Listen to your Word documents with Read Aloud

Read Aloud highlights each word as it reads your document to you. Use Read Aloud to hear your document narrated to you or to support your understanding when reading any Word document. 

1. Open a document.

2. Click or tap where you would like Read Aloud to begin playing. 

   Place your cursor at the beginning of the document to read the whole document aloud.

3. Select Review > Read Aloud.

   

4. Select X to close Read Aloud.
    

   Notes: 

   • Select Playback speed to increase or decrease the reading speed.

   • Select More (...) > Voice selection to choose a different voice to read your document.

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