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Layout view
 
A Word display mode that shows newspaper-style
columns side by side on the screen. Layout view
also accurately displays side-by-side paragraphs
and the exact position of objects that have been
specially placed with the Format Position
command. You can edit text in layout view. Use
the View Layout command to turn layout view on or
off.