There's not much you can add to Word, but the new interface is simple, and packed with some new small features that makes common tasks smoother and existing tools more powerful. There is even a protected view that warns you about documents you've downloaded and offers to open them in read-only mode.
Backstage menu has been implemented well in the new word. For those of you, who use some files frequently, you can promote them to the Backstage menu itself. The new Add-Ins menu keeps your third-party programs and add-ons well organized and managed. The new navigation pane for searching is a boon. You can even search charts, tables, footnotes and other content now. The search interface opens as a left-hand pane, with a good set of option. It also displays a navigable map of thumbnails of your document like Adobe Reader.
The new version of Word also makes it more convenient to insert pictures. You can make significant edits, such as adjusting the brightness and contrast. changing the image to grey scale, adding drop shadows, and more even after the image has been inserted into your document. Those who like to stylise their documents will be pleased by a few new additions Word still has the text Effects button on the Home tab like Office 2007 that gives you presets plus custom effects. But, now you can add special effects such as glow, bevel, reflect and shadow to text. More sophisticated typography, such as using ligatures and small caps is also supported.




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