• "Home" pane: Used to perform basic operations on a".docx" document.
• "Insert" pane: Used to insert elements into the current document (page, page break, header and footer, table, image, predefined controls, etc.).
• "Layout" pane: Used to manage the layout of the document and its paragraphs.
• "Table" pane: Used to manage the characteristics of a table.
• "Image" pane: Used to manage the characteristics of images.
• "Text area" pane: Used to manage the characteristics of text areas.
• "Display" pane: Used to configure how the docx document is displayed on the screen.

• Document: Used to open, create, save or export a docx document. You can:
  • Create a new document.
  • Open an existing docx document.
  • Open an existing RTF document.
    Notes:
    • This feature is available from version Update 1 of WINDEV.
    • You have the ability to open an RTF document. The RTF document is saved in a docx file.
    • The tables found in the RTF documents are not supported in this version. The tables found in the RTF documents are supported from version Update 2 of WINDEV.
    
    Note: You have the ability to open an RTF document. The RTF document is saved in a docx file.
  • Save (or save as) a docx document.
  • Print a document. The document preview is displayed.
  • Export a document. You can:
    • export the document in PDF format.
    • export the document in HTML format.
  Document: Used to open, create and save a docx document.
  
  You can:
  • Create a new document.
  • Open an existing docx document.
  • Open an existing RTF document.
    Note: You have the ability to open an RTF document. The RTF document is saved in a docx file.
  • Save (or save as) a docx document.
• Versions 23 and later
  Export: contains the document export operations.

  

  You can:

  • Print a document. The document preview is displayed.
  • Export a document. You can:
    • export the document in PDF format.
    • export the document in HTML format.
  New in version 23
  Export: contains the document export operations.

  

  You can:

  • Print a document. The document preview is displayed.
  • Export a document. You can:
    • export the document in PDF format.
    • export the document in HTML format.
  Export: contains the document export operations.
  
  You can:
  • Print a document. The document preview is displayed.
  • Export a document. You can:
    • export the document in PDF format.
    • export the document in HTML format.
• Clipboard: Used to manage the clipboard (copy/paste).
  
• Font: Used to manage the font of current text.
  
  You can:
  • manage the font name and size.
  • manage the formatting characteristics of font: Bold, Italic, Underlined, Strikeout, Superscript, Subscript.
  • manage the font color: text color and highlighting color.
• Paragraph: Used to manage the characteristics of current paragraph: background color, spacing, alignment, display of non-printable characters or not, ...
  
• Style: Used to manage the styles (not available with this version). Style: Used to manage the styles. The list of styles is displayed (with the preview corresponding to the style).
  
  Clicking on the double arrow displays the list of available styles in a popup.
  
  To apply a style to the current text, all you have to do is select the requested style.
  Caution: You cannot create styles. The styles must be found in the document or imported from an existing document.
• Modification: Allows you to perform searches and replacements, and to use the spelling checker.
  
  See Check spelling based on Hunspell dictionaries for more details.

Performing a Find/Replace

1. On the "Home" pane, in the "Modification" group, click "Find" (or press Ctrl + F).
2. In the window that is displayed, specify:
   • the sought word or expression,
   • the search options: sensitivity to the case, whole word.
3. Validate the search.
4. The list of results is displayed in the search window.
   
   • Selecting one of the results in the search window allows you to select this result in the document.
   • The arrow buttons are used to navigate between the different results. The sought words are highlighted in the text. Note: To perform a replacement from a search that was performed beforehand, all you have to do is click "Replace" at the top of window.

1. On the "Home" pane, in the "Modification" group, click "Replace" (or press Ctrl + H).
2. In the window that is displayed, specify:
   • the sought word or expression,
   • the search options: sensitivity to the case, whole word,
   • the replacement text.
3. Validate the search.
4. The list of results is displayed in the search window.
   
   • Selecting one of the results in the search window allows you to select this result in the document.
   • The arrow buttons are used to navigate between the different results. The sought words are highlighted in the text.
5. The "Replace" button is used to perform the replacement in the selected result.
6. The "Replace all" button is used to replace all the results found.

Managing lists with bullets

1. Position the cursor on the first line of the list with bullets.
2. On the "Home" pane, in the "Paragraph" group, click the icon for configuring bullets ( ). The window presenting the library of available bullets is displayed.
   
3. Choose the type of bullet to use. The bullet is automatically assigned to the current line.
4. To create the next element, press the Enter key at the end of line.
5. To change level in the list with bullets, press the T ab key.
6. To end the list:
   • Press the Enter key twice.
   • Press the Backspace key to delete the last bullet.

• You cannot configure:
  • the bullet chosen in the editor.
  • the spacing between the bullet and the text (tabulation).
  • the indent of bullets.
• The bullet takes the characteristics applied to the current paragraph: font color, background color, font size, ...

Managing numbered lists

1. Position the cursor on the first line of numbered list.
2. On the "Home" pane, in the "Paragraph" group, click the icon for managing numbered lists ( ). The window presenting the library of available numbering is displayed.
   
   
   Note: Hovering a type of numbering is used to display a list preview.
   
3. Choose the type of numbering to use. The number is automatically assigned to the current line.
4. To create the next element, press the Enter key at the end of line.
5. To change level in the numbered list, press the Tab key.
6. To end the list:
   • Press the Enter key twice.
   • Press the Backspace key to delete the last number.

• You cannot configure:
  • the type of numbering chosen in the editor.
  • the spacing between the number and the text (tabulation).
  • the indent of numbers.
• The number takes the characteristics applied to the current paragraph: font color, background color, font size, ...

Inserting a blank page or a page break

• Insert a blank page. The blank page is added at the end of the current document.
• Insert a page break. A new page is inserted at the cursor position. The caret is automatically positioned on the new page.

Inserting a page header and/or footer

1. On the "Insert" pane, in the "Page header and footer" group:
   • Expand "Header" and select "Modify the header".
   • Expand "Footer" and select "Modify the page footer".
2. The header (or footer) appears in edit.
   
   The caret is placed in the header (or footer).
3. The "Insert" pane of the Word Processing control proposes the options corresponding to the page headers and footers.
   

• Different first page: Used to define a different header and footer for the first document page.
• Different even and odd pages: Indicates whether the even pages and the odd pages must have a different header and footer.
• Link to previous: Used to specify whether the header or footer is identical to the one of previous section.
• Header from top: Used to specify the distance between the top of page and the top of header.
• Footer from bottom: Used to specify the distance between the bottom of page and the bottom of footer.

Inserting an image

Inserting a table

1. Click "Table".
2. In the popup that is displayed, select the dimensions of the table to create:
   

Inserting a formula

1. Click "Formula".
2. In the window that is displayed, select the requested formula and its options:
   
   The available options are:
   • Keep the formating during each update: This option is used to store the style characteristics defined for the different formula elements.
   • Add the path to the file name: This option is available for the formula regarding the fiile name. It is used to add the path of docx file.
3. Validate. The formula is inserted and calculated.
   

• Insert a tag (that will be replaced when the information becomes available).
• Insert an invisible text (that will be replaced when the information becomes available).

• Page layout: Used to manage the margins, the document orientation, the document size and the page breaks.
  • The "Margins" option proposes:
    • different common margins that can be directly applied to the current document (or to the current section).
    • custom margins. in this case, you must define the different margins in the window that is displayed.
  • The "Orientation" option is used to apply the "Portrait" or "Landscape" format to the current section or to the current document.
  • The "Size" option is used to choose the paper size for the current document (or for the current section). If the requested size is not found among the proposed ones, you have the ability to define a custom size.
  • Versions 24 and later
    The "Columns" option allows you to create columns in the current document.
    New in version 24
    The "Columns" option allows you to create columns in the current document.
    The "Columns" option allows you to create columns in the current document.
  • Versions 24 and later
    The "Breaks" option allows you to insert a specific break of your choice:

    • in the "Page breaks" category: Line break, Paragraph break, Column break (only in multicolumn text), Page break.
    • in the "Section breaks" category: Next page, Solid, Even page, Odd page.
    New in version 24
    The "Breaks" option allows you to insert a specific break of your choice:

    • in the "Page breaks" category: Line break, Paragraph break, Column break (only in multicolumn text), Page break.
    • in the "Section breaks" category: Next page, Solid, Even page, Odd page.
    The "Breaks" option allows you to insert a specific break of your choice:
    • in the "Page breaks" category: Line break, Paragraph break, Column break (only in multicolumn text), Page break.
    • in the "Section breaks" category: Next page, Solid, Even page, Odd page.
• Paragraph: Used to manage:
  • the paragraph indents,
  • the spacing before and after.
• Versions 24 and later
  Background: Used to select the color of the page using a color selector.
  New in version 24
  Background: Used to select the color of the page using a color selector.
  Background: Used to select the color of the page using a color selector.

• Insert a table into a cell of an existing table.
• Delete the current table, the current row or column.
• Insert a row above or below the current row.
• Insert a table above or below the current row.

• the image wrapping.
• the image size.
• Versions 24 and later
  the image z-order. It is possible to bring the image in the foreground, send it to the background or put it in an intermediate plane.
  New in version 24
  the image z-order. It is possible to bring the image in the foreground, send it to the background or put it in an intermediate plane.
  the image z-order. It is possible to bring the image in the foreground, send it to the background or put it in an intermediate plane.

• 100%: used to display the document at 100% in the control.
• Page width: used to display the entire page width in the control.
• Entire page: used to display the entire page in the control.

• by using the slider.
• by indicating the requested aoom value.
• by clicking the magnifiers (the increment/decrement step is set to 10%).

• press the Ctrl key and use the mouse wheel to increase or reduce the zoom.
• press Ctrl + 0 to restore a zoom at 100%.

• Print layout: When you open a new document, you are already in print layout. The print layout mode allows you to display the text as a page, just like in a preview of the final printout. Document size and margin characteristics are taken into account.
• Web layout: this display mode allows you to view the document without taking into account the layout options (page size, margins, etc.).

• The option "Show rulers" allows you to display or hide the rulers of the document. These rulers are used to easily manage the tab stops from the Word Processing control. See Managing tab stops for more details.
  This option is available from version 220071.
  Example of horizontal ruler:
  
• Versions 24 and later
  The option "Show bookmarks" allows you to display invisible characters in the text in order to quickly identify the bookmarks. The characters used to view the bookmarks are colored brackets.
  New in version 24
  The option "Show bookmarks" allows you to display invisible characters in the text in order to quickly identify the bookmarks. The characters used to view the bookmarks are colored brackets.
  The option "Show bookmarks" allows you to display invisible characters in the text in order to quickly identify the bookmarks. The characters used to view the bookmarks are colored brackets.

Managing tab stops

• Left tabulation ( ): the text is aligned to the right of tab stop.
• Centered tabulation ( ): the text is centered during the input.
• Right tabulation ( ): the text is aligned to right and it extends to the left.
• Decimal tabulation ( ): the number are aligned to the left of decimal separator.
• Tabulation bar: inserts a vertical bar at tab stop location.
• First line indent ( ): the first line indent is used to indent the text of first paragraph line. To perform a first line indent, all you have to do is move the rectangle symbolizing the first line.
• Negative indent ( ): the negative indent is used to indent the text of second paragraph line as well as the text of all following paragraph lines. To perform a negative indent, all you have to do is move the triangle symbolizing the paragraph lines.

1. Right-click the position where the tab stop will be added.
2. In the popup menu that is displayed, select the type of tabulation to create.
   
3. The selected tab stop automatically appears in the ruler.

1. Click the tab stop to delete.
2. In the popup menu that is displayed, select "Delete the tabulation".