Home tab

A home tab may refer to any of the following:

1. In general, the home tab is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) element or button in an application or web page that returns you to original options or a landing page.

2. With Microsoft Office, the Home tab is the default software tab found in Microsoft Word (shown right), Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and other products. It contains options that a typical user is most likely going to want to use.

The Home tab changes based on the Office program. While Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint include many of the same or similar features found in Word, they also have unique options. For example, in both Word and Excel, you'll see options for changing the font size and font style, but only Excel's Home tab has adjustment options for adding, moving, and deleting cells.

Home tab examples

The following list contains features native to the home tab in Microsoft Word.

• Change font type, size, and color.
• Set text to be bold or underlined.
• Add or remove highlighting color around text.
• Justify text on the page to be left, center, or right aligned.
• Add bullet points or numbered lists.
• Increase or decrease line and paragraph spacing.
• Increase or decrease text indentation.
• Add, change, or remove borders around text, text boxes, and tables.
• Add or modify heading types.
• Insert a horizontal line.
• Find or replace text.

Home tab keyboard shortcuts

In Office applications, pressing Alt+H lets you view an overlay for the keyboard shortcuts of items in the Home tab. Once pressed, each item in the Home tab is shown with its corresponding shortcut, as shown in the Excel image below.

For example, press Alt+H and then 1 to bold the text in the selected cell.

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