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Drop down lists can greatly facilitate data entry. Here’s a look at how to use Microsoft Excel’s data validation feature to create handy lists within your worksheets.

Learn how to use a customized bulleted list or a content control to insert checkboxes into a Microsoft Word document, depending on how you are going to use it.

There’s nothing wrong with a white background, but Microsoft Word lets you change the color of a document’s background. You can even use a picture, but don’t get carried away.

At the file level, you can password protect an Excel workbook in two ways: You can determine who can get in and who can save changes.

To change a document’s header or footer in a Microsoft Word document, you should add a section break first. Follow these step-by-step instructions.

Susan Harkins shows you two quick ways to copy data from one Excel workbook to another.

By default, Microsoft Excel won’t display or store leading zeros. Read this Excel tip to learn three handy ways to get around the problem.

Deleting blank rows in an Excel data range is easy with this technique, but watch out for unintended consequences.

Adding a running total to a data set is easy, and you decide how to implement it.

VBA makes it easy to select an Excel range. Here are two macros that offer maximum efficiency and flexibility.