Introduction to Microsoft Introduction to Microsoft WordWordIntroduction to toolbars and buttons

THE TITLE BARTHE TITLE BARMENU BARMENU BARSTANDARD TOOLBAR AND FORMATING STANDARD TOOLBAR AND FORMATING TOOLBARTOOLBAR

TITLE BAR

MENU BAR

STANDARD TOOLBAR FROMATING TOOLBAR

RULER ,DRAW BAR AND RULER ,DRAW BAR AND BUTTONSBUTTONS

RULER

DRAW BAR

MINIMIZE WINDOW RESTORE WINDOW

CLOSE WINDOW

IMPORTANT EXTRASIMPORTANT EXTRAS

THIS TELLS YOU WHAT PAGE YOU ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.

THIS TELLS YOU HOW MANY PAGES YOU HAVE TYPED

THE MENU BARTHE MENU BAR

BY CLICKING ON FILE, ON THE MENU BAR, YOU WILL FIND THESE HELPFUL TOOLS

TO SET YOUR DOCUMENTS MARGINS: CLICK ON PAGE SETUP

THE STANDARD TOOLBARTHE STANDARD TOOLBAR

NEW PAGE

OPEN FOLDERS

SAVE PRINT SPELL CHECK UNDO TYPING

ZOOM BUTTON

HELP BUTTON

COPY

PASTE

FORMATING BARFORMATING BAR

FONT STYLE FONT SIZE

BOLD

ITALICS

UNDERLINE

ALIGN LEFT

CENTER

ALIGN RIGHT JUSTIFY

FORMATING BAR FORMATING BAR CONTINUEDCONTINUED

NUMBERING

BULLETS

DECREASE INDENT

INCREASE INDENT

BORDERS

HIGHLIGHT

FONT COLOR

DRAWING BARDRAWING BAR

ALLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE DIFFERENT SHAPES

DRAW LINE TOOL

DRAW ARROW TOOL

TEXT BOX TOOL

INSERT WORD ART TOOL

LINE STYLE

FILL COLOR

LINE COLOR

FONT COLOR

THE RULERTHE RULER

THE RULER IS GENERALLY FOUND BELOW THE MAIN TOOLBARS. THE RULER IS USED TO CHANGE THE FORMAT OF YOUR DOCUMENT QUICKLY.

THE TEXT AREATHE TEXT AREA JUST BELOW THE RULER

IS A LARGE AREA CALLED THE “TEXT AREA.”

THE BLINKING VERTICAL LINE IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE TEXT AREA IS THE CURSOR. IT MARKS THE INSERTION POINT.

AS YOU TYPE, YOUR WORK SHOWS AT THE CURSOR LOCATION.

THE HORIZONTAL LINE NEXT T THE CURSOR MARKS THE END OF THE DOCUMENT.

KEYBOARD FUNCTION KEYS ARE KEYBOARD FUNCTION KEYS ARE SHORTCUTS TO COMMANDSSHORTCUTS TO COMMANDS

F1 ACCESSES MICROSOFT HELP AND SUPPORT.

F2 IS FOR MOVING TEXT

F4 REPEATS YOUR LAST COMMAND

F5 OPENS A DIALOGUE BOX FOR “FIND” AND “REPLACE” FEATURES.

F7 CHECKS A DOCUMENT FOR SPELLING AND GRAMMAR.

F12 CREATES A DUPLICATE VERSION OF YOUR DOCUMENT USING “SAVE AS” FEATURE

SPECIAL KEY FUNCTIONSSPECIAL KEY FUNCTIONS INSERT: ALLOWS YOU

TO TYPE OVER EXISTING TEXT.

PAGE UP: PLACES THE CURSOR AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.

PAGE DOWN: PLACES THE CURSOR AT THE PAGE BOTTOM.

CAPS LOCK: CAUSES ALL THE LETTERS THAT YOU TYPE TO APPEAR AS CAPITALS.

SPACEBAR: ADDS SPACES BETWEEN WORDS.

RETURN: CREATES A PARAGRAPH BREAK OR ENDS A LINE EARLY.

BACKSPACE: DELETES TEXT TO THE LEFT OF YOUR CURSOR.