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The Title bar displays the name
of the software package: Microsoft Word.
It also displays the name of the current document: Documentl. (No specific
name is given at this point.) You can begin typing immediately. Word will
prompt you to name and save the document before you exit. |
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The Menu bar allows the
user access to functions that are not readily available on the toolbars.
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The Standard toolbar
is accessible only with the mouse. By default, the Standard toolbar is on.
With the Standard toolbar, you can access certain functions more
quickly.
click here for descriptions of the toolbar
buttons
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The Formatting toolbar
is accessible only with the mouse. With the Formatting toolbar, you can
quickly access the most commonly used text layout and formatting
features.
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The Tab Set button.
Each time you click on this button, it will change into the different tab
choices available to you. Click here for a more detailed description of
this feature. |
Left (default)
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Center
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Right
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Decimal
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The Horizontal Ruler
Bar is accessible only with the mouse. With the horizontal ruler, you can
display and modify the position of margins, tabs and indents.
The white area of the ruler bars indicates the work area. The default
tab sets are indicated by pale markers position every & 1/2" on the
horizontal ruler bar. Diagram
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The Insertion point
can be identified as a small flashing vertical line ( ). It indicates the location
where you enter characters, or where you make changes to a document. |
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The vertical ruler bar is only
visible in the page layout view. It gives you a visual reference as to the
length of your work. The top/bottom margins are depicted by shaded
areas.
In the example provided, there is a 1" top margin set. Notice that the
work area also indicates 1", this indicates 1" of typed text. It
does not reflect the number of lines as lines are dependent on font size. |
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The Screen View
options offer the user a quick way of changing how they look at their documents.
Each has it own unique feature. By default, Word has been set to open in
the visual that was displayed at the last session. If you close Word in
the Page Layout view, it will reopen in that view. |
Normal (default)
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OnLine Layout
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Page Layout
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Outline
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Minimize/Restore/Exit buttons, located at the right side of the title
bar. These are the Program level commands.
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Minimize/Restore/Exit
buttons, these are the File level commands that effect open documents in
your current session. |
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The Split Screen
icon allows you to divide your working document into two screens. This option
is handy when you need to work on two different areas of the same document.
Click and hold you left mouse button and drag down to split the screen. To
remove the split, point to the dividing line, drag up until the split
disappears. |
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The Editing screen
is the empty space in the middle of the screen. This is where you enter text
to create a new document, or retrieve a document already saved on your disk,
or make changes to a document. |
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Vertical Scroll bar,
enable you to view the parts of your text with the help of the mouse. |
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Page Up button. |
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Page Down button |
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Horizontal Scroll
bar, in the example the horizontal is inactive as the screen can show the
full width of the page. |
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The Status bar
which appears at the bottom of the screen, displays the location of the
insertion point, number of pages and the time of day |