| Screen
Element |
Description |
Title Bar
|
The title bar is
the dark blue bar situated at
the top of the screen. Unless
the document has been saved then
this should read “Document 1 –
Microsoft Word” and is used to
identify the current application
and each document that is open.
|
| Formatting Toolbar |
The formatting
toolbars situated below the
title bar and provides quick and
easy access to commonly used
formatting options such as
applying bold and underline.
|
| Ruler |
The ruler is
used to set, edit, remove or
indicate tabs, margins and
paragraphs in a document.
|
| Standard Toolbar |
The standard
toolbar is situated below the
formatting toolbar and contains
buttons such as copy, paste,
print etc.
|
| Menu Bar |
The menu bar is
a standard setting in word and
should be visible at all times.
As shown in the diagram above
the menu bar comprises of
several titled menus for example
File, Edit etc…
To view all options in each
menu, you must click onto the
title of the menu you want to
look at firstly. This will
provide you with a list of
options available. In most
instances you may need to double
click the arrows at the bottom
of the menu.
|
| Cursor |
The cursor will
always flash on the screen. This
will prompt you to start typing
and is where the text you have
typed will be displayed on
screen.
|
| View Buttons |
The view buttons
are situated in the bottom left
hand corner of the screen. They
are used to change the way a
document is displayed. The most
common is the ‘Print layout
view’
|
| Drawing Toolbar |
The drawing
toolbar is displayed below the
view buttons and allows drawing
objects and shapes such as
Rectangles, Oval, Word Art and
Clip Art to be used on the
document.
|
| Status Bar |
The status bar
displays information about the
current document such as the
page numbers.
|
| Previous/Next Page Buttons |
These buttons
can be used as an alternative to
using the scroll bars and is
used to navigate through the
document. |
