The mini toolbar

Question

What is the mini toolbar in Word? 

How do I get the mini toolbar to show up? 

Answer

Some formatting commands are so useful that you want to have them available for whatever you are doing. Perhaps you want to format some text quickly, but you are working on the Page Layout tab.  You could click the Home tab to see the formatting options, but here is a faster way:

  1. Select your text by dragging with your mouse, and then point at the selection.
  2. The Mini toolbar will appear in a faded fashion.  If you point to the Mini toolbar, it will become solid, and you can click a formatting option there.

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