In this post, I'm going to talk about equation numbering, one of our most highly-requested features. Setting up your equation numbering for easy one-click entry takes a few steps, so bear with me. You have to go through this process only once, and after that, you'll be able to insert equation numbers with just one click. Feel free to read the steps below, watch the video demos instead, or do both! Step 1: Insert a 3x1 table. Your equation numbers can go in the leftmost or rightmost column, and your...

My name is Jennifer Michelstein, and I'm a Program Manager on the Word team. I mainly work on academic features, like bibliographies and citations (see Joe Friend's blog ) and equations. In Word 2007, we took a ground-up approach to creating a new set of tools for editing and displaying equations. Here's a brief highlight of what's cool about the new Equation Builder: Equations are regular Word text (not objects), so they're integrated with regular Word formatting. High-quality display and typography...

A lot of people want to use different page numbering schemes in different parts of their documents. And a lot of people want to use "page x of y pages" page numbering in their documents.

Sometimes, people want to use "page x of y pages" page numbering in just a part of their documents.

It all gets down to linking--or unlinking...

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It can feel a little bit like lions and tigers and bears--do you want a page number in a lower corner, or do you want a page number and the document title? Do you want to add the author name or the file path? Do you want different headers and footers in different sections?

Oh my is right!

This is where a little planning in advance can save you time on the long road.

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Watch this video to find out how to how to use 1, 2, 3 page numbering in the main part of a document and i, ii, iii page numbering in the appendices:

-- Joannie Stangeland

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When the default line spacing in documents changed from single spacing in Word 2003 to a slightly roomier 1.15 spacing in Word 2007 and Word 2010, customers asked the inevitable: Why did the default line spacing change? And how do I change it back?

The short answer is that the default line spacing changed in Word 2007 to make online documents more readable. If you want to change the default line spacing in Word 2007 or Word 2010, or learn how to set the line spacing in a single document, here are the best resources we've found for step-by-step instructions.

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In Microsoft Word, you can convert a table into text, and vice versa. In this video, you'll learn how to change names and addresses in a table into a list separated by commas.   

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If your document is just a little bit longer than one page, how can you shrink it to fit?

We've seen customer questions asking where this feature is in Word 2010.

Answer: It's in the command well. And you can pluck it from there and add it to the ribbon.

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One of the Pillars of the Word 2010 vision outlined in Scott's post on Framing the Release was " Polished User Experiences ". This pillar represents a desire to dramatically improve a set of scenarios that define Word's core user experiences in terms of polish, ease of use , and responsiveness – basically, setting and holding a high bar for user experience excellence. Work that we did in support of this part of the vision isn't necessarily all new features, but is rather about looking at the experience...

Quick Introduction A couple of weeks ago we posted on bibliographies and citation, and it quickly became the most commented post we've ever had. Looks like we left a lot of questions unanswered! As a result, I'm going to create a series of posts which will (hopefully) address some of the questionsaround how to create a custom bibliography style in Word 2007. For starters, here are a few important directories to know about: The bibliography sources you create are all listed in the following file:...