October 26, 2008

Quick View Changes in Word

It seems like everyone has a preference for the way they view their MS Word documents.

Some people prefer the Normal View, while others like the Page/Print Layout View. Plus, there's the Web layout and in newer versions of Word, the Full Screen Reading and Draft views.

Whatever your preference, it's always a good thing to know how to get to a different view. Sometimes you're trying to accomplish a task that lends itself to a view different from your usual way of seeing things.

I bet most of you know you can change views using the View menu or View tab on the ribbon (depending on the version of Word you use).

In fact, your choices are the first items on the menu, so you can't miss them!

But what if you could change views with a quicker click?

You may not have realized it, but there are buttons for your view choices right on the screen the whole time you're working.

Take a look at the horizontal scroll bar across the bottom of your document.

Follow it all the way to the left.

See them?

In older versions of Word, on the very left, you have four buttons, which are also known as the view buttons.

Newer versions of Word may have view buttons that look like the image below and they're found on the far right side of the Status bar.

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You can just do a "quick click" to switch from one view to another, no menu/ribbon tabs required!

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