Save a document with a different file name in a different location Useful File tab/backstage commands Action You'll find common tasks such as opening, saving and printing a document, as well as special screens for managing the document, customizing Word and managing your Office account. Rather than making changes within a document, this area lets you work with a document and Word overall. Instead of seeing a set of commands on the Ribbon above your document, when you click the File tab you're taken to an area that Microsoft calls 'the backstage.' The File tab behaves a little differently from the other Ribbon tabs. To help, the charts below show each Ribbon tab with its most commonly used commands we've also included keyboard shortcuts.įile tab | Home tab | Insert tab | Design tab | Page Layout tab References tab | Mailings tab | Review tab | View tab Contextual tabs (Picture Tools, Table Tools, Chart Tools) File tab/backstage Click through to that article for detailed information on how to get the most out of Word 2013.įor the most part, Word 2013's Ribbon is intuitive to use, but it's not always easy to figure out where each command is located.
These charts accompany our story Word 2013 cheat sheet.