Focusing while writing a long Word document can be really hard sometimes with distractions from other applications and windows. Or you just want to focus on the text and not the buttons around it.
Enter Focus mode. This isn’t a new feature, but I actually just learned about it.
Enabling focus mode
To enable focus mode you can either select View in the ribbon and then find Focus.
Or you can click “Focus” at the bottom of the window and this will also enable Focus mode Word.
When you enable Focus, Word will automatically go into full-screen mode, but you can still access the ribbon by moving your mouse to the top of the screen.
To exit out of the focus mode, you simply click the button again or just press the ESC button on your keyboard.
Changing backgroun color
When working on a Word document, you typically have some blank space around the document. Your background basically. This is usually white or black, depending on if you use dark mode or not.
By using Focus mode, you can actually change this color!
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you change the color of the background this will stick and you can only change it from within focus mode. However, when closing Word this will be reset back to default.
There are a few different colors to pick from, but they are quite nice!
