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Print Preview displays a document as it will appear in printed form.

 

You can edit a Word document in Print Preview. How you do so isn’t obvious, but it is simple. To edit a document in Print Preview, click the Magnifier icon on the Print Preview toolbar. Doing so disables that tool and the cursor reverts to the I-beam insertion point that you’re use to seeing in Normal view! Edit away! When you want to zoom, just click Magnifier again. (In Word 2007, uncheck Magnifier in the Preview group on the Print Preview toolbar.) Any edits you make in Print Preview will become part of your document; Word retains those edits when you return to Normal view.

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Viewing a document in Print Preview is convenient, but editing the document while in Print Preview can be even more convenient. Click the Magnifier tool to toggle between the Magnifier and the normal insertion point.

 

Convert Word 2-D Objects Into 3-D

Edited from a post by Mary Ann Richardson                   TechRepublic Oct 24, 2006

 

If you can draw a two-dimensional object in Word, you can easily create a three-dimensional object. For example, to create a cone out of a circle, follow these steps:

 

1. Right-click a toolbar and select Drawing.

2. Click the Oval button in the Drawing toolbar.

3. Click and drag to draw a circle in your document.

4. With the circle selected, click the 3-D style button in the drawing toolbar.

5. Click the third 3-D setting in the fourth row.

 

Word will expand the circle's edges and adjust its angle to create a cone-shaped object. Now, with the object selected, you can choose a button on the 3-D Settings toolbar to change its direction, lighting, color, and depth. For example, to change the color of its extrusion to blue, select the object and follow these steps:

 

1. Click the 3-D style button.

2. Click 3-D settings.

3. Click the 3-D Color button arrow and select blue.

 

You can also change the fill color of the top of the cone by following these steps:

 

1. Select the cone.

2. In the Drawing toolbar, click on the Fill Color button arrow, and select dark blue.

 

By using Fill Effects in step 2, you can also add a pattern or texture or a picture to the top of the object.

Edit in Word's Print Preview

Edited from a post by Susan Harkins              TechRepublic March 17, 2010