Office Touch Guide

Switch to Full Screen

Tap the Full Screen Mode button on the title bar.

Or tap the Ribbon Display Options button on the title bar and tap Auto-hide Ribbon.

Switch to Standard View

Tap the three dots at the top of the screen, and then tap the Exit Full Screen Mode button.

Or tap the Ribbon Display Options button and tap Show Tabs and Commands.

Turn on Touch mode

Tap the Touch Mode button on the Quick Access Toolbar.

Or tap the Touch/Mouse Mode hand icon on the Quick Access Toolbar and tap Touch.

(If you don’t see the Touch/Mouse Mode hand icon, you can add it to the Quick Access Toolbar. Follow the instructions for customizing the Quick Access Toolbar.)

Turn off Touch mode

Tap the Touch Mode button on the Quick Access Toolbar.

Or tap the Touch/Mouse Mode hand icon on the Quick Access Toolbar and tap Mouse.

Customize the Quick Access Toolbar

Press, hold, then release any button on the Quick Access Toolbar. Choose what you want to do from the menu that appears.

Show the Touch keyboard

Tap the Touch Keyboard button on the taskbar.

Hide the Touch keyboard

Tap the X button on the Touch keyboard.

Dock the Touch keyboard

Tap Dock on the Touch keyboard so that it stays open.

Undock the Touch keyboard

Tap Undock on the Touch keyboard.

Scroll

Touch the doc and slide it up and down.

Zoom in

Stretch two fingers apart.

Zoom out

Pinch two fingers together.

Place the cursor

Tap in the file.

Select text

Tap in the text and drag the selection handle.

Format text

Tap the selected text, then tap a formatting option on the Mini toolbar.

Move

Touch the object and slide it.

Resize

Tap the object, then press and drag the object’s resize handle.

Rotate

Tap the object, then press and drag the rotation handle.

Edit a cell

Double-tap the cell.

Select a range of data

Tap a cell and drag the selection handle.

Clear a cell’s contents

Tap a cell to select it, tap it again to bring up the Mini toolbar, then tap Clear.

Zoom into a slide in Slide Show View

Stretch two fingers apart.

Zoom out of a slide in Slide Show View

Pinch two fingers together.

Show controls in Slide Show View

Tap a slide.

Go to the next or previous slide in Normal View

Make a quick vertical flick on the slide, or tap the slide’s thumbnail in the Thumbnail Pane.

Select multiple slides

In the Thumbnail Pane or in Slide Sorter View, make a short, horizontal swipe across each slide until the color of the thumbnail’s border changes.

Rearrange slides

Drag a slide horizontally out of the Thumbnail Pane and drop it at the new location.

Select multiple objects

Tap an object to select it, then tap and hold it while you tap the other objects.

Edit the text in an object

Double-tap the text.

Make text and objects bigger

Swipe, tap Start, swipe up, tap All Apps, tap Control Panel (under Windows System), tap Appearance & Personalization, tap Display, and tap Medium – 125%.