EXPLORING THE

WINDOWS
SECTION PART 1

MOAC Lesson 1

WORD 2013
Full featured software word processing program that
allows users to create professional-looking documents
Allows you to easily revise documents

TITLE BAR
Displays the file name of the document
What is the file name of the document below?

FILE TAB
Gives the user access to Word Options and allows you
to create new documents, save and print
When viewing the File Tab, you are in Backstage View

RIBBON
Allows the user to perform certain commands
Control center for Word 2013
Example: the Home tab houses the font group, which
houses commands such as bold and italics

TABS
Allows access to groups of commands on ribbons
Examples: Home, Insert, Page Layout

QUICK ACCESS
TOOLBAR
Provides access to commonly used tasks like saving a
document
Includes Save, Undo, Redo Commands
It can be customized

QUICK ACCESS
TOOLBAR TERMS
Save Use when saving a document for the first time
or saving changes to an existing document
Save As used to save the file with a different name or
different format
Undo used to undo the changes you made to your
document
Redo used to repeat the changes you made after
pressing the Undo command

INSERTION POINT
Place on the screen in which date is ready to be
inserted
Blinking cursor

RULER
Is located at the top and left side of the screen.
It allows for use of tab stops and indents.

SCROLL BARS
Allow for the navigation of a document.
Navigation buttons at the bottom of the scroll bar allow
the user to go the next or previous page.

VIEW BUTTONS
Appear on the lower right side of the window
Allow the user to determine the way that the document
is viewed

MINI TOOLBAR
automatically appears based on tasks you perform,
and contains commands related to changing the
appearance of text in a document
Automatically appears when text is selected on the
screen

SHORTCUT MENU
Menu that appears when you right click in the
document
Displays frequently used commands

KEYTIPS/ACCESS KEYS
Appear after pressing the Alt key
Allow user to choose commands using the keyboard
Badges: Labels that display the letter of the KeyTip

SOURCE
Microsoft Official Academic Course Microsoft Word
2010. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
Microsoft Official Academic Course Microsoft Word
2013. John Wiley & Sons, 2014.