Microsoft Word Lessons One

Draft View

shows only the text of a document; headers and footers, margins, columns, and graphics are not visible.

Zoom

Use the zoom feature to magnify and reduce your document on the screen;100% zoom represents the normal size, higher is larger and lower is smaller.

Zoom Slider

a bar in the lower right corner of an Office program window that you can use to increase or decrease the size of the document on screen.

Insertion Point

a blinking vertical line that shows where text will appear when you begin typing.

Word Wrap

a feature in word that automatically wraps words around to the next line when they will not fit on the current line.

Landscape Orientation

a page layout in which documents are printed across the length of a page, making the page wider than it is tall.

Portrait Orientation

a page layout in which documents are printed across the width of a page, making the page taller than it is wide.

Outline View

a way of viewing a document on screen that displays headings and text in outline form so you can see the structure of your document and reorganize easily; headers and footers, page boundaries, graphics, and backgrounds do not appear.

Print Preview

a way of viewing a document on screen that enables you to see the document as it will appear when printed.

Print Layout View

a way of viewing a document on screen that shows how a document will look when it is printed; you can work with headers and footers, margins, columns, and graphics, which are all displayed.

Web Layout View

a way of viewing a document on screen that simulates the way a document will look when it is viewed as a web page; text and graphics appear the way they would in a web browser, and backgrounds are visible.

View Buttons

allow you to change views quickly.

Ribbon

an area at the top of an office program window that contains commands for working with the open file; the commands are organized under tabs.

Toolbar

an area in a window that contains buttons used to execute a function or open a command menu.

Quick Access Toolbar

contains buttons for three common commands; you can add additional Toolbar buttons to it.

Status Bar

displays information about the current document and process.

Office Button

opens a menu of commands related to managing and sharing documents, including opening, printing, and saving a document, creating a new document, and preparing for distribution.

Full Screen Reading View

shows text on the screen in a format , a way of viewing a document on screen that shows text on the screen in a form that is easy to read; the ribbon is replaced by a amall bar called a toolbar that contains only a few relevant commands.

Word Processing

the use of a computer and software to produce written documents, such as letters, memos, forms, and reports