The issue, however, is that different tools are in various places across the program’s interface.

So, we’ve compiled some of the handiest tips into one handy article!

For example, in the text below, it looks odd to have April and 22nd split up.

Microsoft Word window with a text and several words around it.

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You will then see these two parts pulled together on the same line.

So, while they’re a useful tool, use them sparingly and only where absolutely necessary.

Notice the large gap between the wordsareandtraditionally.

A Microsoft Word document containing text. A date is split between two lines.

Image in screenshot: NASA

Enabling automatic hyphenation will handle this glitch.

In the drop-down menu, click “Automatic.”

Start by activating Word’s non-printing characters (the icon in the Home tab on the ribbon).

A Microsoft Word document with a non-breaking space between a date’s month and day keeping the words on the same line.

Then, head to the “Layout” tab, and click “Breaks.”

Let’s explore each of these options in more detail.

For example, you might want to use columns in one section but not in the next section.

A Word document containing unhyphenated long words.

The screenshot below shows a Continuous Section Break and a Column Break on the same page.

Notice the small pagination marker next to theWork Experiencetitle.

So, we need to manually tell that line to stay with the next line.

Unhyphenated newspaper text in Microsoft Word.

Microsoft Word’s Automatic Hyphenation option, accessed through the Layout tab on the ribbon.

Hyphenated words in Microsoft Word, with the hyphens highlighted.

The Breaks menu in Microsoft Word, accessed via the Layout tab on the ribbon.

A Page Break in Microsoft Word.

A Column Break in Microsoft Word.

A Word document containing an image and a Text Wrapping break to separate the text.

Image in screenshot: NASA

A Word document with a Section Break and a Column Break.

A resume in Microsoft Word with a title and the corresponding text split across two pages.

Word’s Keep With Next setting in the Paragraph dialog box.

A Word document containing lines of text affected by the Keep With Next setting.