Word Processing 101

Having evenly distributed columns in a table will make the appearance of your table look more professional. Making columns even is an easy process. Here is a step-by-step tutorial.  Step 1:  Insert a table in Word. For this tutorial, I am going to have my columns uneven to show the before and after.  Step 2: Select the whole table. You can click the icon that is circled to highlight the whole table.  Step 3: Once the table is selected, right click and a list will pop up. Select Distribute Columns Evenly.  Final Result: It will make your columns even. 

When you are typing your reference initials, Word will most likely capitalize it, and we don't want that. Word just assumes it's going to be a new sentence, so it automatically capitalizes it. This is a super easy fix!  Step 1: Type your reference initials.  Step 2:  After you type your initials, you are going to press Ctrl + Z on your keyboard.  Final result: Your reference initials are now lowercase. 

 Step by step on how to remove and add borders to a table in Word: Step 1: Highlight where you want the borders removed. For this example, I am going to remove all of the borders, so I am going to highlight the whole table.  Step 2: Make sure you are on the Table Design tab and go to borders. Step 3: You are going to select from one of the options listed. Since I want to remove all of the borders, I selected No Border.  Final Result: Now let's add some borders back to this table Step 1: Highlight the areas where you want to add borders. For this example, I am going to show adding the outside borders back to the table.  Step 2: Go to the Table Design Tab and select Borders. Step 3: Select Outside Borders. Final Result:

How to set a left tab: Step 1:  On the home tab we are going to select the Paragraph dialog launcher. It is located on the bottom right of the paragraph section.  Step 2:  We are going to click Tabs at the bottom left of the dialog box. Step 3:  Type 3.25 in the tab stop position.  Step 4:  We are going to select left alignment. Step 5:  Select OK. If you completed all of the steps correctly, it should look like this: