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title: "How you can collapse or expand parts of a document in ms-word?"  
description: "How you can collapse or expand parts of a document in ms-word?"  
author: "Steilla Mitchel"  
published: 2022-03-28  
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tags: ["troubleshooting", "ms word"]  
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# How you can collapse or expand parts of a document in ms-word?

How you can collapse or [expand](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2383/australian-company-arkon-energy-receives-millions-to-expand-its-operations-for-mining-green-bitcoin) parts of a [document](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/328642/what-to-consider-while-choosing-a-software-documentation-tool) in ms-[word](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/132/how-to-create-doc-file-inside-folder)?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

![How you can collapse or expand parts of a document in ms-word?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/0ce1ef9a-2c92-4b82-bf83-c853e80d7aa3/images/813d1e16-ae36-4dd7-93cd-98b87b5b1ab7.jpeg)\

- When you move your cursor over the heading after applying the heading style, you'll notice a little triangle. To collapse the body text and subheadings below it, **click the triangle.**
- To expand that section of the document, click the triangle once again.
- Right-click a heading and select **Expand/Collapse > Expand All Headings** or Collapse All Headings to collapse or expand all of the headings in your project.
- The headings will be expanded by default when you close and reopen a document. Follow these procedures if you want the document to open with the headings collapsed.
- Put your cursor where the heading is.
- Click the arrow in the paragraph group on the Home tab.
- Select the checkbox next to Collapsed by default in the paragraph dialogue box.
- **Click the OK button.**

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