Word: Home Tab (by Naseema Shaikh)
HOME TAB
--The Home Tab changes the font and size of the text, paragraph, and line spacing, copy and paste, change the organizational
structure of the document.
--The Home Tab is grouped into four distinct areas:
1)Clipboard
2)Font
3)Paragraph
4)styles
Undo - (Added in 365). (ctrl+Z).
Button with Drop-Down. Allowed you to undo changes, even after you have saved the document, as long as are within the
undo limits. By default, office saves the last 100 undoable actions. If you can't undo the action, the undo command changes.
to can't undo
Redo - (Added in 365). (ctrl+Y)
Button with Drop-Down. Allows you to redo several actions at the same time using the drop-down. The redo buttons only
appears after you've undone an action.
1)Clipboard
You can quickly display the clipboard task pane by clicking on the dialog launcher in the bottom right corner of this group.
paste - Button with Drop-Down. The drop-down contains the commands: Paste, paste special, paste as Hyperlink.
Cut - (ctrl+X)
cuts the current selection to the clipboard.
Copy - (ctrl+c)
copies the current selection to the clipboard.
format Painter - (ctrl+shift+c)
Copies the formatting from one place in a place in a document and lets you apply it somewhere else. this works across
multiples documents.
2)Font
This group provides access to all the character Formatting commands.
You can quickly display the "Font" dialog box, Font Tab, by clicking on the dialog box launcher in the bottom right.
corner of this group.
Font - (ctrl+shift+F)
Provides a list of all the available fonts (based on your current printer selection).
Font Size - (ctrl+shift+P)
Let's you adjust the character size (based on your current printer section).
Increase Font size - (ctrl+shift+>)
Increases the font size of the current selection to the next large size in the Font size box.
Decrease Font size - (ctrl+shift+<)
Decreases the font size of the current selection to the next small size in the Font size box.
Change Case - Drop-Down. Changes the selected text either uppercase, lowercase or another type of capitalisation.
The drop-down contains the commands: sentence case, lowercase, uppercase, Capitalize Each Word and Toggle Case.
Clear All Formatting - (ctrl+spacebar)
Clear all the formatting from the current selection.
Bold - (ctrl+B)
Toggles bold on the current selection.
Italic - (ctrl+I)
toggles italics on the current selection.
underline - (ctrl+U)
Button with Drop-Down. The button toggles bold on the current selection. The drop-down contains the commands: Underline, Double Underline, Thick Underline, Dotted underline, Dashed Underline.
Strikethrough - Draws a line through the middle of selected text.
Subscript - (ctrl+=)
Converts the selection to small letters below the text baseline.
Superscript - (ctrl+shift++)
Converts the selection to small letters above the text baseline.
Text effects and Typography - Drop-Down.
Apply text effects such as Outline, Shadow, Reflection, Glow, Number Styles, Ligatures and Stylistic sets.
Text Highlight Colour - Button with Drop-Down.
Shaded the background behind the current selection. The drop-down contains the commands: No colour and stop Highlighting.
3)Paragraph
This group provides access to all the paragraph formatting commands.
Bullets - Button with Drop-Down. The button toggles single level bullets from the selected paragraphs.
The drop-down contains the commands: Recently used Bullets, Bullet Library, Document Bullets, Change List Level and define New.
Bullet. The change List Level extension display levels 1 to 9. The Define New Bullet displays the "Define New Bullet".
dialog box.
Numbering - Button with Drop-Down. The button toggles single level numbering from the selected paragraphs. The drop-down contains.
the commands: Recently used Numbering, change List Level, Define New Number Format and set Numbering Value.
Multilevel List - Drop-Down. the drop-down contains the commands: Current List. List Library, change List Level, Define New
Multilevel list and Define New Style.
Decrease Indent - Decrease the indent by 1 or removes the indent completely.
Increase Indent - Increase the indent by 1.
Sort - Displays the "Sort Text" or "Sort" dialog boxes allowing you to spot paragraphs of text or text within tables.
Show/Hide Paragraph Marks - (ctrl+*).
Toggles the display or paragraph marks and other hidden formatting.
Align Left - (ctrl+L). Aligns text to the left.
Center - (Ctrl+E). Aligns Text to the Canter.
Align Right - (Ctrl+R). Align Text to the Right.
justify - (Ctrl+J). Aligns Text to both left and right margins adding extra space between worlds where necessary.
Line Spacing - Drop-Down. The drop-down contains the commands:1.0, 1.15.1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, Line spacing Options, add space Before paragraph and Add space after paragraph.
Shading - Button with Drop-Down. The button applies the selected shading to the current selection. The drop-down contains the commands: Theme Colores, Standard Colores, No Colour and More Colores.
Border - Button with Drop-Down. The button applies the selected to the current selection. The selected border to the current selection. The drop-down contains the commands: Bottom Border, Inside Horizontal Border, Inside Vertical Border, Diagonal Down Border, Diagonal Up Border, Horizontal Line, Draw Table, View Gridling's and Borders and Shading.
4) Style
You can quickly toggle the display of the Styles Task Pane by clicking on the dialog box launcher in the bottom right corner of this group.
Quickly styles - Display a gallery of available styles (with auto preview).
is the Heading 1 style different in 2007 and 2010 to 2003. Yes, the Normal template and styles are very different.
Editing
Find - Button with Drop-Down. The button displays the "Find and Replace" dialog box and displays the Find tab. The drop-down contains the commands: Find and Go To. The Go To tab can also be displayed by clicking on the page:1 of 2 indicator on the status bar in the bottom left corner.
Replace - This displays the "Find and Replace" dialog box and displays the Replace tab.
Select - Drop-Down. The drop-down contains the commands: select All, select Object and select Text with similar Formatting. the select Text will Select text with similar formatting.
Voice
Dictate - Lets you see speech-to-text to author content.
Editor - Displays the Editor task pane.
Reuse Files - Displays the Search task pane.
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