Microsoft Word Formatting Tricks Proper formatting can make your documents look professional and save a lot of time. Here are some useful Microsoft Word formatting tricks: 1. Quickly Copy Formatting Use Format Painter: Select formatted text. Click Home → Format Painter. Click the text you want to format. 2. Clear All Formatting Remove unwanted formatting: Select text. Press Ctrl + Spacebar or click Clear All Formatting. 3. Change Case Instantly Convert text between uppercase and lowercase: Select text. Press Shift + F3. 4. Apply Heading Styles Use Heading 1, Heading 2, etc., for better organization and automatic tables of contents. 5. Create a Table of Contents Automatically Apply heading styles. Go to References → Table of Contents. 6. Use Keyboard Shortcuts for Formatting Ctrl + B = Bold Ctrl + I = Italic Ctrl + U = Underline Ctrl + L = Align Left Ctrl + E = Center Ctrl + R = Align Right Ctrl + J = Justify 7. Select Text Faster Double-click = Select word Triple-click = Select paragra...