MS- Word Window Elements

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MS- Word Window Elements:

Various window elements of MS- Word

Title bar
Menu Bar
Toolbars
Workspace
Status Bar
Scroll Bars
Scroll Box
Task Pane

Exploring the Word Interface

Components of the Word Window

Besides the usual PC window components (close box, title bar, scroll bars, etc.), a Word window has other elements

Component	Functionality or Purpose of the Component
Menu Bar	Contains File,Edit, View, Insert, Format, Tools, Table, Window and Help menus
Standard Toolbar	Contains icons for shortcuts to menu commands.
Formatting Tool Bar	Contains pop-up menus for style, font, and font size; icons for boldface, italic, and underline; alignment icons; number and bullet list icons; indention icons, the border icon, highlight, and font color icons.
Ruler	Ruler on which you can set tabs, paragraph alignment, and other formats.
Insertion Point	Blinking vertical bar that indicates where text you type will be inserted. Don’t confuse the insertion point with the mouse I-beam. To move the insertion point, just click the mouse where you want the point moved.
End-of-File Marker	Non-printing symbol that marks the end of the file. You cannot insert text after this mark.
Selection Bar (Gutter)	Invisible narrow strip along the left edge of the window. Your mouse pointer changes to a right-pointing arrow when it is in this area. It is used to select a line, a paragraph, or the entire document.
Split Handle	Double-click to split the window in two (to view different portions of the same file). Double-click to return to one window
Status Bar	Displays page number, section number, and total number of pages, pointer position on page and time of day.
Task Pane	Displays and groups commonly used features for convenience.
Office Assistant	An animated character that can provide help and suggestions. There are multiple characters to choose from, and it is possible to turn the Office Assistant off.

A blank document, ready to type in.

MS-Word interface

Callout 1 The first document you open is called Document1 in the title bar at the top of the window.
Callout 2 The menu bar. The File menu is the first one on the left.
Callout 3 The Standard and Formatting toolbars.
Callout 4 The insertion point.

When you start Word, a new file opens. That file is called a document. Above the document you’ll see the menu bar and the toolbars displayed across the top of the window, as shown in the illustration.

If you’ve already started Word, you create a new document by clicking New on the File menu. In the New Document task pane that opens, click Blank document.

In the upper-left corner of the document, or page, is the insertion point, a blinking vertical line. The first thing you type will appear there. You can start further down the page if you want to by pressing ENTER until the insertion point is where you want the first line to begin. As you type, the insertion point moves to the right.

If you’re typing a letter, you might start by typing the date. After that, press ENTER to move the insertion point down the page one line.

If there’s an address, you might add a few empty lines before you type. Press ENTER several times, until the insertion point is where you want it. Then type the first line of the address, press ENTER, type the next line, press ENTER, and so on. Then type the greeting.

When you type the body of the letter, if you want to indent the first line of a paragraph, you can do that by pressing the TAB key on your keyboard to move the insertion point one-half inch to the right.

Go ahead and type. When you get to the end of the first line, you don’t have to press ENTER, as you would if you were using a typewriter; Word takes care of that for you. Just continue to type. Whatever you are typing will continue on to the next line.

You do press ENTER to start another paragraph.