If you work with Microsoft Word 2011, you may find the program’s toolbars and ribbon practical ways to access functions you use often, such as formatting, alignment, and highlighting. But the toolbars ...

Reader Barbara Van Gorder misses some of the cosmetic features found in earlier versions of Microsoft Word. She writes: In older versions of Word there were pictures on the toolbar for cut and paste.

Before Office 2007, Microsoft Word's buttons were arranged in a series of toolbars. In Office 2007, controls now appear in a ribbon on the top of the window, and the program now uses a single toolbar: ...

Q: I don't like that toolbar in Word 2007 that comes up while I'm typing. It drives me nuts because I end up pushing a button I never intended because it was in my way. How do I get rid of it? A: Word ...

Instead of opening a separate window to change fonts in Word, you can use the Font drop-down menu on the "Home" tab. If you want to shave even more time off font switching, however, you can add the ...

There are three ways to check your word count in Microsoft Word. You can find your word count in Microsoft Word at the bottom of the window, or by opening the "Review" menu. If you add word count to ...

In older versions of Word there were pictures on the toolbar for cut and paste. They don’t appear in the latest version of Word. Do you know how to make them appear? The key to populating Word’s ...