What Page View Should I Use

For this lesson, open the file: Sample Text.doc

There are 4 page views to choose from: Normal, Web Layout, Print Layout, and Outline.

Click on View in the menu bar to select each view.

Try each of the views and read below what they are used for.

Normal view is a good view if you just want to type text. It does not show the page margins like Print Layout view.

Web Layout view only is used if you are creating a web page.

Print Layout view actually show the left and right margins of the page as well as the top and bottom margins of the page. A note about Print Layout view: You will want to have the text boundaries showing if you use this view (they probably already are). Follow these steps to show the text boundaries:

1. Click on Tools in the menu bar, then select Options.
2. Click on the Views tab and then click on Text Boundaries (place a checkmark () in the box)

Outline view is only used if you are making an outline.

USING THE MOUSE TO SELECT THE VIEW

You can also choose which view you want to use by clicking on the

views buttons. They are located in the lower left hand corner

of the screen, to the left of the horizontal scroll bar.

Place the cursor over each without clicking to see the name of each view button. Click on the one that you want to use.