Word offers various ways to view and navigate documents, including changing views, zooming in and out, using scroll bars and keyboard shortcuts, searching, and going to specific locations. It allows opening existing documents as the original, a copy, or read-only copy. The View tab contains commands for changing views and displays, including show commands, zoom, window settings, and macros.
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Word offers different ways to view a document .after opening a document you can access related
commands on the view tab.
Word provides options to change a document’s onscreen appearance.
OPENING AN EXISTING DOCUMENT
Word enables you to open existing files in one of the three forms:
-as an original document
-as a copy of a document
-as a read only copy
Clicking the open command in the file tab produces the open dialog box.
CHANGING DOCUMENT VIEWS
The view tab on the ribbon has groups of commands for document view, show, zoom, window,
and macros
USING SHOW COMMANDS
The show command group offers options for displaying various onscreen features that can help
you create, edit, and navigate your document
USING ZOOM
The zoom group of commands lets you zoom in to get a closer view of a page or zoom out to see
more of the document at a smaller size.
Scroll bar allow a user to move up or down or side to side within a document
USING KEYSTROKES TO NAVIGATE
The arrow keys and other keyboard commands can also help you move through a document
SEARCHING WITHIN A DOCUMENT
Words find command is now located in the navigation pane in the show group on the view tab, as
well as on the home tab in the editing group
In the home tab on the editing groups, the drop-down arrow by the find button displays a menu
that contains the find, advanced find, replace, and go to command
2. To highlight every occurrence of a particular word or phrase in your document, you must activate
advanced find
For more search options, click the more>> button in the find and replace dialog box.
USING GO TO COMMAND TO NAVIGATE A LONG DOCUMENT
In a longer document, you may need to move through the document more quickly than is possible
by scrolling
Using the go to command will jump to a specific page, table, graphic, equation, or other item in
your document
SELECTING, REPLACING, AND DELETING TEXT
You can delete text in word documents by pressing the backspace key
The multi-selection feature of word enables you to select multiple text items that are not adjacent
You can also use keyboard commands to select text