Monday, July 30, 2012

Read Mode in Word 15

This one, there's not much to say but at least we can see more of the features such as reading one or two pages at a time which is sort of like reading PDF files in Adobe Reader in one page or multiple page modes. Previously, you can see two pages in Print Layout in Microsoft Word but then, things are already too small that they are not optimized for tablet devices.
In addition to editing stuff in Full Screen Reading Mode, you can scroll the documents horizontally or vertically depending on the number of pages to be viewed on screen at the same time. In addition, the Navigation Pane similar to Adobe Reader allows you to choose which page you want. Interestingly enough, even if the tablet is rotated to Vertical Mode, the full screen reading is still there but in vertical mode of course which is kind of useful for using Microsoft Office for tablets in vertical mode.
Plus, you can tap on the specialized objects such as tablets, charts, shapes and even groups of objects but while this is useful for reading stuffs, it is still not easy to edit like that on the tablets. And that is where the flaw comes in for Microsoft Word for tablets.
Lastly, in case you get stuck on certain words and meanings you don't even know, there's the Reference Tools where you can find out the definition of the specific word. You can also search on Bing within the application as well as to translation using Bing Translation Tool. This allows you to find out more while reading the premises of the documents. Another feature that is rarely used is the Reviewing Tools which may consist of comments and Simple Markups you've put in the documents. Be warned, there may still be stupid comments invading on popular videos like that on the internet so make sure that the documents made in Word are not invaded with these.