Microsoft Word Tips and Resources

How to Insert the Symbol for “Squared” ( ² ) in Word

Tried to type “m²” in Word, and all you got was a sad-looking number “2” next to an “m”? Looking for inches or meters...

Had a “Dr.” separated awkwardly from her name or degrees from their unit? Keeping it together is easy with no-break...

Struggling to enter a special character or quote text in an ancient script on your Windows PC? Wondering whether — and...

Puzzling about the where and how of inserting umlaut characters (like 'ö' and 'ï') in Word documents? Whether you...

Trying to write 6 feet and 3 inches without the “feet” and “inches?” Can’t find the characters for feet and inch marks...

AutoCorrect in Word changed your carefully chosen words into something wild — and you only spot it paragraphs later,...

Looking to insert one of those tiny characters floating elegantly — for a footnote, a chemical formula, or an ordinal...

Struggling to type the German double s — the Eszett or “ß” — in Word to write “Straße,” perhaps, or “Soße” in correct...

Need to connect two words or numbers with a hyphen — and not have them separated again at the end of a line or page?...

Want to say “angle” without writing “angle”? Struggling to find the angle symbol for math, plans — or geometry...

Struggling to construct a matrix or use square brackets in a formula? Trying to make changes to a direct quotation in...