Microsoft office chapter 1

Keyboard shortcut

a key of combination of keys that performs a task that would otherwise require a mouse.

Ellipsis

a set of 3 dots indicating incompleteness.

Tell Me box

Provides a search feature for Microsoft Office commands that you activate by typing what you are looking for in the TMB; as you type, every keystroke refines the results so that you can click the command as soon as it displays.

Desktop application/app

Refers to a computer program that is installed on your PC and that requires a computer operating system such as Microsoft Windows.

App

Refers to a self-contained program usually designed for a single purpose and that runs on smartphones and other mobile devices.

template

A preformatted document that you can use as a starting point and then change to suit your needs.

Ribbon Tabs

Display the names of the task-oriented tabs relevant to the open program.

Ribbon Display Options

Displays 3 ways you can display the ribbon: Auto-hide ribbon, show tabs, or show tabs and commands.

File tab

Displays Microsoft Office Backstage view, which is a centralized space for all of your file management tasks such as opening, saving, printing, publishing, or sharing a file-all the things you can do with a file.

Ribbon

Displays a group of task-oriented tabs that contain the commands, styles, and resources you need to work in an Office 2016 desktop app. The look of your ribbon depends on your screen resolution. A high resolution will display more individual items and button names on the ribbon.

Window control buttons

Displays buttons for commands to change the Ribbon Display Options, Minimize, Restore Down, or Close the window.

Quick Access Toolbar

Displays buttons to perform frequently used commands and resources with a single click. The default commands include save, Undo, and Redo. You can ad and delete buttons to customize the Quick Access Toolbar for your convenience.

mini toolbar

Displays commands that are commonly used with the selected object, which places common commands close to your pointer.

Status bar

Displays file information on the left; on the right displays buttons for Read Mode, Print Layout, and Web layout views; on the far right displays Zoom controls.

Title bar

Displays the name of the file and the name of the program; the window control buttons are grouped on the right side of the title bar.

Group names

Indicate the name of the groups of related commands on the displayed tab.

shortcut menu

displays, commands and options relevant to the selected text or object.

Windows apps

Run on all Windows device families.