{"id":759,"date":"2012-11-30T14:58:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T14:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.microsofttraining.net\/b\/wordtraining\/?p=321"},"modified":"2023-12-30T23:25:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T23:25:42","slug":"using-the-outline-view-in-word-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/using-the-outline-view-in-word-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Outline View in Word 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Outline View\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t use this at all in 2003, but in 2010, this view can help me to plan the structure of my document.<\/p>\n<p>The Outline View allows me to insert\u00a0headings for each section, including sub-headings, and even paragraph headings. <strong>\u00a0This acts as the map of my document<\/strong>. \u00a0Outline View is a great tool if you suffer from writers block when you see a blank white page in front of you &#8211; you can add the general outline and work on each section as you feel like it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1882\" style=\"width: 731px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Outline-View-Word-Training-Courses-London.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Outline-View-Word-Training-Courses-London.png\" alt=\"Outline-View-Word-Training-Courses-London\" width=\"731\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This shows the Outline View, with the headings and sub-heading, with the Navigation pane acting as an overview of the entire document.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I can easily switch to other views, such as the normal view, to add content to my document and switch back to my outline to see how it is shaping up.<\/p>\n<p>I like to add the Navigation pane to the Outline view. \u00a0I can click on a heading in the navigation pane (extremely useful when working with a large document) and Word will take me directly to that section in the text.<\/p>\n<p>This Outline View is also helpful when you have several team members working on the document with you. \u00a0They can see the sections they need to contribute to, and the writing will flow far better if the contributor can see what comes before and after their section.<\/p>\n<p>With the heading styles set, I can also benefit from the Table of Contents function. 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The Outline View allows me to insert\u00a0headings for each section, including sub-headings, and even paragraph headings. \u00a0This acts as the map of my document. \u00a0Outline View is a great tool [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[608],"class_list":["post-759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-word-training","tag-word-training-courses-london"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6838,"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions\/6838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}