How to Change the Character Scale in Word. When you open a Microsoft Word document, the page appears blank, offering you what seems like an endless array of options. What may not be so obvious is ...

Long text at the right margin usually gets wrapped to the next line, leaving a gap. Word's optional break character offers a helpful workaround that lets you, not Word, control the break.

Microsoft Word displays the word count in the status bar at the bottom left, but you can also have it permanently show the character count as well. Here's how.