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I'm thinking about getting a word processor for my Mac. The two most popular options are probably Microsoft's Word or Apple's Pages. Before I decide to buy one I need to make sure that it will have all of the features I need. Is there feature matrix which compares Word to Pages and shows which features each application supports? Jul 29, 2015  How to Clear Formatting in a Word Document Lori Kaufman @howtogeek July 29, 2015, 10:24am EDT If you’ve applied various formatting changes to the content in your document, and they either don’t work or you want to start over, you can easily clear formatting from selected text. It's different from highlighting text, which has a very limited choice of colors, and doesn't update when you switch to another theme. Select the word or paragraph that you want to apply shading to. On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the arrow next to Shading.

Choose the Options command from the File tab’s menu.

The Word Options window will appear.

Choose Advanced from the list on the left side of the Word Options window.

You will see several Editing Options appear.

Under the Editing Options heading, remove the check mark by the item labeled When Selecting Automatically Select Entire Word.

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This lets Word know you don’t want the entire word selected.

Under the Editing Options heading, remove the check mark by the item labeled When Selecting Automatically Select Entire Word.

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This lets Word know you don’t want the entire word selected.

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Click OK.

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You are done!