In MS-Office Word, _______ option is used to navigate through structural view of document and _______ option is used to navigate long document through small pictures of each page.

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The correct option is (4):
The correct option is indeed (4), Document map, thumbnails. Let's break down these two essential navigation tools in MS-Office Word, which are typically accessed through the Navigation Pane. The first blank asks for the option used to navigate through the structural view of a document. The **Document Map** displays an outline of your document's structure, primarily by recognizing content formatted with built-in heading styles (like Heading 1, Heading 2, etc.). This function allows for rapid structural navigation, letting you jump directly to any major section by simply clicking its corresponding heading in the pane. The second blank asks for the option that navigates long documents through small pictures of each page. This function is precisely what **Thumbnails** provide. Thumbnails are miniature, visual representations of each page, which are displayed in the sidebar, offering a visual way to quickly scroll through a long document to find a specific page content or layout.

The incorrect option is (1):
This option, **Thumbnails, document map**, is incorrect because it reverses the correct functions described in the question. The first blank asks for *structural* navigation, which is the role of the Document Map, not Thumbnails. The second blank asks for navigation via *small pictures of each page*, which is the role of Thumbnails, not the Document Map. Therefore, placing them in this order makes the choice factually inaccurate according to their design and purpose within MS Word.

The incorrect option is (2):
This option, **Outline view, thumbnails**, contains one correct element but one less precise element. The **Outline View** does indeed provide a structural view of the document, but it is a separate *document view mode* meant for organizing and restructuring content, not the primary *navigation option* displayed in the sidebar for jumping between headings (which is the Document Map). While structural, substituting Outline View for Document Map is less accurate in the context of the navigational sidebar. The second term, **thumbnails**, is correct.

The incorrect option is (3):
This option, **Document map, draft view**, is incorrect because Draft View does not perform the function described in the second blank. **Document map** is correct for the first blank, providing structural navigation. However, the **Draft view** (or Draft mode) is a specific document display setting that removes formatting elements like headers and footers to simplify text editing. It is an editing environment, not a navigation tool that uses small visual pictures of each page, which means it fails to satisfy the requirement of the second blank.