When you’re scrolling over some parts of your document, you may see your cursor change. Or, you may click in an area of your screen and an alignment will automatically be applied.

 

Both of these effects are features of Click and Type. Click and Type are areas of your document that Word has already determined formatting for. For example, you can double-click in the middle of a blank page and Word will center-align the text you, as it assumes you’re creating a title page. Like other styles, the changes made will reflect on the formatting toolbar. So, if Word has center-aligned your text and you want to reverse that change, just click the center alignment button on the formatting toolbar to reverse those changes.

 

Here’s how you know when click and type will be applied:

 

If your pointer turns to…	This formatting will be applied when you click…
	Align left
	Align center
	Align right
	Left indent
	Left text wrap
	Right text wrap

 

There are some situations where Click and Type will not work:

-          Bulleted/numbered lists

-          Floating objects

-          Multiple columns

-          To the left or right of indents

-          To the left or right of pictures that have used top or bottom text wrapping

-          In any layout other than Print or Web.

 

So if your text changes, that’s why!