When you need to work with long documents or you must comply with a certain formality in spaces related to paragraphs and titlesyou will be able to use the Word tool called Outline.
This function will allow you to analyze with a single glance, the titles and distribution that you have in the document. You will have the possibility to add or remove words in the same way as if you did it in print layout mode.
So that you know in greater depth what this function of Microsoft is about, We present this post so that you can handle this tool perfectly. let’s get started
What is the outline view in Word documents and what does it allow us to visualize?
Outline view in Microsoft Word documents allows to know what is the structure of the text according to the titles, subtitles and their relationship with the paragraphs. In this way you will be able to find in long documents if you have forgotten to add a subtitle or a section in a certain place.
This tool is ideal for working on documents that need to have a formal structure, since you will have the option to see in each title the plus sign and in the paragraphs, a bullet. So you can add different structures just by clicking on these symbols.
Steps to enable outline view in Microsoft Word documents
To activate the schemes in documents you will have to follow this simple guide:
- On the ribbon, go to the tab “View”.
- Choose the group of functions “Views”.
- Click on the tool “Scheme”represented by a sheet with lines.
You’ll see the text get smaller and each heading and paragraph are preceded by symbols. When you want to exit this format, you will have to press the option “Close outline view”.