Microsoft Word Tips, Tricks, and Ideas

Microsoft Word is an incredibly powerful program, but getting at that power may not be as easy or intuitive as you might like. It can be incredibly frustrating when you know you should be able to do something with the program but can't, for the life of you, figure out how to do it.

WordTips is designed to help you figure out how to do the things you need to do with Word, right now! Here you can find answers to your Microsoft Word questions, and those answers are free! This site contains thousands of tips, tricks, and ideas on how to use Word better, faster, and more easily.

In particular, this site is most helpful for users of the menu-based Word interface. That means that the vast majority of tips on this site are for users of Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003. If you are using a newer version of Word, you'll want to check out our sister site, which focuses on the ribbon-based Word interface introduced in Word 2007. You can find it at http://wordribbon.tips.net.

You can quickly access the answers you need on this site in two ways:

1. Browse through the index by clicking on the links below. (A bracketed number after a topic indicates the number of articles related to that topic.)
2. Enter your question or keywords in the search box at the top-right corner of every page.

This Web site is part of the Tips.net network, where you can find all sorts of ideas for making your life easier, more productive, and more thrifty.

Information in this site covers many different versions of Microsoft Word for the PC: Word 6, Word 95, Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007. Tips are clearly marked as to the versions to which they apply.

This Web site is part of the Tips.net network, where you can find all sorts of ideas for making your life easier, more productive, and more thrifty.