Word includes different views that change the parts of your document that are displayed on the screen and determines how much of your system’s resources are used. Knowing the purpose of each view will help you to select the correct one.

Word includes the following views:

• Print Layout
• Normal
• Web Layout
• Outline

The Print Layout view shows you exactly how your printed document will look, including non-printing formatting marks. The upside to this view is that you can see the entire layout of your document. The downside is that more system memory is used. Generally this view should be used when working with the page layouts, tables and graphics.

The Normal view displays the body of your document but does not include the page layout. As a result, it uses less system memory than the Print Layout view. So for better system performance, you should use the Normal view when working with text.

In the next installment, we will look at the remaining two views included in Word.

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