Viewing a Document in Outline View

Being able to view the outline of your document is helpful whether you’re starting a document from scratch or you’re working with an existing file with text and headings already entered and formatted. You can display Outline view in several different ways: by clicking the View tab and choosing Outline in the Document Views group, by pressing Ctrl+Alt+O, or by clicking Outline in the View tools in the lower-right corner of the Word window.

Viewing a Document in Outline View

If you’ve entered headings in your document and formatted them with one of heading styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, or Heading 3) provided by Word, they’ll appear as headings in Outline ...

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