• Use to create professional-looking documents

such as letters, papers, reports and booklets.

• Click the start button.
• Point to Programs
• Point to Microsoft Office
• Click Microsoft Word
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1. Control Menu – control the application window
2. Title Bar – display the name of the application and or
the name of the document.
3. Menu Bar – display the menus available for the
program. It is compose of different commands.
4. Standard Toolbar – provide shortcuts to menu
commands
5. Formatting Toolbar – provide shortcuts to formatting
commands
6. Ruler – used to change the format of your document
quickly like the margin and indentations
7. Status Bar – display necessary information about the
document you are working like the page number,
number of pages and the location of the cursor
8. Task Pane – displays links to commands like creating
new documents, opening existing documents and for
guides or tutorial in using Microsoft word
9. Minimize Button – hides the window of Microsoft
word to the task bar.
10. Maximize/Restore – stretch the window to full
screen or restore the window of Microsoft word to its
original size and location in the screen
11. Close – use to close the program
12. Text Area – area where you can enter or type your
document
• Click File.
• Click Exit, which can be found at the bottom of
the drop-down menu.
• If you have entered text, you will be prompted:
"Do you want to save changes to Document1?" To
save your changes, click Yes. Otherwise, click No.
• Specify the correct folder in the Save In box.
• Name your file by typing lesson1.doc in the File
Name field.
• Click Save.
• Begins with the word File and continues with Edit,
View, Insert, Format, Tools, Table, Window, and
Help.
• We use the menus to give instructions to the
software.
• To select an option, click the
option or use the arrow keys to
move to the option on the
drop-down menu and press
Enter.
• An ellipse or a right arrow after
a menu item signifies
additional options; if you select
that menu item, a dialog box
appears.
• Items in gray are not available.
• Click File on the Menu bar.
• Press the right arrow key until Help is highlighted.
• Press the left arrow key until Format is
highlighted.
• Press the down arrow key until Styles and
Formatting are highlighted.
• Press the up arrow key until Paragraph is
highlighted.
• Press Enter to select the Paragraph menu option.
• Click Cancel to close the dialog box.