If Formatting marks or or non-printing characters are turned on in Word, it displays hidden characters such as Tab characters, Spaces, Paragraphs marks, Hidden text, Optional hyphens, etc.

Unlock the Power of the Paragraph The paragraph is arguably the most important element in a Word document. Your success in formatting a document ultimately depends on understanding how it works.

Learn how to master Microsoft Word formatting with these 15 expert tips for better layouts, readability, and design.

Maintaining document formatting can be quite challenging when working with text from multiple sources. Fortunately, Microsoft Word provides you with special paste and formatting options to help ...

How to update when no styles are in use in Word When an older document uses no styles, but you find lots of direct formatting, you can remove all the formatting and start over.

Word's default is to keep the original formatting of whatever you paste into it. However, you can change the default and paste text to match the document's formatting or use plain text.

The default document settings in Word 2010 create documents with the necessary margins and justification, but you have to do a bit more formatting to create a document with full block configuration.

Even though there's no iPad version of Word, you can read and edit Word documents on your iPad if you're willing to accept a few compromises. Joe Kissell shows you how.