Backstage View

Backstage View

Backstage View

• After you click the File tab, you can see the Microsoft Office Backstage view

• A tool that offers quick access to commands for performing many file management tasks all displayed in a single navigation pane that can be customized to meet users’ needs. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014)

Info Tab

• Allows the user to password protect a document

• Allows the user to modify document properties

Compatibility Mode• Some functions are limited when viewing older

versions of a document• Must save as a .docx (Word 2010 file

extension) to have full capabilities• Word 97-2003 saves as a .doc, Word 2010 saves as a

.docx• BE CAREFUL when sending files to others in Word

2010 – if they don’t have Word 2010, they will not be able to open the file

Protecting Documents

• In Microsoft Office 2010, you can use passwords to help prevent other people from opening or modifying your documents, workbooks, and presentations

• **NOTE: It’s important to remember your password because Microsoft cannot retrieve your forgotten passwords

Save/Save As

• Save: Saves the changes made to the existing document

• Save As: saves the document with a different file name and/or file type

File Extensions

• .docx: Word 2007, 2010, 2013• .doc: Word 97-2003• .dotx: Word template• .rtf: Rich Text Format allows a user to open the

file in text editors with limited formatting• .txt: Plain Text Format allows a use to open the

file in text editors with NO FORMATTING• .pdf: Portable Document Format allows a user

to view the file in Adobe Reader

Close

• Close: Closes the document, not the Word program

Help

• Keyboard shortcut key is F1

Source

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2012). Microsoft Official Academic Course Microsoft Word 2010, Exam 77-883.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2014). Microsoft Official Academic Course Microsoft Word 2013, Exam 77-418.