How to Pick up Where You Left Off
Press Shift+F5 to return to the last place you made changes.
Focus Mode: How to Use Word With No Distractions
Changing the view in Word can be helpful in varying situations. Changing to Focus Mode could help when you need to zero in on your document. It hides all the toolbars from view, allowing you to concentrate on your work. Toggle between Focus Mode and other view options as needed.
Smart Lookup: How to Research Without Leaving Word
Smart Lookup lets you check multiple sources on a topic, including Bing, Wikipedia, and the Oxford English Dictionary. This feature lets you research a topic without leaving the document you are working on.
Tell Me: Get Microsoft Word Help Fast
When you know what you want to do in a document, but aren’t sure how to go about it, Word is there to lend a helping hand with a feature called Tell Me. To use Tell Me, find the search box at the top of the ribbon and enter a brief description of what you’re looking for or the result you hope to achieve. Select an option from the provided results to use the tool or apply the formatting desired.
How to Change Case Quickly
If you’ve ever typed away while reading a hardcopy or talking to someone only to look back at your monitor to realize you had the Caps Lock on, you’ll appreciate this feature in Microsoft Word, which lets you change the case of selected text with only a few clicks.
How to Proofread Your Work
Word’s editing tools will check a document for spelling and grammar errors as well as potential issues with clarity.
Select Sentence Case to capitalize the first letter of each sentence and change the rest of the letters to lowercase.Select Lowercase to change all of the selected text to lowercase letters.Select Uppercase to capitalize all of the letters in the selected text.Select Capitalize Each Word to capitalize the first letter of every word and change the rest of the letters to lowercase.Select Toggle Case to shift between two case views.
How to Use Word to Check Your Score
Another way to review and potentially improve your work in Word is by checking a document’s readability score. Set up Word to check the score of any document when you check spelling and grammar.
How to Compare Documents Side-by-Side
Open two files next to each other in Word to view, compare, or copy and paste from them.
How to Spike Copied Text in Microsoft Word
Cutting, copying, and pasting in Word is pretty basic, but if you want to cut and paste several text selections, use the Spike feature.
How to Use Microsoft Word to Create Quick Parts
If you use blocks of custom text on a regular basis, such as a signature, business information, or legal wording, creating AutoText with Quick Parts could save loads of time.
