The dialog box launcher brings up different options depending on the group being used. To insert a line break (when you want to end the line, but do not want a new paragraph possibly with space before it), press Shift-Enter. A dialog box launcher is an iconic arrow that activates various options in the ribbon menu of Microsoft Office products. If you double-click the button instead, you can apply the formatting to other selections until you click it again. To copy formatting from one selection to another, click the Format Painter button (which looks like a paintbrush) in the Clipboard group. As usual, there are more options in the Paragraph dialog box launcher. You do not need to highlight the paragraph for these to work, just put your cursor somewhere in the paragraph and click the button or press the keyboard shortcut. More options are available from the bottom option, Borders and Shading, in the drop-down list.) Line and Paragraph Spacing (The drop-down box includes most options inc.hanging and first line indents, see the Special drop-down when you click the Paragraph dialog box launcher.) If numbering goes wrong, select the list, right-click and use Continue Numbering or Set Numbering Value.) Bulleted and numbered lists (Use the drop-down box for more options.It is recommended that you work with this switched on, as it is helpful if something goes wrong with your formatting. The Paragraph group on the Home tab includes the Show/Hide button for (non-printing) formatting marks. (There is also an option to customise the toolbar.) First, in the Paragraph dialog box, click on the Tabs button. For more advanced tab settings, you can use the Paragraph dialog box to create custom tab stops. That is because the default tabs are set for half an inch. To add a command you use frequently to this toolbar, right-click on the command’s button and select Add to Quick Access Toolbar. Whenever you press the Tab key in Microsoft Word, the cursor moves half an inch to the left.
To the top left of the ribbon, there is the Quick Access toolbar with commonly used commands such as the Save ( Ctrl-S) and Redo ( Ctrl-Z).One way of accessing them is to press Alt, wait a moment and then press the letters that appear on the keyboard. Each tab has specific groups of related commands. It comprises seven tabs Home, Insert, Page layout, References, Mailing, Review and View. It is located below the Quick Access Toolbar and the Title Bar. Word 2010 has a good collection of its own shortcuts. The Ribbon is a user interface element which was introduced by Microsoft in Microsoft Office 2007. Note that most Word 2003 keyboard shortcuts, e.g.The Options button is found at the bottom of the dialog box which appears when you click the File tab and gives you access to many of Word’s settings. creating new versions of documents, saving a document in another format (including the old Word 97-2003 format) or creating a template ( File | New to display the templates available to you).
Click the File tab for basic commands such as New ( Ctrl-N), Open ( Ctrl-O), Save ( Ctrl-S), Print ( Ctrl-P) and Close ( Ctrl-W).