Formatting

Action

Result

Double-click an indent marker on the horizontal ruler

Opens the Paragraph dialog box

Double-click the vertical ruler (in Print Preview) or the gray area of the horizontal ruler

Opens the Page Setup dialog box

Double-click a tab marker on the horizontal ruler

Opens the Tabs dialog box

Double-click the style area

Opens the Style dialog box. (To display the style area, make sure you’re in Normal view, choose Tools | Options | View, and enter a value in the Style Area Width text box.) This is a particularly neat trick for those who prefer setting style options in a dialog box instead of in the task pane.

Double-click a section break mark (visible in Normal view)

Opens the Page Setup dialog box with This Section selected in the Apply To drop-down list. “This” refers to the section above the section break mark you clicked on.

Double-click a paragraph properties mark

Opens the Line And Page Breaks tab in the Paragraph dialog box. The mark is a small black square that appears to the left of a paragraph that has the Keep Lines Together, Page Break Before, or Keep With Next option enabled. (The display of Formatting Marks must be turned on to see these marks; you may need to click Show/Hide ¶ on the Standard toolbar to turn on the display.)

Double-click a number in a numbered list

Opens the Numbered tab in the Bullets And Numbering dialog box

Double-click a bullet in a bulleted list

Opens the Bulleted tab in the Bullets And Numbering dialog box