Quick tips: Design and edit in Word for Windows
Change page layout
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Select Layout.
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Select an option:
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Margins
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Orientation
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Size
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Columns
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Indent
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Breaks, Line Numbers, Hyphenation
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Spacing
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![Change layout in Word](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/central/neutral/c204bd1f-1226-49fa-b664-55cb42e2fd66/b0ca03e46b8e4386f9a6743df5954e8096894078.png)
![Change layout in Word](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/central/neutral/8e4d832a-76fc-4449-affb-260712b89cef/f0056a5eecc34f138c1658a3b3276bd8fedfecf8.png)
Use Styles
Use Styles to apply a consistent font, font size, font color, and spacing throughout your document.
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Select the words, paragraph, list, or table that you want to apply a style to.
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Select Home > Styles, and select the style you want.
![Styles in Word for the web](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/central/neutral/1e6bed52-66af-46c1-8c70-fb31233a90d0/bde9e6ffc164a5e950524cf314c40a2a599436c9.jpg)
Check spelling
Word for the web automatically checks spelling and misspelled words have a red squiggly underline.
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Right-click the word and review the suggestion.
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Select a correction, select Ignore All.
![Check spelling in Word](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/central/neutral/d2e3313c-9ae4-4c16-8838-dbb45a8da717/0bb9656206a61d4acb31f75c780692af9697784a.png)
Track and review changes
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To track changes, select Review, then in the Tracking section select Track Changes.
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To find and review changes in the document, in the Tracking section select Next.
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This will take you to the next change it will find in the document.
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Right click the change and then select Accept to keep the change, or
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Reject to remove it.
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Select Next to find additional changes in the document.
![Track changes in Word](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/central/neutral/f5bfad1b-aeca-4e4b-a886-a55d1bbcbbac/4b25d6e1fb27e51fdc12150d4b6becdcd8f6016d.png)
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