Make your Word documents accessible to people with disabilities
To find missing alt text, use the Accessibility Checker. Alt text helps people who can’t see the screen to understand what’s important in images and other visuals. Add meaningful hyperlink …
Create a form in Word that users can complete or print
In Word, you can create a form that others can fill out and save or print. To do this, you will start with baseline content in a document, potentially via a form template. Then you can add content …
Rules for the Accessibility Checker - Microsoft Support
To help ensure that your Microsoft 365 files are accessible, use the Accessibility Checker, a free tool available in Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, and PowerPoint on Windows, Office for the …
Transcribe your recordings - Microsoft Support
With transcription on, you can record what you hear. You’re free to annotate, write notes, or highlight what’s important. When you’re ready to review, your ink will play back in lockstep with …
Keyboard shortcuts in Word - Microsoft Support
Using an external keyboard with keyboard shortcuts in Word may help you work more efficiently. For people with mobility or vision disabilities, keyboard shortcuts can be easier than using a …
Modify or create headings and other styles - Microsoft Support
You can easily modify existing styles to suit your needs. In your Word document, format text to look the way you want for the style, then select it. In the Home tab, expand the text styles list.
Use the Selection pane to manage objects in documents
You can use the Selection pane to manage objects in your document: re-order them, show or hide them, and group or ungroup them. Tip: In Word, you might want to set the location of objects …
Share your documents - Microsoft Support
As you work in Microsoft 365, it's simple to share your documents. Select Share and then select Link settings. Choose the permissions you want, choose if you want to Allow editing, and then …
Word for Windows training - Microsoft Support
Training: Watch and learn how to use Word in Windows. Explore Microsoft Word training guides, articles, and how-to videos.
Basic tasks in Word - Microsoft Support
When you create a document in Word, you can choose to start from a blank document or let a template do much of the work for you. From then on, the basic steps in creating and sharing …
Align or arrange objects - Microsoft Support
To more easily align objects, you can use a grid. Or, you can snap your objects to a grid line that runs through the vertical edges, horizontal edges, and center of other objects. The line …