Microsoft Word can be maddening, but it can be much less so if you just make the program’s built-in formatting solutions work for you. That ensures you automatically have a properly-spaced indent each time you hit Tab at the start of a new paragraph. Choose the AutoFormat As You Type tab and then tick the checkbox for Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces. Choose Proofing and then click AutoCorrect Options. Instead, you can set your indentation with the Tab key. The problem with that method is that not every letter takes up the same amount of space, so things get misaligned. You may also have a bad habit of entering spaces instead of tabs when you want to indent. You can also use that setting to create even more sophisticated spacing options. If you select 12 pt in both Spacing Before and Spacing After, you’ll have a space before and after each paragraph. From there, you can define the spacing before and after your paragraph. Start by right-clicking on a paragraph, selecting Paragraph, and going to Indents and Spacing. When I send it to a client who is using a later version of Word. national sport and as a kind of behind-the-scenes general manager of the national team, which had great success internationally. I have a document which was created in Word and has 226 pages. Getting Microsoft Word documents to display identically typically means processing them into something else. Consequent Bullet Points Not Following Appropriate Indents Hi everyone, This problem has been driving me crazy, try as I may I cant seem to get the subsequent bullets to align properly In the picture below, I want the 'problem line' highlighted in green to be in line with the black bullet two lines above it. You can get much more consistent-and automatic-spacing by changing your paragraph settings. Microsoft Word documents display differently on different systems because of differences between the systems. Many of us have gotten used to creating an extra space between paragraphs by just hitting Return twice-so much so that it is probably just muscle memory by now. This will help you better spot your problems. When you turn that on, you can see all the formatting-spaces, tabs, indents, hard returns, and more-that is already in your document. On your Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Show/Hide button. Here are some easy-to-implement suggestions that will help you get the most out of Microsoft Word’s formatting abilities while minimizing your frustration with the program.īefore you do anything else, make sure to show your formatting marks. Fortunately, for many common annoyances and user mistakes, there are easy fixes.
Microsoft Word is invaluable for lawyers, but it also comes with a lot of quirks.