The program window is where you do your work, so you’ll probably want to customize it to fit your work habits and working style. In Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access, and in the Outlook Editor, you can show or hide items on the status bar, set the Ribbon to appear only when you need to use it, change the overall color scheme for the window, and so on.
In the Display category, select the number of files you used recently that are displayed on the Office menu.
In Word and Excel, and in the Outlook Editor, select the units of measurement if you want to use units different from the default units for your country or region.
Select this check box if you want each open file in this program to have its own window and its own button on the Windows taskbar; clear the check box if you want only one window for the program so that you can switch among open files.
Make any other display settings that are specific to your program.
In Word or in the Outlook Editor, click the Display category, and select the formatting marks you want to be displayed. In Word, select any other items you want to be displayed.