Indexes enhance document organization, improve searchability, and allow readers to explore specific topics in greater depth.

Large Word documents are often sprinkled with references to information throughout a document. You can enter them manually, but they'll be hard to maintain later. Instead, use this simple technique.

Learn how to add references for research papers, journal articles, books, and other sources in Microsoft Word.

Open Microsoft Word document and go to the References tab. Select your first index entry by dragging your cursor through it. In the ribbon, you will see the Index section toward the right side.

Position the cursor at the end of the document (you’ll probably add a new page to your document). In the Insert group (still on the References tab), click Insert Index.

What’s a college paper without a bibliography? Here’s how to use Microsoft Word to build a quick and easy bibliography for your next assignment or presentation.

Full block format is most common in business communications, but you may also use it when quoting long portions of text in academic documents. The left justification and one-inch margins give ...