1. Microsoft Word Tips Changing Text Direction In Google Slides
2. Microsoft Word Tips Changing Text Direction In Excel
3. Microsoft Word Tips Changing Text Direction In Word

1. Change how text looks. Pick the text you want to change, and then use the options (like bold, font size, color) on the Home tab in the Font group. To add bullets or numbers, or change how your text is aligned. Pick the text you want to edit and then use the buttons on the Home tab in the Paragraph group.
2. Capitalize the first word in each step. Use a period after each step. Exception When instructing customers to type input that doesn't include end punctuation, don’t use a period. Try to format the text so that the user input appears on a new line. Limit a procedure to seven steps, and preferably fewer. Try to fit all the steps on the same screen.

Microsoft Word Tips Changing Text Direction In Google Slides

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Changing text direction. In Word 2003, I was able to paste a Hebrew text into a document, then do my own interlinear work by simply pressing ctrl left-shift to change text direction to left-to-right between lines.

Follow these guidelines to help you create clear, easy-to-follow instructions,whether you're writing simple, single-step procedures or complexprocedures that consist of multiple steps.

See also
Formatting text in instructions
Formatting punctuation

Complex procedures

Complex instructions often consist of multiple steps formatted as anumbered list. For multiple-step procedures in numbered lists:

• Format procedures consistently so customers can find them easily by scanning.

• Consider using a heading to help customers find instructions quickly. Use the heading to tell customers what the instructions will help them do.
  Examples
  To add an account
  Add an account

  Choose one phrasing style for the headings, and write them all the same way (in parallel structure).

• Use a separate numbered entry for each step. It's OK to combine short steps that occur in the same place in the UI.

• Most of the time, include actions that finalize a step, such as OK or Apply buttons.

• Use complete sentences.

• Use imperative verb forms. In instructions, customers really want you to tell them what to do.

• Use consistent sentence structures. For example, always use a phrase when you need to tell the customer where to start. The rest of the time, start each sentence with a verb.
  Examples
  On the ribbon, go to the Design tab.
  Open Photos.
  For Alignment, choose Left.

• Capitalize the first word in each step.

• Use a period after each step.
  Exception
  When instructing customers to type input that doesn't include end punctuation, don’t use a period. Try to format the textso that the user input appears on a new line.

• Limit a procedure to seven steps, and preferably fewer. Try to fit all the steps on the same screen.
  Examples

  To create a group of tiles

  1. On the Start screen, select the tiles you want to group together.
  2. Drag them to an open space. When a gray bar appears behind them, release the tiles to create the new group.

  To schedule sprints

  1. In the Backlogs view, select the first sprint under Current. Or, open your sprint backlog from the following URL:https://AccountName/DefaultCollection/TeamProjectName/_backlogs/iteration
     Several predefined sprints are listed under Current and Future. Actual sprint titles vary based on the process template used to create your team project. However, calendar dates haven’t been assigned.
  2. To set the calendar dates, select the first sprint under Current, and select dates.

Single-step procedures

If you're using a consistent format for step-by-step instructions,use the same format for single-step instructions, but replace thenumber with a bullet.
Example
To move a group of tiles

• On the Start screen, zoom out and drag the group where you want.

Tips for writing steps

Make sure the customer knows where the action should take place before you describe the action.

• If the instruction appears in the same UI where the action occurs, it’s usually not necessary to provide location details.

• If you need to make sure the customer begins in the right place, provide a brief phrase at the beginning of the step.
  Example
  On the Design tab, select Header Row.

• If there’s a chance of confusion, provide an introductory step.
  Example
  On the ribbon, go to the Design tab.

Simple instructions with right angle brackets

Abbreviate simple sequences by using right angle brackets. Include aspace before and after each bracket, and don't make thebrackets bold.

Example
Select Accounts > Other accounts > Add an account.

Accessibility tip Screen readers may skip over brackets and read instructions such as Menu > Go To > Folders as Menu Go To Folders, which might confuse customers. Check with an accessibility expert before using this approach.

To change the page orientation for whole document Word, on theLayout tab, in the Page Setup group, click Orientation:

From the Orientation dropdown list, choose the orientation you need:

To change the orientation of one page, or a few pages ofthe document, do the following:

1. Select the text of the page or of the severalpages for which you want to change the page orientation.

2. On the Layout tab, in the Page Setupgroup, click Margins:

Select Custom Margins... from the Margins dropdown list:

3. In the Page Setup dialog box, on the Marginstab:

• In the Orientation group, choose Portrait or Landscape orientation,
• In the Apply to list, choose Selected text:

4. Click OK.

Notes:

Microsoft Word Tips Changing Text Direction In Excel

• Microsoft Word automatically inserts section breaks before and after the textthat has the new page orientation. If you write a book or a long report andyour document is already divided into sections, you can click in the section(or select multiple sections), and then change the orientation only for thesections that you have chosen:

• The option Selected text in the Apply to list appears only ifthere is selected text in the document.

Microsoft Word Tips Changing Text Direction In Word

See also this tip in French:Comment changer l'orientation d'une page dans Word.