In a new blog post, Microsoft reveals more information about how Word 2013 handles layouts of documents, along with improved performance and compatibility features.

How to Open a Word Document in Print Layout. One of the features of Microsoft Word 2013 is that documents downloaded from a website or attached to emails are automatically displayed in read mode.

Microsoft talks more about the new and improved features it is putting into Word 2013, which is part of Microsoft's upcoming Office 2013 productivity suite of software.

This article explains how to display the ruler in Microsoft Word—and how to use the ruler to change margins and create tabs.

Microsoft Office 2013 provides templates for file-folder labels in the Word program. These predesigned label formats include one-, two-, and three-column layouts.

Unfortunately, though, Live Layout falls short of its promise. Many Word 2013 users report that images sometimes don’t stay where they’re put—and occasionally jump to another page entirely.

Word makes it easy to create a newsletter using the Page Layout tools. Make columns and multipage layouts, add images and more. Here's how.