Switching between Word Views

• Word has a number of different views that you can use to display a document.

• Start Word and open a document called Views.  The sample files are stored in a folder called Word 2010 Basics, which is turn is located within a folder called Documents.  To open the sample file called Views, click on the File tab and then click on the Open command.
  
  
  

• This will display the Open dialog box.
  
  
  

• Within the right section of the window you will see the folder called Word 2010 Basics (you may have to scroll down within the window to see this).

• Double click on the Word 2010 Basics folder to display the contents of that folder.  Scroll down the file list and you will see a file called Views.
  
  
  

• Double click on the Views file to open the document, which will look like this.
  
  
  

• Click on the View tab and look at the options within the Document Views section.
  
  
  

• By default the Print Layout view is displayed.  Click on the Full Screen Reading icon and the screen will change to look like this.  As you can see this view makes is easier to read the document on your screen, as the screen clutter is not displayed.
  
  
  

• Press the Esc key to return to the Print Layout view.

• Click on the Draft icon and the document will be displayed in draft mode.
  
  
  

• Click on the Outline icon to display the document in Outline mode.
  
  
  
  The document will look like this.  Outline view is useful when viewing long documents, as you can easily identify headings and sections within the document.
  
  
  

• Click on the Web Layout icon.  This will display the document as it would appear on a web site.
  
  
  

• Click on the Print Layout icon to return to the default view display.

• You can click on the Zoom icon to magnify or reduce the display.  You will find this icon within the Zoom section of the View tab.
  
  
  

• This will display the Zoom dialog box.  Experiment with different levels of zoom.
  
  
  

• Reset the Zoom level back to 100%.

• Close Word without saving any changes that you may have made.