How to Save Time Formatting Documents in Microsoft Word

What do you need to know about formatting in Microsoft Word? How can you save time changing the formatting of a document in Word?
In this step-by-step Word training (see chapter links below):
• Learn the different types of formatting in Microsoft Word: Font or Character Formatting, Paragraph Formatting, Page or Document Formatting, Section Formatting
• See how to change formatting in a document
• Find out why you need to work with section breaks for longer or complex Word documents
• Discover why changing the page numbering or a header in Word from any location changes the entire document unless you add section breaks
⌚VIDEO CHAPTERS (timestamps):
0:00 Introduction
0:34 What are the 4 Types of Formatting in Microsoft Word?
1:01 Character or Font Formatting
3:12 Paragraph Formatting
6:11 Page or Document Formatting
8:07 When do you need Section Formatting?
10:11 Document Information from the Status Bar
10:49 How to Create Section Breaks
14:03 How to Change Page Numbers in Sections
15:22 How to Change Headers or Footers in a Long Document
16:28 Wrap-Up / Closing
🎬LINKS to mentioned or related videos:
• How to Change Default Formatting in Word: • Learn How to Take Cont...
• Playlist with all my videos on Microsoft Word: • How to Use Word; Micro...
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[@janeasmith7160]

Thanks for answering my questions! You are a really good teacher! Please keep the videos coming!

[@thesoftwarepro]

Thank you! Will do! Look for more Word videos, Jane. Especially on styles 😉

[@jgren4048]

Thank you so much for the sections information and for how to differentiate between sections on the footer. I am sure the header is similar. Very clear and concise. Easy to follow which is nice for an old knucklehead like me.

[@Arunkajm]

Hi Dawn, this is one of the best videos ever on MS WORD that I have seen. Many thanks!

[@thesoftwarepro]

Wow, thank you!😁

[@actuuaalevythg1295]

Great Instruction. A very mellifluous voice and speaking pattern. Thanks

[@scruffscrofula]

So Good! Understanding how the controls in Word relate to the function!

[@williamfalcon7351]

Very clear and concise, so useful.

[@lipsaacharyya2539]

Please keep up the great work. Very informative and easy to follow.

[@onyekachilorenz]

I love the way you talk; i love your voice. Thank you for this tutorial.

[@thesoftwarepro]

You are so welcome! I'm glad my Word training was helpful.

[@sibonelomsali4514]

Wow awesome lesson indeed, thanks very much keep it up.

[@robertarcher4608]

Thank you! I wish that I had learned about sections years ago - it have saved me a lot of grief.

[@thesoftwarepro]

I agree! Understanding how sections work in Word is key to editing long Word documents.

[@muhammadrafique2560]

Thanks for sharing such info.

[@vinayakpatil8090]

Thanks for the informative video

[@ananthibaskaran8290]

very very informative , I really learned something today as I don't use lot of computer work .

[@thesoftwarepro]

Glad it was helpful!

[@babatundeosokoya1640]

This has been very helpful. Thanks!

[@thesoftwarepro]

Glad to hear it!

[@alisardo1119]

That was really instructive and interesting, with little exercise, applying these notions working with word ,would make it much better,easier;all thanks 👍

[@thesoftwarepro]

Glad it was helpful!

[@zakirali-cv3sh]

Hello mam im starting from basics 🥰

[@jamaljamal6169]

Hello, need help. I have a 25-page document. Every page is formatted exactly alike. Let's say the blank top space is set at Times = 8 font. The 1st sentence is indented at 17 space bar clicks to the right. I want to change the top blank space to Times = 3 font (pulling up the document) and the 1st sentence line to 22 space bar clicks (pushing the document over more to the right). Is there a way to make this change on all 25 pages at 1 time versus doing each and every page manually? This 1 document has 25 pages but I have 30 separate documents/files with 25 pages in each document which is going to be a pain if there is no shortcut.

[@mylesgarcia4625]

Thank you. Simple question: how can I eliminate the soft return in the normal template to all HARD returns? Thank you in advance

[@thesoftwarepro]

There isn't a special character in Word that designates a soft return. These breaks happen automatically based on the page layout, formatting, and document content. This video on finding and replacing special characters may be helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGGrp5qBedCtbas

[@teriparis61]

TRying to create a newsletter, can you insert other word doc.x into a txt box

[@sandrahughes6377]

Cannot believe you are promoting manual font and paragraph formatting as a 'Time Saving' tool. In my opinion this is just displaying how to 'use' Word and not how to 'Utilise' it.

[@thesoftwarepro]

Thanks for your feedback. Word includes many other more time-saving tools. One of the challenges I've seen in working with more than 100,000 people is that some Word users get frustrated formatting text as they don't understand why a new paragraph is formatted differently. Or, they want distinct formatting for a portion of a document and don't know about working with section formatting.

[@SonSantana]

@@thesoftwarepro it made all the difference. It really made some click in my mind on a way it never happened before. Thank you very much.

[@patricias5122]

Your content is excellent but it is a little too basic and over explained. I hope you don't mind my honest critique there ... you obviously know this subject very well but perhaps it's not necessary to wrap so much comment around it.

[@thesoftwarepro]

Thanks for your comments. Although this is one of my more popular videos, I can see where I could have gotten to the point more quickly.

[@derickasane8499]

very imformative. thanks for sharing with us

[@thesoftwarepro]

My pleasure!