If you’ve never been in the Options dialog box before, typically the first tab you will see is the View tab:

 

 

This dialog box has four portions:

 

Show	Control what is displayed on the Word screen.
Formatting Marks	Control what formatting marks are displayed in your document.
Print and Web Layout options	Control what is shown in Print Layout and in Web Layout. Note that the three checkboxes on the right hand side apply only to Print View.
Outline and Normal options	Control what is shown in Outline and Normal views.

 

The next tab you’ll probably use frequently is called General. Here’s what it looks like:

 

 

This box only has one section: General options. Here’s where you’ll find all the options that don’t really belong anywhere else, including:

• Show Word in the old-school format, with a blue background and white text
• Use sound or animation for feedback
• Confirm conversion when opening a document
• Allow Word to start in Reading Layout
• Update links when opening a document
• Allow you to e-mail files as an attachment
• How long the recently used file list should be
• Whether or not to include help and navigation keys for WordPerfect users
• Automatically create a drawing canvas when inserting an AutoShape
• Allow background opening of Web pages
• Show pixels for HTML features
• What measurement unit to use

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are also three buttons at the bottom that allow you to configure more options:

 

Service Options	Set options for customer feedback, Office Online content, and shared workspaces.
Web Options	Set options for browser, files, pictures, encoding, and fonts for the Web page you are creating.
E-mail Options	Set stationery, signature, and HTML filtering options.

 

The last tab we’ll look at is User Information, which we looked at briefly while talking about tracking changes.

 

 

When Word automatically fills in your name, initials, or your mailing address, this is where it pulls the information from. You can change this information at any time, which is useful if you inherit a computer from someone.