How To Split Text Into Two Columns In Word

In this article, you will know how to split text into two columns in Word document. If you are writing a research paper or preparing a poster, this method will be very useful for you. While there is a simple method to get two columns in Microsoft Word I won't recommend the first simple one shown below. instead, I will suggest you, use the second method and watch the video.

Following are the methods 

Method 1 

1. Open the Word Document and select the text you want to split into two columns

2. Clik on the "Page Layout" tab

3. Under the "Page Layout" tab click on "Columns" and Click "Two" this will split the page into two  

    columns

Method 2

1. Open the Word Document 

2. Go to the "Insert" Tab => Table and select the 2 X 2 table

3. Now copy-paste the text inside the columns 

4. To remove the Outer Border of the Table, Right Click on the Table Border and Click "Format shapes"

5. Now Under the "Line" option select the "No" line to remove the table outer border

If you still have difficulty following the above steps then watch this video

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How to Make Y Hat Symbol in Word - (Microsoft)

How to Make Y Hat Symbol in Word

In this article, you will know How to Make Y Hat Symbol in Word document. To type hat over a letter in Word you can use the "Equation" and "Accent" option in Microsoft Word. The method is very easy. Let's get started.

Following are the steps required to put hat over a letter in Word

1. Open the Word document 

2. The Click on the "Insert " Tab

3. At the top right corner you will see the option "Equation" click on it and you will see the equation  

    box

4. Now at the top of the main ribbon menu, click on the "Accent" and in the first-row select "hat"

5. Now, click inside the dotted box and type the letter Y on your keyboard 

In this way, you add hat over a letter Y. Use the same method to get X hat symbol as well

If you find it difficult to follow the steps watch this video

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How To Put Line Above X In Word

In this article, you will know how to put line above X in Word document in Microsoft Word. The X bar symbol is also called a mean symbol. It is used in statistics. To type this symbol accent option is used which allows to type overbar.

Following are the steps to type the X bar symbol in Word

1. Open the word document

2. Click on the Insert Tab

3. At the top right-hand corner click on "Equation". After clicking you will see the equation box

4. Now click on "Accent" and Select "Overbar"

5. Click inside the dotted box and type X to get the x bar 

If you have difficulty following the steps watch this video

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 How to Insert 2 Images Side By Side in Microsoft Word

If you are writing a thesis or a report wherein you need to place or align 2 images side by side in Word document there is no straightforward method to put photos images graphs or charts side by side. However, there is one easy trick to get the job done. The trick is to make use of tables. Let's get started

Following are the steps need to to put images sideways 

1. First open the Word Document

2. Go to the Insert Tab and Click on the "Table" dropdown 

3. Insert 2 X 2 table to get two columns 

4. Click inside the First column 

5. Go to the Insert Tab and this time Click on Pictures,

6. Locate Select the picture or image of a graph or a chart on the computer and click "Insert" 

7. Resize the picture if necessary 

8. Now click in the second column and follow steps 5 to 7

9. To remove the outer border of the table, Select Table, Right Click and Clik on "Table Properties". Next click on "Borders and Shading" under the "Borders" Tab Select the Option "None" and Click ok to remove the outer table-border

In this way, you can easily put two pictures side by side in a Word document

If you have difficulty following the above steps then watch this video.

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 How to Shade a Box in Word

If you are working in Microsoft Word and you need to insert a text box and want to shade a box in a word document then this article will show you step by step process through which you can easily fill in single color or multiple colors in the Box. Let's get started.

Following are the Steps 

1. First Step is to open the Word document

2. Then Click on the "Insert Tab" and Under the "Textbox" option select "Draw textbox"

3. Now draw a text box, type in the text box what you want 

4. To change color right click on the box border and go to the "Format Shape" option

5. Under the "Fill" option select "Solid Fill" and under the "Color" select the color of your choice 

6. If you want to shade a box with different colors at the same time then select "Gradient fill"

7. Click on the Gradient Stop arrow and select the first color and similarly click on the next arrow and select different colors to shade

8. Fell free to explore Gradient options like shade direction type etc.

If you are unable to follow the above steps watch this video to learn quickly

Read Next: How to Insert Location Symbol in Word

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 How to Remove Yellow Highlight in Word

In this article, you will see how to remove yellow highlight in word document. Let's get started. So you just selected the text and you click on this highlight option and you got the yellow color right so to remove this yellow color there are several methods

1.  Just copy the text and select the last option "keep text" while pasting or
2. To remove the yellow background from the text and you can also select "merge formatting" 
3. You can select the text if you don't want to copy paste it and then you can click on the text highlight color option select "no color" in microsoft word 

You can watch the video if you have difficulty following the above steps 

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How to Type Small Numbers on Keyboard (MAC) 

In this article, you see how to type small numbers on Keyboard on Macbook Air or Macbook Pro. Small numbers are used to write chemical formulas in a chemical reaction. Little numbers are also used in mathematical equations. In Microsoft word, there are several ways to type subscript numbers or words next to a word or a number. 

Following are the steps 

Method 1

1. Type the number you wish to make subscript eg. if you want to write H2O or CO2 in Word document. First type H2O or CO2
2. Press shift on the keyboard and select number 2
3. Click on Subscript option in MS word or use the keyboard shortcut Control + Command + Minus (CTRL + CMD + -)

Method 2

1. Go to the Insert tab 
2. On the right-hand side click on "Equation"
3. Under the "Design" tab, click on "Script" and select Subscript 
4. Enter the number in the subscript box

Watch this video if you still have difficulty writing small numbers 

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