MS Word â Home Tab
MS Word – Home Tab
The Home tab has basic editing tools like cut, copy, paste, font settings, text formatting, alignment, bullets, numbering, styles, and editing options for writing, designing, and organizing text. āĻšā§āĻŽ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¤ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻĒāĻŋ, āĻĒā§āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ, āĻĢāĻŖā§āĻ, ā§°āĻ, āĻļāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛ā§ā§ąāĻž, āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ, āĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻŦā§°āĻŋāĻ, āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻ˛, āĻāĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĻāĻŋā§° āĻā§°āĻŋā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§ąāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻā§ā§ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
A. Clipboard Group
1. Cut – Move selected text to clipboard. āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻā§°āĻž āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ ClipboardāĻ¤ ā§°āĻžāĻā§: Cut (Ctrl + X): Select text → Click Cut → Move cursor → Paste = Moves text to new place.
2. Copy – Copy selected text to clipboard. āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻā§°āĻž āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§: Copy (Ctrl + C): Select text → Click Copy → Move cursor → Paste = Duplicates text.
3. Paste – Paste copied or cut text. āĻāĻĒāĻŋ/āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§: Paste (Ctrl + V): After Cut/Copy → Place cursor → Click Paste = Inserts copied text.
4. Format Painter – Copy font style, size, color, and apply to another text. āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ā§° āĻĢāĻŖā§āĻ, āĻāĻāĻžā§°, ā§°āĻ āĻāĻĒāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻāĻ¨ āĻ āĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻžā§: Format Painter: Select styled text → Click brush icon → Apply to other text = Copies style. | style āĻĨāĻāĻž
Shortcut Keys: Cut = Ctrl + X // Copy = Ctrl + C // Paste = Ctrl + V // Format Painter = Double-click Brush . āĻāĻžāĻ = Ctrl + X // āĻāĻĒāĻŋ = Ctrl + C //| āĻĒā§āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ = Ctrl + V // āĻĢā§°ā§āĻŽā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžā§° = Brush Double-click
B. Font Group
5. Font Style – Change the text design (Arial, Times New Roman etc. āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ā§° āĻĢāĻŖā§āĻ/āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ : Step: Select text → Go to Home tab → Click Font dropdown → Choose style (Arial, Calibri, Times New Roman).
6. Font Size – Increase or decrease letter size. āĻāĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§°ā§: Step: Select text → Click Size dropdown → Choose size (10, 12, 14, 18, etc.).
7. Increase Font – Make text bigger. āĻāĻā§° āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻā§°ā§: Step: Select text → Click A↑ to make letters bigger.
8. Decrease Font – Make text smaller. āĻāĻā§° āĻ¸ā§°ā§ āĻā§°ā§: Step: Select text → Click A↓ to make letters smaller
9. Change Case – BIG/small/Title style. āĻŦā§, āĻ¸ā§°ā§, Title Case āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻŋ. Step: Select text → Click Aa → Choose UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case, etc.
10. Bold – Dark and thick text.āĻŽā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻā§°: Step: Select text → Click B or press Ctrl + B to make text bold.
11. Italic – Slanted text. āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻā§°: Step: Select text → Click I or press Ctrl + I to tilt text.
12. Underline – Add a line under the text. āĻ¤āĻ˛āĻ¤ ā§°ā§āĻāĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§: Step: Select text → Click U or press Ctrl + U to underline.
13. Strikethrough – Line across the text. āĻāĻā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ā§°ā§ ------ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§: Step: Select text → Click Strikethrough icon to draw a line through the text.
14. Subscript – Small letters down (HâO). āĻ¤āĻ˛āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§: Step: Select text → Click Xâ to place letters below (Example: HâO).
15. Superscript – Small letters above (X²). āĻāĻĒā§°āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ āĻžāĻ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§: Step: Select text → Click X² to place letters above (Example: X²).
16. Highlight – Color behind text. āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ā§° āĻĒā§āĻāĻĢāĻžāĻ˛ā§ ā§°āĻ: Step: Select text → Click Highlight → Choose background color.
17. Font Color – Change text color. āĻāĻā§°ā§° ā§°āĻ āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ : Step: Select text → Click Font Color (A) → Choose a text color.
C. Paragraph roup
18. Bullets – Create dot list (•). āĻĒāĻāĻŖā§āĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻž: Step: Select text → Click Bullets icon → Choose bullet style → List is created.
19. Numbering – 1,2,3 list. āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžā§° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻž: Step: Select text → Click Numbering icon → Choose numbering style → Numbered list appears.
20. Multilevel List – Main point & sub-point list. āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§°āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻž: Step: Select text → Click Multilevel List → Choose style → Add main points & sub-points.
21. Align Left – Move text to left side. āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻĢāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻž: Step: Select paragraph → Click Align Left icon → Paragraph moves to left side.
22. Align Center – Text in middle. āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻž: Step: Select paragraph → Click Center icon → Text aligns in the middle.
23. Align Right – Move text to right side. āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻĢāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻž: Step: Select paragraph → Click Align Right icon → Paragraph moves to right side.
24. Justify – Equal alignment both sides. āĻĻā§ā§ā§āĻĢāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻļāĻžā§°ā§: Step: Select paragraph → Click Justify icon → Text aligns evenly on both sides.
25. Line Spacing – Space between lines. āĻļāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ā§āĻž āĻĻā§ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ: Step: Select paragraph → Click Line Spacing icon → Choose 1.0 / 1.5 / 2.0 → Adjust spacing between lines.
26. Shading – Color behind paragraph. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻĢ āĻĒā§āĻāĻĢāĻžāĻ˛ā§ ā§°āĻ: Step: Select paragraph → Click Shading → Pick color → Paragraph gets background color.
27. Borders – Border/box around text. āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āĻĄāĻžā§°/āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¸ āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ: Step: Select paragraph → Click Borders → Choose border style → Paragraph enclosed with border.
28. Increase Indent – Move text to the right. āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻĢāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ ā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§: Step: Select paragraph → Click Increase Indent → Paragraph moves right.
29. Decrease Indent – Move text to the left. āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻĢāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻ¤āĻžā§: Step: Select paragraph → Click Decrease Indent → Paragraph moves left.
30. Sort A→Z – Alphabet/number sorting. A-Z/ā§§-ā§¯ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§°āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§: Step: Select text → Click Sort icon → Choose ascending/descending → Text is arranged alphabetically or numerically.
31. Show/Hide ¶ – Show hidden formatting marks. āĻ˛ā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻž ¶ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžā§: Step: Click Show/Hide ¶ icon → Displays hidden formatting symbols (spaces, paragraph marks, tabs).
Shortcut Tips : Align Left → Ctrl + L / Align Center → Ctrl + E / Align Right → Ctrl + R / Justify → Ctrl + J
D. Styles Group
32. Normal – Simple writing style. āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻļā§āĻ˛ā§: Step: Select text → Click Normal style → Text becomes plain, regular style.
33. Heading 1 / Heading 2 – Title/Sub title format. āĻļāĻŋā§°ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ/āĻāĻĒāĻļāĻŋā§°ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ: Step: Select text → Click Heading 1 or Heading 2 → Applies title or subtitle format.
- Heading 1 → Main title, Heading 2 → Sub-title / section heading
34. Title/Subtitle – Ready title design. āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ˛ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻļā§āĻ˛ā§: Step: Select text → Click Title or Subtitle → Pre-designed title style applied.
35. Other Styles – Pre-made writing designs. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ typing āĻļā§āĻ˛ā§ : Step: Select text → Open More Styles dropdown → Choose any ready-made style → Changes the appearance of the text instantly.
Tips: Use Heading 1, 2, 3 for structured documents → Makes Table of Contents automatic. // Title / Subtitle → Use for front page or main headings. // Other Styles → Quickly format text with colors, font, and emphasis.
E. Editing Group
36. Find – Search any word or sentence. āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ/āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°ā§ : Step: Press Ctrl + F or click Find → Type the word or sentence → Word highlights all occurrences in the document.
37. Replace – Change one word to another. āĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻ āĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻ¨āĻā§ āĻ˛āĻāĻžā§: Step: Press Ctrl + H or click Replace → Type the word to find → Type the new word → Click Replace All or Replace → Word updates text.
38. Select – Select text/page/object. āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§/āĻĒā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻā§°ā§ : Step: Click Select → Choose an option: Select All → Selects entire document (Ctrl + A). Select Objects → Selects images, shapes, or text boxes. Select Text with Similar Formatting → Selects text with same style/font.
Tips: Find → Ctrl + F. Replace → Ctrl + H. Select All → Ctrl + A
Remember Line :
1. Home = Clipboard + Font + Paragraph + Styles + Editing
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