This article explains how to display the ruler in Microsoft Word—and how to use the ruler to change margins and create tabs.

Assuming you have a blank document page opened, switch to ‘View’ tab. It’s on the extreme right. From the section, select ‘Print Layout’ option. Now, keeping the View tab in an active state, place the ...

Last week I told you how to add a tabbed e-mail view to Microsoft Outlook. Cool, right? Of course, that probably left you salivating for tabs in other areas of Office, namely Word, Excel, and ...

When you want to reformat your Microsoft Word document and have more flexibility to position the text and other elements, you can clear the tab stops for this layout. Remove the tab stops by accessing ...

Adding tabs is one of the easiest ways to ensure the text in your Word document is positioned precisely where you want it. Normally, you can do this simply by pressing the "Tab" key; if you're working ...

Windows only: Office Tabs brings tabs to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The free plug-in looks like an update to one we previously covered (then called OfficeTab), but this version has ...

How to remove tabs used to indent paragraphs in a Word document Your email has been sent Many Microsoft Word users insert a tab at the beginning of each paragraph. In a one-off document, it won’t ...

Click the File tab, then click Options on the backstage view. An Excel Options dialog box will open. Click Customize Ribbon on the left pane. Choose the tab on the right where you want to place the ...

These charts accompany our story Word 2010 cheat sheet. Click through to that story for detailed information on getting up and running with Word 2010. If you’ve upgraded to Word 2010 directly from ...