Home Tab in Microsoft Word

Home Tab in Microsoft Word is the default tab for editing and formatting the document in MS Word. The ribbon of Home Tab in Microsoft Word is divided into multiple sections with the name Clipboard, Font, Paragraph, Styles & Editing. The detailed explanation about Home Tab in Microsoft Word is given below.

Clipboard

• Undo (ctrl+z) – This option is use to go back for one step.
• Redo (ctrl+y) – This option is use to go forward for one step.
• Cut (ctrl+x) – This option is use to cut the selected data.
• Copy (ctrl+c) – This option is use to copy the selected data.
• Paste (ctrl+v) – This option is use to paste the cut or copied data.
• Paste Special – This option creates a link between copied and pasted data. By pasting data with link, if source data (copied data) change or delete then target data (pasted data) will also change.  
• Format Painter – This option is use to copy and paste text formatting.

Note – To use more option about this section, click on the tiny button bottom side of the right corner.

Font

• Font (ctrl+shift+f) – This font Box is use to select the different font styles for the selected paragraph or text.
• Font Size (ctrl+shift+p) – This option is use to change the size of the selected font.
• Bold (ctrl+b) – This option is use to makes the selected font bold.
• Italic (ctrl+i) – This option use to make the selected font italic.
• Underline (ctrl+u) – This option is use to draw a line under the selected text.
• Strikethrough – This option is use to draw a middle line for the selected text. Ex- word processor
• Subscript (ctrl+=) – This option is use to make the selected text subscript form. Ex- X₂
• Superscript (ctrl+shift++) – This option is use to make the selected text superscript form. Ex- X²
• Change Case – This option is use to change the font cases with UPPER, lower, Capitalize, Sentence and tOGGLE.
• Grow Font (Ctrl+Shift+>) – This option is use to increase the size of selected font.
• Shrink Font (Ctrl+Shift+<) – This option is use to decrease the size of selected font.
• Clear Formatting – This option is use to clear all the formatting from the selected text and make the text plain.
• Text Highlight Color – This option is use to make the text highlighted with a color, look like as marked with a highlight pen.
• Font Color – This option is use to change the color of selected font.

Paragraph

• Bullets – This option is use to create a list of data using bullet.
• Numbering – This option is use to create a list of data using roman number, decimal number, alphabetic abc etc.
• Multilevel List – This option use to create the multilevel list using alphabetical, numerical, roman number etc.
• Align Left (ctrl+l) – This option moves the text left of the page.
• Align Center (ctrl+e) – This option moves the text center of the page.
• Align Right (ctrl+r) – This option moves the text right of the page.
• Justify (ctrl+j) – This option is use to adjust the text equal from the right and left margin.
• Line Spacing – This option is use to adjust the gap between lines and paragraphs.
• Increase Indent – This option is use to move the paragraph or line right, far from the left margin.
• Decrease Indent – This option is use to move the paragraph or line left, closer to the left margin.
• Sort – This option is use to sort the selected alphabetical or numerical data in a table with ascending or descending order.
• Paragraph Mark – This option is use to show or hide the paragraph marks or other formatting symbols.
• Shading – This option is use to add the color in background for selected paragraph or text.
• Border – This option is use to create the border for selected paragraph or text.

Styles

• MS Word provides different readymade sets of font styles including colors, fonts and headings. User can select anyone and apply on selected paragraph or text. User can also create new style by clicking dropdown button.

Editing

• Find (ctrl+f)– This option is use to find any information in document.
• Go To (ctrl+g) – This option is use to go any page or line directly by given page or line number. User can also jump to the sections, bookmarks, footnotes, comments etc.
• Replace (ctrl+h) – This option is use to replace the any text with another text. Replace all function is use to replace multiple similar text at a time.
• Select – This option is use to select all (ctrl+a) the data in the document, also select any object etc.