Your document might look something like the example below.Ĭan you see the effect of having pressed Enter several times? Your machine may not have set up Word to show you. Just as an experiment, type some text in Word, then press Enter several times. So what's the big deal? This section explains how to see when you've pressed Enter. But, you say, I can't see whether I've pressed Enter or not. OK: So there's this big rule that says 'don't press Enter at the end of every line'. Make sure you can see when you have pressed Enter Press Enter to indicate the end of a paragraph, not the end of a line. Just keep typing and Word will wrap the text within the margins.ĭon't press Enter at the end of every line. You can see the margins, too: the dotted rectangle on the page shows you where they are. When you use a word processor, such as Word, you just keep typing. When you use a typewriter, you have to use the carriage return at the end of every line. Rule 1: Within a paragraph, just keep typing

On this page, we look at three basic rules of typing in Word. The left side or vertical ruler is not displayed by default and may need to be activated.In the previous Basic Concept page, we created the new document and typed the first line of text. For example if the View ribbon toolbar is displayed, click View in the menu above the ribbon to hide the ribbon. You can hide the ribbon by clicking anywhere in the document area or by clicking the menu title of the ribbon toolbar that is open. Tip: If you are working in MS Word for Windows and you have turned on rulers in Print Layout view but you don’t see the top menu, it may be that the ribbon is hiding the top of your document, and therefore your ruler, also. If you do not see the ruler across the top of your document, click on View at the top, then in the Show section of the ribbon toolbar, check the box next to Ruler to display the ruler. In Word for Windows the top horizontal ruler is displayed by default.

(Note: These instructions apply specifically to Microsoft Word 365, but may apply to certain earlier versions as well.) How to display the rulers in Microsoft Word for Windows:

How to change the units of measure in Microsoft Word for MacOS:įirst, let’s look at how to display the rulers in MS Word.

How to display the rulers in Microsoft Word for MacOS:.

How to change the units of measure in Microsoft Word for Windows:.

To display the left side ruler in Word for Windows.How to display the rulers in Microsoft Word for Windows:.

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