking on the header or footer area and then on the popup menu that appears click the item , Edit Header or Edit Footer

    6. Picture: How to set up headers and footers in Microsoft Word to be different on each page

  6. See the picture above. If you provide a check on the Different First Page you will have a different first page that the image is shown by the First Page Header Section 2. Meanwhile, if you want the Header is different from the header of the previous section, then remove the Link to Previous. With the same way, you should do in the footer if you want your page footer different from the previous page footer section.

Tips to make a different header and footer

If you want a different header or footer to the header or footer that exist in the previous section then you must remove the check mark on the item “link to previous” first before doing the editing process of the header or footer
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How To Quickly Deleting Row in Table in Microsoft Word

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How To Quickly Deleting Row in Table in Microsoft Word. We often do the manipulation of tables, including in addition to deleting columns or rows. To delete a row in the table Microsoft Word you can follow the steps below.

First Way to Delete Table Rows

  1. Select the cell or block of several different cell line to be deleted.
  2. On the Table Tools menu, click the Layout ribbon
  3. On the left, click the Delete button
  4. On the menu that appears click Delete Rows
  5. The line that you choose will be immediately removed from the table.

Picture: How to delete one or several rows in Microsoft Word via ribbon

Second Way to Delete Table Rows

  1. Select the cell or block of several different cell line to be deleted.
  2. Click the right mouse button on a cell area that has been selected.
  3. On the popup menu that appears click Delete Cells
  4. You will then be raised Delete Cells dialog
  5. Select the option Delete entire row
  6. Click on OK.
  7. The line that you choose will be immediately removed or deleted from the table.

Third Way to Delete Table Rows

  1. Select the table rows to be deleted. you can click on an empty area on the left of the table ;)
  2. Click the right mouse button on a cell area that has been selected.
  3. On the popup menu that appears click Delete rows
  4. The line that you choose will be immediately removed from the table.

The third way is the most I like to use :)

Tips when Removing Rows from Table

  • If you mistakenly delete a rows, do not panic. you can still use an undo facility, just press ctrl + Z key.
  • You can repeat the last command (row deletions) with CTRL + Y or F4

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How to Sort Text Data in the Table in Microsoft Word

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How to Sort Text Data in the Table in Microsoft Word. The data that we have sometimes to be more readable if the state ordered according to certain rules. Ordering can be either from smallest to largest (Ascending, A to Z) or from large to small (Descending, Z to A). To sort text data in the table Microsoft Word 2007 you can follow the steps below.

  1. Select / click the table to be sorted data
  2. From the Table Tools menu, click Layout
  3. Then click the Sort button to sort the data

    4. Picture: how to sort the data tables in Microsoft Word; access the Sort Table button

  4. In the Sort dialog that appears fill in value
  5. In the My List Has, select the Header Row if you do a table cell block including its Header Row, just choose No. If no header row.
  6. In the Sort by fill listbox with available values. If you do not use the header row, then the leftmost column is column 1.
  7. Fill in if you want to sort the data table as a number or text
  8. Then if you want to make the order from large to small (descending) then you must select the option descending, if not then your data will be sorted from smallest to largest (ascending).
  9. Ensure that the data that you use has been appropriate, and click OK.

Picture: how to sort the data tables in Microsoft Word; using dialogue sort

Tips when Sorting the Table Data in Microsoft Word

Sometimes when we use our data showing the serial number is located in the leftmost column. The sequence number is usually a messy or not sequential. To sort again, do the sorting for the serial number. First of all blocks of the sequence number column. Then do the process of sorting the data as above. But at the Sort dialog appears, click the options button at the bottom left. Then in the dialog that appears, on the sort options, provide a check on the sort column only. Then click OK. Finally click OK in the Sort dialog.
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How to Quickly Set The Table Display and Format in Ms Word

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How to Quickly Set The Table Display and Format in Microsoft Word. When you create a table, of course you want your table has a view that “different”, not just like regular table view but you do not want your time runs out only preoccupied by the affairs of view only. Actually you can still use different types of table display format that has been provided by Microsoft Word. To take advantage of the view that already provided by Microsoft Word you can use the following steps.

  1. Select and click the table that will be set looks
  2. On the Table Tools menu click Design ribbon tab

    3. Picture: How to quickly set the display format tables in Microsoft Word

  3. In the table styles group select one of the look you want
    • Header Row: using a display with a special format on the first line
    • Total Row: using a display with a special format on the last line or row
    • Banded Rows: using the display with a special format that distinguish between odd and even lines so that the table easier to read
    • First Column: using a display with a special format in the first column
    • Last Column: using a display with a special format in the last column
    • Banded Columns: use the display with a special format that distinguish between odd and even columns so the table easier to read

Tips for Table Setting in Microsoft Word

  1. The Display format provided by Microsoft Word is still a basic display. If you are still not satisfied with the table view so you can edit or improve it. At least you’re saving some of your time.
  2. It is great if you use the same table format on your report document

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How to Quickly Delete Table Columns in Microsoft Word

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How to Quickly Remove Table Columns in Microsoft Word. When a column is not needed anymore we can remove it quickly. This step  is often used to remove the column quickly on Microsoft Word 2007 table as follows.

How To Delete Columns : Common Way

  1. Click on the top border to make the block column to be deleted. (If you do not know how to block selection, see How to Block Cell In Microsoft Word table).
  2. Right click on the area of ​​the block to bring up the popup menu.
  3. On the popup menu that appears click Delete Columns
  4. The column has now been removed from your table.

How to Delete Column : Alternative Way

  1. Right click on one cell of the column to be removed to bring up the popup menu
  2. On the popup menu that appears, click Delete Cells
  3. You will be raised a Delete Cell dialog to remove cell
  4. Select or click the option Delete entire column
  5. Click on OK.
  6. The column has now been removed from your table.

Tips to Delete the Table Columns in Microsoft Word

To delete two or more columns at once then you have to make some cell blocks consisting of several different columns first and after that began a process of elimination of the columns

How To Insert Rows Table in Microsoft Word with Easily

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How to Easily Insert Rows in Microsoft Word Table. To insert a row in the table in Microsoft Word you can use the following steps.

  1. Right-click the cell where the row will be added or inserted.
  2. On the popup menu that appears, select the item insert

    3. Picture: How to insert / insert rows in a table in microsoft word

  3. You will be raised in a sub menu.
    • Click Insert Rows Above to insert a row above the cell where you’d right-click, or
    • Click Insert Rows Below to insert a row below where you do a right click.
  4. Line will be directly in the paste to your liking. Your next stay back after finish the table because of the newly inserted row.

Tips Insert Table Column in Microsoft Word

  1. To add a row then you just right-click on the bottom of the column and choose Insert Rows Below
  2. To add a column to the first column, you just right-click on the column top and choose Insert Rows Above
  3. To insert two lines or more at once then you must make the block a few different cell lines prior to the insertion of new rows.

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