MS Word Flashcards
What is Microsoft Word?
It is a Word processing software that enables the user to create, edit, format and print documents. It also enables the users to integrate graphic images and charts to documents in reports. Its various tools allows users to check the spelling, look for other meaning and automate documents elements as well.
What is a Title Bar?
It is located at the topmost portion of the Window screen. This contains the Program name and document name.
What is the Menu Bar?
It appears at the top of the Word screen, just below the Title bar. It contains 9 menu names, each of which leads to a list of commands that you use during your work sessions.
(File, edit, view, insert, format, tools, table, window, help)
What is a Standard Toolbar?
It is located just below the Menu Bar. It contains 22 “picture” buttons, each of which represents a commonly used Word command. By simply clicking a button with you mouse, you can access all the features you need to do your normal daily task.
What is a Formatting Toolbar?
It is located beneath the Standard Toolbar, which offers a wide range of formatting features. By clicking a button, you can change the font, font size and appearance of selected text. You can also change the alignment and indention of text
What is a ruler?
A ruler is located below the Formatting Toolbar. You can use the ruler to indent paragraphs, adjust left and right margins, change column widths in tables and make other Formatting changes to larger sections of your document.
What is a Text Area?
It is the large blank are below the ruler, it is where your work displays when you type.
What is the Insertion Point?
It shows where data will be inserted when you type.
What is an End mark?
It indicates the bottom of the document, it moves down the documents as you type. You cannot enter below the End mark. If you press the Enter key a few times, you will notice that the insertion point and End mark move down the window.
What is an I-Beam?
It is the shape of the mouse pointer when in the Text area.
What is the Selection Bar?
It is an unmarked are along the left side of the Text area. The selection bar makes it easy to work with text. Clicking once highlights the closest line of text; double-clicking highlights an entire paragraph.
What is the Status bar?
Its located along the very bottom of the screen. It displays information about the active document, the page that contains the Insertion point, the status of several keys on your computer and instructions and/or messages when you are issuing a command.
