| TITLE BAR. The horizontal bar at the very top of the window
displays the names of the application (Microsoft Word) and file currently
open. If you haven't yet begun to type your document, the file designation
is simply "Document1" (or “Document2”, etc.). If you open a previously
created document, you'll see the name of that document displayed.
MENU BAR. Immediately below the Title Bar are the headings for
features menus. When you click once on one of these headings a partial
list of available options will "drop down". To see more selections, click
the double arrows at bottom of menu.
Menu Notes:
- Three dots following a menu option (as in Print... on the File
menu) indicate that choosing that item will display a dialog
box.
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If you click on a menu item for which an "arrow" is displayed to the far
right, a second, cascading menu will appear to the right of the initial
menu.
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If there is a keyboard shortcut for a menu item, it is displayed to the
right of the item. For example, on the File menu, the Ctrl+P
notation to the right of the Print option means that, in lieu of using
the mouse to initiate printing, you can hold down the CTRL
key and tap the P
key to display the Print dialog box.
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Word 2000 provides personalized menus. This means that the menu items displayed
will change to reflect the options you use most. If you would prefer to
see all menu selections available, you can disable personalized menus as
follows.
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On the Menu Bar click Tools.
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Choose (click) Customize from the drop-down menu.
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Click the Options tab to bring it to the front.
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Remove (click) the X next to "Menus use recently used commands first".
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Click the Close button to return to your document window.
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CONTROL BUTTONS. At the right end of the Title Bar and Menu Bar
are buttons that can be used to close, minimize, or change the size of
the program window or current document window.
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To close Word (and any open documents) click the upper of the two X
buttons. To close the currently visible document only, click the lower
(and smaller) X button.
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A button showing a single screen or double, overlapping screens is a window-sizing
button. The upper (and larger) of these buttons affects the program window;
the lower (and smaller) affects the document window. Clicking a button
showing a single screen will maximize the window (to fill the available
area). Clicking a button showing double, overlapping screens will "restore"
the window, normally to a size that does not fill the available area.
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To minimize (but not close) the program, click the upper of the two buttons
displaying a minus sign. Word will become a button on the Windows taskbar.
When you're ready to continue working in Word, simply click that button
to restore the program to the screen. The lower of the two minimize buttons
will minimize the document window only (to a tiny title bar at the bottom
of the Word window). Click the maximize (or restore) button on that title
bar restore the document to the screen.
TOOLBARS. Immediately below the Menu Bar are two side-by-side toolbars
containing several "buttons" that represent commonly-used Word features
and provide quick access to them. On the left is the Standard Toolbar;
on the right is the Formatting Toolbar. Each toolbar contains some of the
buttons available. To see more buttons, click the double arrows at the
right end of the toolbar.
To initiate a feature, click the appropriate button. If you aren't sure
what feature a particular icon represents, move the mouse pointer to that
icon and read the boxed identification that appears.
Each of the features available from a toolbar can also be initiated
from one of the pull-down menus. For example, the Print feature
can be initiated from the File menu.
Note: Word 2000 provides personalized toolbars. This means that
the buttons displayed will change to reflect the features you use most.
If you would prefer to see all buttons available, you can disable personalized
toolbars as follows.
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On the Menu Bar click Tools.
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Choose (click) Customize from the drop-down menu.
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Click the Options tab to bring it to the front.
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Remove (click) the X next to "Standard and Formatting Toolbar share
one row".
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Click the Close button to return to your document window.
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RULER BAR. Below the toolbars is a ruler from which you can easily
adjust set tab stops.
STATUS BAR. At the very bottom of the document window is a bar
that provides information about the document displayed, such as insertion
point location in the document (page number) and on the page (line and
column).
VIEW BUTTONS. These buttons, located to the left of the horizontal
scroll bar, provide quick access to different ways to view your document.
From left to right, they are:
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Normal View — A quick-entry view where text and other page elements are
shown in one long, continuous column that flows from page to page.
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Web Layout View — A view for use with online documents.
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Print Layout View — The standard working view, showing how your document
will look when it is printed.
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Outline View — Displays your document as an outline.
SCROLL BARS. The bars to the right and bottom of the screen that
have arrow buttons at either end and a "sliding" button in the middle are
used to move vertically and horizontally through a document.
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If you click on one of the arrows you will move one line at a time in the
direction chosen.
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If you click and drag the "sliding" button (i.e., hold down the primary
mouse button while moving the mouse in the desired direction) you can move
longer distances. When scrolling vertically, a small box will be displayed
to the left of the vertical scroll bar, giving you information about the
move (such as page number).
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In addition, you can move one screen at a time by clicking in the gray
area either above (to move up) or below (to move down) the “sliding” button.
Moving one screen at a time can be useful when you are proofreading a document.
| Note: When you move through a document using the vertical scroll
bar, you do not change the location of the insertion point. You must click
the I-Beam pointer somewhere on the current screen in order to change the
position of the insertion point. |
BROWSE BUTTONS. Clicking the appropriate button just below the
vertical scroll bar allows you to move to the previous or nex page of a
document, or to select (and the search for) a browse object.
INSERTION POINT. The short (blinking) vertical line on the screen
marks where you are working in the document. |
