how to use Word Online in office365

Modified on Thu, 28 Dec, 2017 at 1:57 PM

    

With Word Online you use your web browser to create, view, and edit the personal documents that you store on OneDrive or Dropbox. If your organization or college has an Office 365 plan or SharePoint site, start using Word Online by creating or storing documents in libraries on your site.

    

Note:  If you’re using Word Web App with SharePoint 2010, see Introduction to Word Web App and Word Web App at a glance.

 

Save changes

   

Word saves your changes automatically. Look on the status bar at the bottom left corner of Word Online. It will either show Saved or Saving.

Image of status bar in Word Online


Share documents online

Because your document is online, you can share it by sending a link instead of an email attachment. People can read it in their web browser or mobile device.

Click File > Share > Share with People.


Image of Share with People button in Word Online


Comment in the browser 

    

A comment balloon shows where comments have been made in the doc.


Image of comment balloon in Word Online


Reply to comments, and check off items you’ve addressed.


Threaded comments in Word Online


Edit in the browser

    

If you try to type in the document and nothing happens, you’re probably in Reading view. Switch to Editing view: click Edit Document > Edit in Word Online.


Image of Edit in Word Online command


Type and format text, add pictures, adjust the layout of the page, and more. For more advanced editing, click Open in Word.


Open In Word from Edit view in Word Online


Work together on the same doc

    

To work together in Word Online, you edit a document as you normally would. If others are also editing it, Word Online alerts you to their presence. You can see everyone who is currently working in the document by clicking in the ribbon.


Image of authors in Word Online


Clicking on an author’s name jumps you to where they’re working in the doc. And you’ll see the changes they make as they’re happening. They can be working in Word Online, Word 2010 or later, or Word for Mac 2011.


Add a header or footer

Go to Insert > Header & Footer to add headers and footers to your document.


Image of Header & Footer button in Word Online


Click Options to choose how you’d like them to appear.


Image of Header and Footer Options menu in Word Online


Add page numbers

Click Insert > Page Numbers and then choose from the gallery where you’d like the page numbers to appear.


Image of Page Numbers gallery in Word Online


Select Include Page Count to show the current page number along with the total number of pages (page X of Y).


Find and replace text


Quickly search for every occurrence of a specific word or phrase in your document by clicking Home > Find (or type Ctrl+F). Results appear next to your document so you can see the term in context. Clicking on a search result jumps you to that occurrence.


Image of Find pane in Word Online


Click Replace (or type Ctrl+H) to find and replace text.


Print in Word Online

    

Go to File > Print. Word Online creates a PDF preview of your document that keeps all the layout and formatting of your document. Send the PDF to your printer and it will print the way you expect.


Image of Print button in Word Online


If you’d like to watch a video to learn about new features, see What’s new in Word Online.


Kindly refer the below link. 


https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Basic-tasks-in-Word-Online-ad01ecc3-5624-47c0-8aba-b76ece6aebe0


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