Change Document Views
Microsoft Word provides 4 document views, which you can choose from the View menu:
- Normal view displays the text and objects you insert, as well as page and section breaks, and natural page breaks (indicated by dotted lines). However, the layout of the page is not displayed—page numbers are not shown, for example, and any text-wrapping you’ve applied to objects does not appear.
- Web Layout view displays the document as a web page, including any graphics, text-wrapping, and backgrounds you’ve applied.
- Print Layout view displays the document as it will be printed. Each page is shown in its entirety, including any white space at the bottom, as well as headers and footers, page numbers, and text-wrapping.
- Outline view displays the structure of the document, allowing you to reorganize text by dragging and dropping headings. You can collapse and expand the document depending on whether you want to view only headings or all the text.
The View Buttons
To quickly change between document views in Word, use the View buttons at the bottom left corner of the window:
- Click
to switch to Normal view. - Click
to switch to Web Layout view. - Click
to switch to Print Layout view. - Click
to switch to Outline view.
