Microsoft Office Applications

Excel

A spreadsheet application that allows the user to work with text number and formulas to create tables, charts, worksheets and financial documents

The Ribbon displays

several tabs making it easy to find commands.

The document window is

the area where you can enter new text and data or edit existing text or data.

The I-Beam shows

when the insertion point is moved into a block of text.

When you scroll through a document

you move through the document window without moving the insertion point.

PowerPoint

A Microsoft application for creating presentations, speeches, slides, transparencies and organizational charts

Word

A Microsoft application that allows a user to create and share letters, memos and reports.

Access

A Microsoft application used to create a database that allows you to organize, manipulate and analyze data.

Outlook

A Microsoft product that functions as a personal organizer with e-mail, calender, address book, event and task manager.

The insertion point or cursor

is a blinking vertical line indicating where new text or data will be added in a document.