MODULE 4 Flashcards
is a word processor Microsoft which allows users to
create their own typing templates, type, and save
documents. Similar to other word processors, it has
helpful tools to make documents.
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word was launched in ___ by the ___.
1983, Microsoft Corporation
Software developers ___ and ___ joined the Microsoft team in ___
Richard Brodie, Charles Simonyi, 1981
In ___ they released ___ for computers that ran a version of the ___
1983, Multi-Tool Word, UNIX operating system (OS).
Later that year (1983), the
program was rewritten to run on personal
computers (PCs), such as the IBM PC, under
Microsoft’s version of DOS (disk operating
system), or MS-DOS, and was renamed
___.
Microsoft Word
In addition, ___ was the first to
make extensive use of the computer mouse,
to display styles on-screen (italic, bold, and
underlined text), and to feature style sheets
and multiple windows (i.e., separate work
spaces for editing multiple documents).
Microsoft’s program
When Word is
launched, a new
blank document
or default window
opens in ___
Print Layout view
this contains a list of options to manage and
customize documents.
Menu bar
this displays the document name followed by
a program name.
Title bar
this contains shortcut buttons for the
most popular commands.
Standard toolbar
this contains buttons used for formatting.
Formatting toolbar
this is used to set margins, indents, and tabs.
Ruler
this is the location where the next
character appears.
Insertion point
this provides quick access to Help topics.
Help
these are used to view parts of the document.
Scroll bars
this displays the position of the insertion
point and working mode buttons.*
Status bar
this provides easy access to commonly used
menus, buttons, and tools
Task pane
these change the layout view of the
document to normal, web layout, print layout, and
outline view.
View buttons