MS WORD
Microsoft Office Word 2007 is a full-featured word processing program that allows you to create
professional-looking documents and revise them easily.
A document is a printed or electronic medium people use to communicate with others. With
Word, you can develop many types of documents, including flyers, letters, memos, resume and
reports.
Word has many features designed to simplify the production of documents and make documents
look visually appealing. Using Word, you easily can change the shape, size and color of text.
PARTS OF THE MICROSOFT WORD WINDOW
1. Menu bar- contains different sets of menus that you can use while working with the
program. When one of the menus is accessed, a drop-down menu will be displayed.
2. Standard Toolbar- is one of the two common toolbars used in MS Word. It has tools or
buttons that will help you create a new file, open a file, save a file, cut, copy and paste.
Other commands can also be seen here.
3. Formatting Toolbar- is another common toolbar used in MS Word. Tools like font type,
size, style, alignments, and other commands can be accessed in this toolbar.
4. Document or Page- is where the elements of a document are placed like the text graphs,
pictures, and clip arts.
5. Title Bar- displays the name of the file (Document 1) and the name of the application (MS
Word).
6. Close button- exits the MS Word program.
7. Maximize button- shows the window in a full screen.
8. Minimize button - allows the window to reduce to a button on the windows taskbar.
9. Scroll bars- help you view other parts of the document horizontally and vertically.
10. View buttons- use to change views of your document.
11. Insertion point- lets you know where the character will be entered next.
12. Rulers - (horizontal and vertical rulers) - set up margins, tab stops, and paragraph indents.
13. Status bar- indicates the information about the document you are doing: what page number
you are in, total number of pages of your document, line number, and column number.
14. Quick Access Toolbar- by default, the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) is located in the title
bar of the application window but can be configured to display below the ribbon. In addition
to exposing Commands, the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) includes a customizable drop-
down menu that contains the complete set of default Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)
Commands (whether hidden or displayed in the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)) and a set of
Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) and ribbon options.
15. Office Button- is located at the top left corner of all applications. Clicking it opens a menu
containing frequently used file-level commands (e.g., Open, Print, and Save) previously
available in the File menu. The Office Button is a circle with the Office logo.
16. Ribbon- it is part of the "Microsoft Office Fluent" interface and combines the menu bar
and toolbar into a single floating pane. The purpose of the ribbon is to provide quick access
to commonly used tasks within each program.
17. Zoom Slider- it is a part where you can zoom in to get a close-up view of your file or zoom
out to see more of the page at a reduced size. You can also save a particular zoom setting
with a document or template, presentation, or worksheet.
