Word 365
The Master Document View
Word master document enables you to cross-reference items among several documents; create indexes, tables
of contents, and lists that span several documents; easily assign consistent page numbering, headers, and
another formatting across multiple documents; etc.
A book is ideally suited to the master document feature. Each chapter can be a subdocument, and the elements common to the entire book can be contained in the master document itself.
A book is ideally suited to the master document feature. Each chapter can be a subdocument, and the elements common to the entire book can be contained in the master document itself.
Viewing document and readability statistics
Writing simple and easy to understand documents is a unique ability that lays somewhere between art and
science. Word for Microsoft 365 can help you to improve your writing skills by providing readability
statistic metrics.
Replacing special characters
In addition to searching for and replacing text, you can search for and replace Word's special characters,
such as paragraph and tab marks.
How to add a drop cap
Drop Cap is short for dropped initial capital letter. Typically, a drop cap is an oversized, single
capital letter designed to stick up above a line of text or to stand out in a block of text.
Using wildcards
Wildcard characters and operators refine the search in Microsoft Word. Simple combinations of the
question mark and asterisk allow you to search various word forms. More advanced options like character
ranges and min/max occurrences make it even more powerful.
Printing AutoText entries
To help you manage your AutoText (Building Blocks) entries, you can print the names and contents of
AutoText (Building Blocks) entries attached to the current document.
Using nonbreaking and optional hyphens
Use the nonbreaking hyphen, non-breaking hyphen, or no-break
hyphen to avoid breaking phrases or terms at the end of the line. With nonbreaking hyphens,
the entire expression or term wraps to the next line instead of breaking. An optional hyphen
has the opposite effect. It allows breaking words at the specified positions.
Using keyboard to move the cursor and scroll document
You can use the keyboard to move the insertion point and scroll document.
Navigating in a Table
There are several keyboard combinations that are useful when you work with a table:
Customizing revision marks
You can easily change the appearance of revision marks in your document. Track Changes dialog box
gives you full control over the insertions, deletions, formatting, and other revision marks.