Microsoft Words screen elements

Scroll Bar

Provides a visual indication of your location in a document. It can also be used with the mouse to drag a document up and down to reposition the document.

View options

Contain buttons for viewing the document in Print Layout, Full Screen Reading, Web Layout, Outline, or Draft views, and also displays controls Zoom Out and Zoom In.

office button

Displays a list of commands related to things you can do with a document, such as opening, saving, printing, or sharing.

Quick Access Toolbar

Displays buttons to perform frequently used commands with a single click. Frequently used commands in Word include Save, undo, redo, and Print. For commands that you use frequently, you can add additional buttons to the Quick Access Toolbar.

Word documented window

Displays the active document.

Ruler

Displays the location of margins, indents, columns, and tab stops for the slected paragraphs.

Title bar

Displays the name of the document and the name of the program. The minimize, maximize/restore down, and close buttons are grouped right side of the title bar.

Status Bar

Displays, on the left side, the page and line number, word count, and the Proof button, On the right side, displays buttons to control the look of the window. The status bar can be customized to include other information.

Vertical scroll bar

Enables you to move up and down in a document to display text that is not visible.

Insertion Point

Indicates, with a blinking vertical line, where text or graphics will be inserted.

Ribbon

Organizes commands on tabs, and then groups the commands by topic for performing related documents tasks.