Question :
I am loosing track of what I’m doing in the multi-page Word document that I’m working on. It’s over 20 pages and I am referring to info I have written on various previous pages, so I keep scrolling back and forth to find the exact pieces of text I have previously written…
It would be great to have a Show Thumbnails option like I have in Pages, Preview and Acrobat Reader, but I can’t find anything similar in Word.
Is it possible to have something similar in Word ?
Answer :
Yes, there is a Show Thumbnails option in Word ( Word 365 / Word 16 for Mac ). It’s just that Microsoft didn’t name it Show Thumbnails and put it somewhere deep inside the menu-structure where you won’t find it if you don’t know that Microsoft calls it Navigation Pane… here’s how to activate it :
- open Word.app
- don’t go to the top-of-screen Word application menu bar
- go to the menu bar of the Word Document window
- click on the View tab
- then put a checkmark at “Navigation Pane”
…that’s it !
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Thanks so much for taking the time to write out simple directions for finding “show thumbnails.” I hate having to watch a YouTube five minute video to get the same info! It took me ages to find out how to get of unwanted page breaks that appeared out of nowhere.
@cindy :
Great to hear !
My pleasure – Thanks for the feedback
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Very helpful. Thanks!
@prafullananda :
Great to hear ! Happy to have helped you – enjoy !