Lesson 1: Word Window
Microsoft Word 2000 is the word processing application in the Microsoft Office Suite. Create professional-looking, formatted text documents with this powerful Word processing software.
By the end of this lesson, learners should be able to:
· Identify the parts of the Word Window
· Create a new document
· Open a previously saved file
· Change the document view
The Word Window
Word is the word processing application included in the Microsoft Office 2000 suite. Besides Word processing, Word allows you to perform many tasks in a typical office environment.
Shown below is the Microsoft Word default window. When Word is launched, a new blank document, or default window, opens in Print Layout view. Although window elements are fully explained in our Windows class, here is a brief explanation of the Word window.
Title bar
Displays the document name followed by a program name
Menu bar
Contains a list of options to manage and customize documents
Standard toolbar
Contains shortcut buttons for the most popular demands
Formatting toolbar
Contains buttons used for formatting text
Ruler
Used to set margins, indents, and tabs
Insertion Point
The location where the next character appears
End-of-document marker
Indicates the end of the document
Scroll bars
Used to view parts of the document
Status bar
Displays position of the insertion point and working mode buttons
Office Assistant
Links to the Microsoft Office Help feature
ENSURE the STANDARD TOOL BAR and FORMATTING TOOLBAR are available
1. CLICK on View
2. Click on Toolbars
3. Make sure Standard & Formatting are ticked
