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After you create your document, you may need to print it.  Select the Print option on the File menu. Your document will appear on the right side of the window in the Print Preview area. You can use the arrows in the bottom left corner of the Print Preview area to scroll through the pages

You can divide Word documents into sections. Each section can have its own margins, page size, orientation, borders, header, footer, columns, page numbering, line numbering, footnotes, and endnotes. The Breaks command, which has several options, inserts section breaks. Section breaks appear as a double-dotted line, and they store formatting instructions such as margins, page size,

A header is information that displays in the top margin. A footer is information that displays in the bottom margin. You can design custom headers and footers. Custom headers and footers can consist of page numbers, dates, times, document properties, fields, and images. Document Properties Document properties provide information about a Word document, such as

In the top and bottom margins of each page, there are areas called the header and the footer, respectively. You can put information such as the date, author, and page number in the header and footer. Word has several built-in headers and footers that use fields. A field is a place that stores or is

Page numbers help you keep your document organized, and enable readers to find information quickly. When you click the Page Number button on the Insert tab, the menu that appears allows you to choose whether you want your page numbers at the top, at the bottom, or in the margins of pages. After you choose one

Word documents can have multiple columns. The Columns menu lets you choose from the following options: One, Two, Three, Left, and Right. Columns Menu Options Option Description One One is the default. It creates a single column. Text and objects flow straight down the page. Two Two creates two columns of equal size. Text and

As I discussed in Lesson 1, you can display a document in five different views: Read Mode, Print Layout, Web Layout, Outline, and Draft. In Print Layout view, you see your document as it will appear when you print it; you can clearly see where each page ends and a new page begins. As you

As you type your document, Word automatically creates page breaks. The breaks that Word creates are called soft breaks. Factors such as page size, margin settings, line spacing, font size, and hyphenation affect where soft breaks occur. Sometimes, Word creates page breaks where you do not want them. Fortunately, the Line and Page Breaks tab

Margins define the amount of whitespace that appears on the top, bottom, left, and right edges of your document. Margins affect your entire document, unless your document is divided into sections; then they affect the entire section. When you click the Margins button on the Page Layout tab, you can choose a margin setting from

Word uses as a default, a page orientation of portrait. Depending on the type of document you are creating, you may want to change the  orientation to  landscape. Most paper has a long and a short edge. If you print in portrait, the shortest edge of the paper is the top of the page. If you