Where you can find the Microsoft Word application without a file name to open a new blank document
Search
Second option to find the Microsoft Word application if it's not on your desktop, by typing "Microsoft word" in the Windows tab
Different Parts and Function of Microsoft Word
Quick Access Toolbar
Title Bar
Minimize, Maximize and Exit
Tabs/Ribbon Tabs
Ribbon
Category Groups
Scroll Bar
Workspace
Ruler
Status Bar
Document View Button
Zoom Control
Ribbon Tabs
File
Home
Insert
Page Layout
References
Mailings
Review
View
File Tab
Used for saving, opening new document, viewing history of opened MS Word files, printing and finding templates
Home Tab
Used for fonts, font style, color, style of the text, bullets and numbers, borders, margins. The tab for typing needs
Insert Tab
Used to insert shapes, clipart, pictures, tables, WordArt, mathematical equations and symbols, textbox. For additional information a file may need
Page Layout Tab
Used to customise the overview format of the text like paper size, columns, orientation, margins
References Tab
Used for research purposes to easily create bibliography, footnotes, table of contents
Mailings Tab
Used for sending a document to multiple recipients
Review Tab
Used for grammar, word translation, word counts and spelling. Specialised for data correction
View Tab
Used to choose how to view the document, enable rulers and gridlines, zoom pages
Ribbon
Where the options for editing are located, including cut, copy, paste, font style, font size, text alignment, colour, bold, italic, underline
Category Groups
The labels above the ribbon, e.g. Clipboard, Font, Paragraphs and Styles
Scroll Bar
Used to navigate the workspace vertically (up and down)
Workspace
Where all the data is encoded
Ruler
Horizontal and vertical rulers to manually adjust the margin of the document
Status Bar
Shows the number of words encoded, number of pages, and language denomination
Document View Button
More accessible than going to View tab, allows you to choose how to view the file
Zoom Control
Allows you to zoom in or out of the workspace
Shortcut Keys
Control + A (Select all)
Control + B (Bold)
Control + C (Copy)
Control + E (Center Align)
Control + F (Find)
Control + I (Italic)
Control + J (Justify)
Control + K (Hyperlink)
Control + L (Left Align)
Control + N (New Document)
Control + O (Open other document)
Control + P (Print)
Control + R (Right Align)
Control + S (Save)
Control + U (Underline)
Control + V (Paste)
Control + X (Cut)
Control + Y (Redo)
Control + Z (Undo)
Word files
Called documents, created either blank or from a template
Text Basics
Add, delete, move, cut, copy and paste texts
Desktop
Where you can find the Microsoft Word application without a file name to open a new blank document
Search
Second option to find the Microsoft Word application if it's not on your desktop, by typing "Microsoft word" in the Windows tab
Different Parts and Function of Microsoft Word
Quick Access Toolbar
Title Bar
Minimize, Maximize and Exit
Tabs/Ribbon Tabs
Ribbon
Category Groups
Scroll Bar
Workspace
Ruler
Status Bar
Document View Button
Zoom Control
Quick Access Toolbar
Enables you to save your file, undo mistakes and redo in just one click
Title Bar
Shows the file name after being saved in order for the maker to easily find the file
Minimize, Maximize and Exit
Allows you to lessen and enlarge the size of the window seen (minimize; lessen, Maxmize; enlarge) and close the file you have opened
Ribbon Tabs
File
Home
Insert
Page Layout
References
Mailings
Review
View
File Tab
Used for saving, for opening new document, viewing the history of opened MS word files, printing and can be used to find templates of files
Formatting Texts
Change font size, color, and text alignment
Home Tab
Used for fonts, font style, color, style of the text, bullets and numbers, borders, margins. The Home tab is is the tab for typing needs
Insert Tab
Used to insert shapes, clipart, pictures, tables nWordart, mathematical equations and symbols, textbox. Insert tab is for other additional information that a file may need for expressing
Page Layout Tab
Used to customized the overview format of your text like the size of paper, columns, orientation of landscape or portrait, the margins
References Tab
Used usually for research purposes so that a researcher might have an easy access creating his bibliography, footnotes, table of contents
Mailings Tab
Used for sending a document to multiple receipients. Basically it us used for mailing purposes
Review Tab
Used for grammars, word translation to another language, word counts and spellings. This tab is specialize for correction of the data encoded
View Tab
Used on how you want to see your documnent, you can also enable rulers and gridlines, zoom pages
Ribbon
Where your options of editing are located. The entire horizontal part under your Ribbon tabs is ribbon. (Cut, copy, paste, font style, font size, text alignment, color of text, bold, italic, underlined, etc.)