With the options in Paste Special, you can strip out paragraph formatting such as paragraph-based alignment or character formatting from the pasted text Summary Controls the text style for a multiline text object and character and paragraph formatting for selected text. Word 2016 documents, including blank documents that use the Normal template, are associated with a template. If you choose the wrong template or suddenly desire to change or reassign a document’s template, follow these steps: Open the document that needs a new template attached.

Use smart paragraph selection Select this option to select the paragraph mark when you select a whole paragraph. If you include the paragraph mark when you cut and paste a paragraph, you don't leave a blank paragraph, and your formatting automatically stays with the paragraph. Use smart cursoring Select this option to specify that the cursor moves as you scroll up or down. When you press the LEFT ARROW, RIGHT ARROW, UP ARROW, or DOWN ARROW key after you scroll, the cursor responds at the page currently in view, not at its previous position. Use the Insert key to control overtype mode Select this option to turn Overtype mode on or off by pressing INSERT. • Use overtype mode Select this option to replace existing text as you type, one character at a time. If Use the Insert key to control overtype mode is selected, you can turn this option on or off by pressing INSERT.

Page Margins Page margins are the white space around the top, bottom, left, and right of your document. Margins let Word know where to start placing text at the top of a document, when to move on to the next page at the bottom, where to start typing text on the left side, and where to stop and move to the next line on the right. Changing or setting page margins in Word 2016 only requires a few simple steps. It really doesn't take any time at all once you know where to go and what to do. To change or set the page margins, click the Layout tab on the ribbon, then go to the Page Setup group.

As you can see, the blank document template appears first, followed by a tour of Word 2016. Next, you have a single spaced plain document. If you click on it to open it, Word shows you the features of this template: Click the Create button to create the template. Now, let's choose the Spring Event Flyer template, and open it up so we can show you an example of a Word template. Again, Word gives us information about this template. Search for a Template There are a lot of templates in Word. The thumbnails you see when you go to File>New are only a small sampling. Word 2016 gives you a few ways to search for a template you want. Go to File>New. At the top of the screen, you'll see this: You can type in the kind of template you want. Let's say we want a report.

• Click the File tab. • On the File screen, choose the Options command.

Compatibility English Word 6.0/95 documents This option specifies your preferences for converting text. Earlier versions of Word were sometimes used in conjunction with third-party programs designed to support Chinese or Korean on English versions of Microsoft Windows. If the use of these add-ins results in incorrect text display in a document you are trying to open, you can use these options to convert the document so that text is displayed correctly.

Hello, I recently bought a one-time purchase of Office Home & Student 2016, and it all works pretty wonderfully—except for some reason when I go to select text, it does not show it being highlighted. To explain it as clearly as possible: selecting text with my mouse remains invisible. It makes it surprisingly difficult to use. It does show the cursor at a usual blink-rate. And it can still do the yellow highlight within the document (using texter icon on the ribbon bar), and actual changes to text still work, but I just can't see what I'm selecting. Lastly, I have tried opening Word in Safe Mode, signing in as another User, and there is no Word app to remove from Accessibilities ( Apple > System Preference > Security & Privacy > Accessibility). I think it may have to do with the actual software.

Do not compress images in file Select this option to keep pictures at their full size. This option might make the document file size large. Set default target output to This option determines the resolution of compressed images. Select a value for pixels per inch (ppi) from the list. • 220 ppi Select this option if you’re planning to print your document. • 150 ppi Select this option for documents that will be read on the screen.

Reference tools Bibliography, table of contents, and index features display in the document as expected in View mode. In Edit mode, they appear as placeholders that you can delete but not edit or update. Advanced reference tools, such as creating a bibliography, table of contents, index, or table of authorities, are only available in the Word desktop app. Rendering of text boxes/shapes You can insert text boxes and shapes and then quickly change the color of text, the inside (fill) color, or the color of the border. Researcher Researcher helps you find and incorporate reliable sources and content for your document. Researcher uses Bing to pull in the appropriate content from the web.

To set the orientation, go to the Layout tab. Click the dropdown arrow below the Orientation button. It looks like this. Page Colors Changing the page color is self-explanatory. To do so, click the Design tab and then the Page Color button. Simply select a color from the menu.

Select the check boxes for the options you want.

(If you need the developer tab in Word 2010 to Word 2016, click on Customize Ribbon. Under Choose commands From, select Custom Tabs and Groups. From the Main tabs check boxes, select Developer.) The default colour for Word is blue in version 2007 and Silver in Word 2010.

You can choose to remove a border by clicking the None box. Select a style, width, and color. You can even select some predefined artwork from the Art dropdown box. Using the Apply To dropdown, you can choose whether to apply these settings to the entire document or just certain pages or sections. Now take a look in the lower right hand corner of the window where it says 'Options.'

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Automatically create drawing canvas when inserting AutoShapes Select this option to place a drawing canvas around drawing objects or ink drawings and writing when you insert them into your document. A drawing canvas helps you to arrange drawing objects and pictures, and to move them as a unit.

• In Front of Text means the image is on top of your text. It's the same as if you printed a document and dropped a photograph on top of it. You can lock an image to text so that if you move the text, the image moves also. To do this, click the Text Wrapping button, choose More Layout Options. Under the Position tab select Move Object with Text. NOTE: You can also wrap text around an image as soon as you insert it into your document without having to go to the Ribbon. Look at the text wrap icon in the snapshot below.

If you're really set against the international keyboard, you can type accented characters with ALT codes, which use the ALT key and a 3 or 4 digit code. So they won't work on a laptop unless you hit number lock to activate the number pad 'built into' the right-side of your keyboard, which is a big hassle because then the letters won't work. However, ALT codes only work with the numeric keypad, not the row of numbers across the top of your keyboard. How to insert accent in word for mac.

• Top and bottom This option prevents text from wrapping on the sides of the graphic. The graphic does not move as you add or delete text, but you can drag the graphic to reposition it. Keep bullets and numbers when pasting text with Keep Text Only option Select this option to convert numbering and bullets into text symbols. Add control characters in Cut and Copy Select this option to retain right-to-left cursor movement when you cut or copy text from a Word document and paste as plain text (for example, in Notepad). Use the Insert key for paste Select this option to use the INSERT key to insert the contents of the Office Clipboard into a document.

Cut, copy, and paste Pasting within the same document This option displays the default behavior that occurs when you paste content into the same document from which you copied the content. In the drop-down list, select one of the following: • Keep Source Formatting (Default) This option retains character styles and direct formatting that were applied to the copied text. Direct formatting includes characteristics such as font size, italic, or other formatting that is not included in the paragraph style. • Merge Formatting This option discards most of the formatting that was applied directly to the copied text, but it retains formatting that is considered emphasis, such as bold and italic, when it is applied to only a portion of the selection. The text takes on the style characteristics of the paragraph where it is pasted.

How to Change the Orientation of a Page When we talk about page orientation, there are two different orientations: landscape and portrait. Landscape and portrait refer to how the document will be displayed on screen and printed. Choose Landscape and your document will be printed horizontally. This is the most common orientation. If you select Portrait, it will be printed from top to bottom (vertically). This is best for professional photos of several people. If your document contains several photos, you may want to choose Portrait.

Graphical elements are discarded, and tables are converted to a series of paragraphs. Pasting from other programs This option displays the default behavior that occurs when you paste content that was copied from another program. In the drop-down list, select one of the following: • Keep Source Formatting (Default) This option retains the formatting of the copied text. • Merge Formatting This option discards most formatting that was applied directly to the copied text, but it retains formatting that is considered emphasis, such as bold and italic, when it is applied to only a portion of the selection.

• 96 ppi Select this option for documents you want to send in email. Show document content Show background colors and images in Print Layout view Select this option to display background colors and images. Show text wrapped within the document window Select this option to wrap text to the document window, so that it is easier to read on the screen. Show picture placeholders Select this option to display an empty box in place of each picture in your documents. This option speeds the process of scrolling through a document that contains a large number of pictures. Show drawings and text boxes on screen Select this option to display objects that are created with the Word drawing tools in Print Layout view or Web Layout view.

If you do not want to take a screenshot of the entire window, you can select the Screen Clipping command at the bottom of the window. Using SmartArt and SmartArt Tools According to Microsoft, SmartArt is a quick and convenient way to create a visual representation of the information in your document. That's a mouthful, isn't it? What they really mean is it's a quick and convenient way to create flow charts. The following is an example of an available SmartArt template. The SmartArt button is located on the Illustrations section of the Insert tab.