With a Word document open, tap the screen to bring up the top toolbar. Select the pencil icon in the top right corner to change to edit mode. Once in edit mode, a toolbar at the bottom of the screen will appear, allowing font formatting. 

To make quick edits, select text for formatting, and then tap the bold, italics or underline options found at the bottom of the screen. Paragraph formatting can also be done easily from this screen.

  • Save / Save As – Tap the formatting bar icon in the top right corner. Select the Save option to save changes to the document on the device. Save As allows choosing a new filename and location in which to save the file.
  • Share – Compose an email with the current document as an attachment.  The document must be saved before it can be sent via email.
  • Character Formatting – Change font types, text color, highlight color, and text attributes of selected text.
  • Paragraph Formatting – Change the alignment of the current paragraph.
  • Increase/Decrease Indent – Change the indent level of the current paragraph. Advanced options are also available such as “First line” and “Hanging”.
  • Adjust Line Spacing
  • Bullets and Numbering – Highlight the text to be bulleted, numbered or outlined, then tap the icon.
  • Find and Replace – Search for text in the current open document, and optionally replace found text.
  • Word Count – Provides the number of words, characters, characters with spaces, and paragraphs in the current document.
  • Undo/Redo – Tap arrows to undo or redo edits that have been made in the document.