Get Sound or Visual Notification

You can set Word to alert you to actions or processes with visual or audio notification. If you choose Provide feedback with sound, sounds are added to certain actions or events throughout Word and Office. For example, Word plays a sound when an alert appears or when a process is complete. To change the sound that is associated with an event, go to Sounds and Multimedia in Control Panel. Your computer must have a sound card to play most sounds.

If you choose Provide feedback with animation, the movement of your mouse in Word and other Office programs will be animated, and special animated cursors appear in place of the static cursors for actions such as printing, repagination, saving, or automatic formatting. Such Word actions as background-saving, find and replace operations, and hiding or showing the ruler are also animated.

Step	Mouse actions	Keyboard actions
1	On the menu bar: Select Tools. Select Options.	On the menu bar: Open the Tools menu by pressing ALT+T. Select Options by pressing O.
2	In the Options dialog box: Select the General tab.	In the Options dialog box: Move to the General tab by pressing CTRL+TAB.
3	On the General tab, in the General Options area: Turn on (or turn off) the Provide feedback with sound option by selecting or clearing the check box. Turn on (or turn off) the Provide feedback with animation option by selecting or clearing the check box.	On the General tab, in the General Options area: Turn on (or turn off) the Provide feedback with sound option by pressing ALT+S. Turn on (or turn off) the Provide feedback with animation option by pressing ALT+N.
4	To save changes and close the Options dialog box: Select OK.	To save changes and close the Options dialog box: Press ENTER.

Screen shot of the Options dialog box: General tab: General options
Options dialog box: General tab: General options