A Word document, by default, displays in Print Layout view, with portrait orientation, and one-inch top, bottom, left, and right margins. In this chapter you will learn how to change the default view, orientation, and page margins. You will also learn how to insert section breaks and then apply formatting to specific sections in a document, format text in columns, hyphenate words, and insert line numbering. Additionally, you will learn how to insert document elements such as a watermark, page background color, and page borders. Objectives

Chapter 6: Formatting Pages Performance Objectives Change the View Change the Page Setup Insert Section Breaks Create Columns CHECKPOINT 1 Hyphenate Words Insert Line Numbers Insert a Watermark Change the Page Color Insert a Page Border CHECKPOINT 2 You may navigate through this presentation while in Slide Show view. Click on an objective in this slide to advance directly to the related topic slide. To return to this slide, click the Objectives button located in the bottom right corner of each slide. Alternatively, you may choose to advance through the presentation one slide at a time by clicking the Next button, which appears as a right-pointing arrow in the bottom right corner of each slide. Go back a slide by clicking the Previous button, which appears as a left-pointing arrow in the bottom right corner of each slide.

Change the View By default, a Word document displays in Print Layout view. In this view, the document displays on the screen as it will appear when printed. Other views are available, such as Draft, Web Layout, and Read Mode. Change views with buttons in the view area on the Status bar or options on the VIEW tab.

Change the View - continued Read Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Print Layout Web Layout This slide identifies the buttons in the view area on the Status bar. Along with the View buttons, the Status bar also contains a Zoom slider bar. Drag the button on the Zoom slider bar to increase or decrease the display size, or click the Zoom Out button to decrease the display size and click the Zoom In button to increase the display size. Zoom slider bar

Change the View - continued To display a document in Draft view: Click the VIEW tab. Click the Draft button in the Views group. Change to Draft view and the document displays in a format for efficient editing and formatting. In this view, margins and features such as headers and footers do not display on the screen. Draft button

Change the View - continued To display a document in Read Mode view: Click the VIEW tab. Click the Read Mode button in the Views group. Read Mode button The Read Mode view displays a document in a format for easy viewing and reading by automatically fitting the page layout to the screen and displaying text in columns and in a larger point size.

Change the View - continued Press this key… to complete this action Page Down key, Right Arrow key, or spacebar display next two pages Page Up key, Left Arrow key, or Backspace key display previous two pages Home display first page in document End display last page in document Esc return to previous view You can navigate in Read Mode view using the keys on the keyboard.

Change the View - continued Previous button You can also navigate with the mouse by clicking at the right side of the screen or clicking the Next button (right-pointing triangle in a circle) to display the next page or by clicking at the left side of the screen or clicking the Previous button (left-pointing triangle in a circle) to display the previous page.

Change the View - continued If you want to view more of your document, use the Ribbon Display Options button that displays in the upper right corner of the screen to the right of the Microsoft Word Help button. Click the Ribbon Display Options button and a drop-down list displays three options: Auto-hide Ribbon, Show Tabs, and Show Tabs and Commands. The default is Show Tabs and Commands, which displays the Quick Access toolbar, ribbon, and Status bar on the screen. Click the first option, Auto-hide Ribbon, and the Quick Access toolbar, ribbon, and Status bar are hidden, allowing you to see more of your document. To temporarily redisplay these features, click at the top of the screen. Turn these features back on by clicking the Ribbon Display Options button and then clicking the Show Tabs and Commands option. Click the Show Tabs option at the drop-down list and only the tabs display on the ribbons—not the buttons and commands. You can also turn off the display of the ribbon by clicking the Collapse the Ribbon button located above the vertical scroll bar or with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + F1. Redisplay the ribbon by double-clicking any tab or pressing Ctrl + F1. Ribbon Display Options button

Change the Page Setup The Page Setup group on the PAGE LAYOUT tab contains a number of options for changing the setup of pages in a document. With these buttons, you can perform actions such as changing the margins, page orientation, and page, as well as inserting page breaks.

Change the Page Setup - continued To change margins: Click the PAGE LAYOUT tab. Click the Margins button in the Page Setup group. Click the desired margin option. Margins button The default measurements for the top, bottom, left, and right margins are 1 inch. You can change these page margins with options at the Margins drop-down list. To display this drop-down list, click the PAGE LAYOUT tab and then click the Margins button in the Page Setup group. Change the margins by clicking one of the preset options that displays at the drop-down list.

Change the Page Setup - continued To change page orientation: Click the PAGE LAYOUT tab. Click the Orientation button in the Page Setup group. Click the desired orientation. Orientation button Click the Orientation button in the Page Setup group on the PAGE LAYOUT tab and two options for orienting pages in a document display: Portrait and Landscape. In Portrait orientation, which is the default, the page is 11 inches tall and 8.5 inches wide. In Landscape orientation, the page is 8.5 inches tall and 11 inches wide. When you change the page orientation, the page margins change automatically. Also, you can use both portrait and landscape in the same document. To do this, select the text, display the Page Setup dialog box, click the desired orientation, and change the Apply to option to Selected text.

Change the Page Setup - continued Size button To change the page size: Click the PAGE LAYOUT tab. Click the Size button in the Page Setup group. Click the desired size option at the drop-down list. The template Word uses to apply default formatting is based on a page size of 8.5 inches wide and 11 inches tall. Change this default setting with options at the Size drop-down list, as shown in this slide. Display this drop-down list by clicking the Size button in the Page Setup group on the PAGE LAYOUT tab.

Change the Page Setup - continued To change margins at the Page Setup dialog box: Click the PAGE LAYOUT tab. Click the Page Setup group dialog box launcher. Specify the desired margins. Click OK. The Margins button drop-down list provides a number of preset margins. If these margins do not fit your needs, you can set specific margins at the Page Setup dialog box with the Margins tab selected, as shown in the next slide. Display this dialog box by clicking the Page Setup group dialog box launcher or by clicking the Margins button and then clicking Custom Margins at the bottom of the drop-down list. Page Setup group dialog box launcher

Change the Page Setup - continued Notice the default settings for the top, bottom, left, and right margins. Changes you make to margins are reflected in this preview page. To change one of the margins, select the current measurement in the Top, Bottom, Left, or Right measurement box and then type the new measurement. You can also increase a measurement by clicking the up-pointing arrow at the right of the measurement box. Decrease a measurement by clicking the down-pointing arrow. As you change the margin measurements at the Page Setup dialog box, the sample page in the Preview section illustrates the effects of the changes.

Change the Page Setup - continued To change the paper size at the Page Setup dialog box: Click the PAGE LAYOUT tab. Click the Size button. Click More Paper Sizes at the drop-down list. At the Page Setup dialog box with the Paper tab selected, click the down-pointing arrow at the right side of the Paper size option. Specify the desired size. Click OK. Paper size option The Size button drop-down list contains a number of preset page sizes. If these sizes do not fit your needs, specify a page size at the Page Setup dialog box with the Paper tab selected. Display this dialog box by clicking the Size button in the Page Setup group and then clicking More Paper Sizes, which displays at the bottom of the drop-down list.

Insert Section Breaks Change the layout and formatting of specific parts of a document by inserting section breaks. For example, you can change the margins for a portion of text by inserting section breaks before and after the text. Similarly, you can format specific text in a document into columns after inserting section breaks before and after the text. The steps for inserting section breaks are shown in the next slide.

Insert Section Breaks - continued To insert a section break: Click the PAGE LAYOUT tab. Click the Breaks button in the Page Setup group. Click the desired section break type at the drop-down list. Breaks button Insert a section break in a document by clicking the PAGE LAYOUT tab, clicking the Breaks button in the Page Setup group, and then clicking the desired option in the Section Breaks section of the drop-down list. The first option, Next Page, inserts a section break and continues the text on the next page. The second option, Continuous, inserts a continuous section break, which separates the document into parts but does not begin a new page. The Even Break option inserts a section break and begins the new section on the next even-numbered page, and the Odd Page option begins the new section on the next odd-numbered page.

Insert Section Breaks - continued A section break inserted in a document is not visible in Print Layout view. Click the Draft button and a section break displays in the document as a double row of dots with the words Section Break in the middle. Depending on the type of section break you insert, text follows Section Break. If you insert a continuous section break, the words Section Break (Continuous) display in the middle of the row of dots. To delete a section break, change to Draft view, click on the words Section Break, and then press the Delete key. Another option is to click the Show/Hide ¶ button to turn on the display of nonprinting characters, position the insertion point at the beginning of the section break, and then press the Delete key. Continuous section break

Create Columns When you prepare any document that contains text, the readability of the document is an important consideration. Readability refers to the ease with which a person can read and understand text. Line length in a document can enhance or detract from the readability of the text. If the length is too long, the reader may lose his or her place on the line and have a difficult time moving to the next line below.

Create Columns - continued To improve the readability of documents such as newsletters or reports, you may want to set the text in columns. One commonly used type of column is the newspaper column, which is typically used for text in newspapers, newsletters, and magazines. In newspaper columns, text flows up and down in the document. Steps for creating columns are shown in the next slides.

Create Columns - continued To create columns: Click the PAGE LAYOUT tab. Click the Columns button in the Page Setup group. Click the desired number of columns. Columns button Set text in columns with the Columns button in the Page Setup group on the PAGE LAYOUT tab or with options at the Columns dialog box. Use the Columns button to create columns of equal width and use the Columns dialog box to create columns of varying widths. A document can include as many columns as space permits on the page. Word determines how many columns can be included based on the page width, margin width, and size and spacing of the columns.

Create Columns - continued To create columns: Click the PAGE LAYOUT tab. Click the Columns button in the Page Setup group. Click the More Columns option at the drop-down list. Specify the column options in the Columns dialog box. Click OK. Use the Columns dialog box to create newspaper columns that are equal or unequal in width. More Columns option

Create Columns - continued Choose the number of columns in this section. Click to insert a line between columns. Specify the column width and spacing. Preview column settings. Use options at the Columns dialog box to specify the style and number of columns, enter your own column measurements, create unequal columns, and insert a line between columns. By default, column formatting is applied to the whole document. With the Apply to option at the bottom of the Columns dialog box, you can change this from Whole document to This point forward. When you select the This point forward option, a section break is inserted and the column formatting is applied to text from the location of the insertion point to the end of the document or until other column formatting is encountered. The Preview section of the dialog box displays an example of how the columns will appear in the document. Apply column formatting to the selected text, from the insertion point to the end of the document, or to the whole document.

Create Columns - continued To remove column formatting using the Columns button, position the insertion point in the section containing columns, click the PAGE LAYOUT tab, click the Columns button, and then click One at the drop-down list. You can also remove column formatting at the Columns dialog box by selecting the One option in the Presets section. Column formatting can be removed by using the following steps.

Create Columns - continued To insert a column break: Position the insertion point at the desired location. Click the PAGE LAYOUT tab. Click the Breaks button in the Page Setup group. Click Column at the drop-down list. Column option When Word formats text into columns, it automatically breaks the columns to fit the page. At times, column breaks may appear in undesirable locations. You can insert a column break by positioning the insertion point where you want the column to end and the new column to begin, clicking the PAGE LAYOUT tab, clicking the Breaks button, and then clicking Column at the drop-down list. You can also insert a column break with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + Enter.

Create Columns - continued In documents that contain text formatted into columns, Word automatically lines up (balances) the last line of text at the bottom of each column, except on the last page. Text in the first column of the last page may flow to the end of the page, while text in the second column may end far short of the end of the page. You can balance columns by inserting a continuous section break at the end of the text. Columns on the final page may be unequal or balanced.

CHECKPOINT 1 By default, a Word document displays in this view. Draft Read Mode Print Layout Outline This is the default left margin setting. 1” 1.15” 1.25” 1.5” Answer Answer Next Question Next Question This is the default orientation. Justify Left Landscape Portrait The Breaks button is located on this tab. FILE HOME INSERT PAGE LAYOUT In Slide Show view, click the Answer button after you believe that you know the correct answer to Question 1). The correct answer will be displayed. Click the Next Question button and Question 2) will appear. Repeat these steps for the remaining questions. When you have clicked the Answer button for Question 4), the Next Slide button will appear. Click this button to advance to the next slide. Answer Answer Next Question Next Slide

Hyphenate Words In some Word documents, especially documents that have left and right margins wider than 1 inch or text set in columns, the right margin may appear quite ragged. With the hyphenation feature in Word, you can hyphenate words in a document automatically or manually. To improve the display of line text, consider hyphenating long words that fall at the end of the text line.

Hyphenate Words - continued To hyphenate words automatically: Click the PAGE LAYOUT tab. Click the Hyphenation button in the Page Setup group. Click Automatic at the drop-down list. Hyphenation button Scroll through the document and check to see if hyphens display in appropriate locations within the words. If after hyphenating words in a document you want to remove all of the hyphens, immediately click the Undo button on the Quick Access toolbar.

Hyphenate Words - continued To hyphenate words manually: Click the PAGE LAYOUT tab. Click the Hyphenation button in the Page Setup group. Click Manual at the drop-down list. Click Yes or No to hyphenate indicated words. When complete, click OK. Manual Hyphenation dialog box If you want to control where a hyphen appears in a word, choose manual hyphenation. To do this, click the PAGE LAYOUT tab, click the Hyphenation button in the Page Setup group, and then click Manual at the drop-down list. At the Manual Hyphenation dialog box, you can reposition the hyphen in the word in the Hyphenate at text box. Word displays the word with syllable breaks indicated by hyphens. The position at which the word will be hyphenated displays as a blinking bar. If you want to hyphenate the word at a different location, position the blinking bar where you want the hyphen and then click Yes.

Insert Line Numbers To insert line numbers: Click the PAGE LAYOUT tab. Click the Line Numbers button in the Page Setup group. Click the desired line number option. Line Numbers button Numbering lines has practical applications for certain legal papers and reference purposes.

Insert Line Numbers - continued To select line number options: Click the PAGE LAYOUT tab. Click the Line Numbers button in the Page Setup group. Click Line Numbering Options at the drop-down list. Click the Line Numbers button in the Page Setup dialog box. Specify the options at the Line Numbers dialog box. Click OK two times. Line Numbers dialog box If you want more control over inserting line numbers in a document, click the Line Numbers button and then click Line Numbering Options at the drop-down list. At the Page Setup dialog box with the Layout tab selected, click the Line Numbers button that displays at the bottom of the dialog box. This displays the Line Numbers dialog box, as shown in this slide. Use options at this dialog box to insert line numbering and to specify the starting number, the location line numbers are printed, the interval between printed line numbers, and whether line numbers are consecutive or start over at the beginning of each page.

Insert a Watermark To insert a watermark: Click the DESIGN tab. Click the Watermark button in the Page Background group. Click the desired option at the drop-down list. Watermark button A watermark is a lightened image that displays behind the text in a document. Use a watermark to add visual appeal to a document or identify a document as a draft, sample, or confidential document. Word provides a number of predesigned watermarks you can insert in a document.

Change the Page Color To change the page color: Click the DESIGN tab. Click the Page Color button in the Page Background group. Click the desired option at the color palette. Page Color button Use the Page Color button in the Page Background group to apply background color to a document. This background color is intended for viewing a document on screen or on the Web. The color is visible on the screen but does not print.

Insert a Page Border To insert a page border: Click the DESIGN tab. Click the Page Borders button in the Page Background group. Specify the desired options at the dialog box. Page Borders button To improve the visual interest of a document, consider adding a page border. When you insert a page border in a multiple-page document, the border prints on each page. To insert a page border, click the Page Borders button in the Page Background group on the DESIGN tab. This displays the Borders and Shading dialog box with the Page Border tab selected.

Insert a Page Border - continued Preview of page borders Page border styles Page border colors At the Borders and Shading dialog box, shown in this slide, you can specify the border style, color, and width. The dialog box includes an option for inserting a page border that contains an image. To display the images available, click the down-pointing arrow at the right of the Art option box. Scroll down the drop-down list and then click the desired image. Width options Art border images

Insert a Page Border - continued By default, a page border displays and prints 24 points from the top, left, right, and bottom edges of the page. Some printers, particularly inkjet printers, have a nonprinting area around the outside edges of the page that can interfere with the printing of a border. Before printing a document with a page border, click the FILE tab and then click the Print option. Look at the preview of the page at the right side of the Print backstage area and determine whether the entire border is visible. You can change measurements at the Border and Shading Options dialog box to control the location of the page border on the page.

Insert a Page Border - continued To display the Borders and Shading Options dialog box: Click the DESIGN tab. Click the Page Borders button in the Page Background group. Click the Options button that displays in the lower right corner of the dialog box. Display the Border and Shading Options dialog box by clicking the DESIGN tab and then clicking the Page Borders button. At the Borders and Shading dialog box with the Page Border tab selected, click the Options button that displays in the lower right corner of the dialog box. The options at the Border and Shading Options dialog box change depending on whether you click the Options button at the Borders and Shading dialog box with the Borders tab selected or the Page Border tab selected. Options button

Insert a Page Border - continued Top and Bottom measurement boxes Measure from option box At the Border and Shading Options dialog box for page borders, you can increase and/or decrease the spacing between the page border and edges of the page with the Top and Bottom measurement boxes in the Margin section. The Measure from option box at the Border and Shading Options dialog box has the default setting Edge of page. You can change this option to Text, which changes the top and bottom measurements to 1 point and the left and right measurements to 4 points and moves the page border into the page. Use the measurement boxes to specify the distance you want the page border displayed and printed from the text in the document.

CHECKPOINT 2 To improve the display of line text, consider doing this to long words. Splitting Hyphenating Cropping Moving Use this button in the Page Background group to apply background color to a document. Page Background Page Setting Page Options Page Color Answer Answer Next Question Next Question This is a lightened image that displays behind text in a document. WordArt Clip Art Watermark SmartArt By default, a page border displays and prints this many points from the edges of the page. 24 points 12 points 6 points 1 point In Slide Show view, click the Answer button after you believe that you know the correct answer to Question 1). The correct answer will be displayed. Click the Next Question button and Question 2) will appear. Repeat these steps for the remaining questions. When you have clicked the Answer button for Question 4), the Next Slide button will appear. Click this button to advance to the next slide. Answer Answer Next Question Next Slide