Home Tab in Ms Word

Now we will discuss about all the features appear in Home Tab in Ms word. In Home Tab of Microsoft Word many popular and common features available to create document to setting font, paragraph and styles. Editing of text and Finding, searching and replacing options are also available in Home tab of Ms-Word.

To use the feature of Home tab we must type a paragraph. Microsoft word provides us to create paragraph easily and automatically with the following function-

=rand()

Also know about ms-word screen component

This function display five paragraph automatically about word new feature, when we input this in the page with ‘=’ as prefix and press Enter key.

First of all we are discussing in brief about File menu of Ms-Word.

File Menu in Ms-Word - 

Info –              This display all the information about current document.

New –             This option is used to create new selected type of blank document.

Open –            This option is used to open any existing document from any location of the Hard disk Partition.

Save –             This option is used to save the current document at any location with a name.

Save As –       This option is used to save file with other name or other type of current file.

Print –            It display print preview of the current page and many print option.

Share –           When you want to share your document with your friends on Internet, it will do this.

Export –         File will be change in another format, like- .pdf.

Close –           Current document will be close.

Account –       It is used to show/change the office theme and display account info on Microsoft.

Options-      Here are some advance option to customize word option like- tab, ribbon, display, proofing and other various type of setting.

Clipboard in Ms-Word

Cut –   This command is used to cut the selected text or object.  

Shortcut key- Ctrl + X

Copy -      This command is used to take a duplicate copy of selected text or object in the clip board.  

Shortcut key- Ctrl + C

Paste –This command is used to paste from clipboard text or object at the current cursor position, it can be more times repeated.  

Shortcut key- Ctrl +V

Format Painter -This command is used to copy the format/styles of selected text and apply into another text.   

                             Shortcut key- Ctrl + Shift + C, Ctrl + Shift + V

Paste Special - Paste Special Provides to paste the copied text in other format.

How to use-

Ø  Select a text that you want to copied

Ø  Click on drop-down in Paste à Paste Special from clipboard group.

Ø  Select one format from the list.

Ø  Click on OK button.

Font Setting in Ms-Word

Font -  It is used to change the font for selected text or set for new text.   

Size -   It is used to change the size of font for selected text or set for new text.  

Shortcut for Increase - Ctrl + ], Ctrl + Shift + >     

For decrease - Ctrl +[ , Ctrl + Shift + <      

Bold – Used to text strong. Shortcut key – Ctrl +B    

Italics – Used to text Italicize. Shortcut key – Ctrl +I   

Underline –   Text will be with various type of underline.  Shortcut key – Ctrl + U

Strikethrough – Text will be in crossed style.

Subscript –    To create small letter text below the text line.   

Shortcut key Ctrl + =,  Ex- CH₄

Superscript – To create small letter text above the text line.   

Shortcut key Ctrl + shift + + , Ex- a².

Text effects - This is used to apply the attractive text effect in the selected text.  

Text Highlight – It is used to fill the text back color to show highlighted.   

Font color -    It is used to change the color of selected text.    

Change case -            It is used to change the case of selected text, like- Uppercase, Lowercase, Sentence case, Capitalize Each word and Toggle case.   

                        Shortcut key – Shift + F3

Clear Formatting – All the formatting and style of selected text will be removed. 

Paragraph setting in Ms-Word

Bullets –        It provides to writing paragraph/list with various type of bullets style. It also provides to create multilevel.

Numbering – It provide to create paragraph/list with various type of numbered style. Numbers are already increasing in ascending order automatically. This is also provide to apply numbering in paragraph with multilevel.

Multilevel List – It is used to select the style of multilevel numbered/bullets list.

Indent –         Indent is a margin of paragraph at left/right side. It may be increase or decrease.

First Line Indent –   It set the position of first line of selected paragraph.

Hanging Indent   –   It set the position of second or other line of the selected paragraph.  Shortcut key – Ctrl + T, Ctrl +Shift + T

Left Indent          –    It set the left position of the selected paragraph.  

Shortcut Key – Ctrl + M, Ctrl + Shift + M

Right Indent       –    It set the right position of the selected paragraph.