Word’s Views

Word gives you several ways to view your document as you work on it, and you’ll find that your efficiency increases and your work becomes easier when you use the optimal view for the task at hand. You can use either the View tab on the Ribbon or any of the five view buttons at the bottom-left of the window to change your view.

Print Layout View

The standard working view for print documents, Print Layout view shows you how your document will look when it’s printed—the page and line breaks, the placement of pictures, the way text wraps around pictures or other items, the arrangement of columns, the distance of the text from the edge of the page, and so on.

Full Screen Reading View

Full Screen Reading view makes it easy to read documents ...

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