Applying Page Layouts
Page layout defines the orientation of a page, in Microsoft Word, layouts can be of two types: Portrait or Landscape. A portrait mode is the normal Word document orientation mode and it is typically used for letters, memos, and other text documents. A landscape mode has more width than the Portrait mode, and it is typically used for images, signs, or large tables. Figure 3.15 provides a clear view of how each layout looks.
Figure 3.15: Page layouts
User can define how the page layout looks, whether portrait or landscape, as per his/her requirements. By default, MS Word keeps the page layout to Portrait mode.
To change the layout of the page, perform the following steps:
Step 1- Click the layout tab and select the Orientation command in the Page Setup group.
Step 2 - From the Orientation drop-down, select the required layout.
Let us take an example of changing the layout of a page to Landscape. Perform the following steps to do so:
Step 1- Click the Layout tab, and select the Orientation command in the Page Setup group.
Step 2 - From the Orientation drop-down, select the landscape option. Page layout changes to landscape layout.
Step 3 - To switch back to the Portrait layout, select the Portrait option from the Orientation drop-down, the page switches to the Portrait layout.
Creating Lists
Microsoft Word allows users to include lists, both numbered and non-numbered or bullet lists in a document. Lists enable users to better organize items of the same category or add steps to perform an action. Lists also improve the readability of the document as items are listed in an organized manner and steps are listed in the sequence in which they need to be executed. Lists help to arrange the document to look cleaner and professional.
Lists in a document can be of two types:
Bullets: This allows the users to list items in any order or sequence.
Numbered: Allows users to list items, especially the steps in a sequence.
Users can add bullets or numbers to the existing text. To add a list, Word provides two forms of lists to be added called as Bullets and Numbering.
Adding Bullet list to a Document
Perform the following steps to add a bullet list to a document:
Step 1- Click the Bullet command from the Paragraph group in the Home tab
Step 2 - Select the text to be converted to bullet and click the Bullet command, notice that the selected text switches to a bulleted list.
Microsoft Word provides a bullet library that allows users to select a variety of bullets for enhanced graphic effects to a document. To select and add different type of bullets, perform the following steps:
Step 1- Click the drop-down arrow next to the Bullets command, it contains more bullet styles from the bullet library.
Step 2 - Select the text to be changed to a new style of bullet and click the selected bullet style. Microsoft Word changes the bullet style of the selected bullet list.
Adding a Numbered list to a Document
Perform the following steps to add a numbered list to a document:
Step 1- Click the Numbering command from the Paragraph group in the Home tab.
Step 2 - Select the text to be converted to a numbered list and click the Numbering command, notice that the selected text switches to a numbered list.
Microsoft Word provides a Numbering Library to choose a variety of numbered/alphabetic bullets to be applied to the text in a document, as per the requirements. To select and add another type of different numbering list, perform the following steps:
Step 1- Click the drop-down arrow next to the Numbering command, it contains more numbering formats from the Numbering Library
Step 2 - Select the numbered list to be changed to a new numbering style and select the numbered list style to apply. Microsoft Word applies the new Numbering list style to the selected numbered list.
Changing the List level
Changing the list level is useful when an item in the list has more sub-items. In Word, the user can very easily
create the list level by performing the following steps:
Step 1- Create the list of items and include the sub-items
In this list of items, Invoices and Classes are sub-items to item Amanda.
Step 2 - Select the list items and apply the required bullet, by selecting it from the Bullet drop-down command.
Step 3 - Select the sub-list items (Invoice and Classes) and from the Bullets drop-down command, select Change List Level command. Choose the level which is required for the sub-list item.
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