Word 2007 Chapter 1 definitions and screen parts

1. Document window this is how you view a portion of a document on the screen.

2. Print Layout view the default setting, this shows the document on a mock sheet of paper in the document window. 3. Insertion point a blinking vertical bar that indicates where text, graphics, and other items will be inserted. 4. Mouse pointer becomes different shapes depending on the task you are performing in Word and the pointers location on the screen. 5. Scroll bar use this to display different portions of a document in the document window. 6. Scroll box reflects the location of the portion of the document that is displayed in the document window. 7. Scroll arrow located at each end of the scroll bar. 8. Status bar located at the bottom of the document window above the Windows taskbar, presents information about the document, the progress of current tasks, and the status of certain commands and keys; it also provides controls for viewing the document. 9. Ribbon located near the top of the Word window, is the control center in Word.

10. Home tab called the primary tab, contains the more frequently used commands. 11. Active tab the tab currently displayed. 12. Contextual tabs tabs used when you perform certain tasks or work with objects such as pictures or tables. 13. Gallery a set of choices, often graphical, arranged in a grid or in a list. 14. Live preview most galleries support live preview, which is a feature that allows you to point to a gallery choice and see its effect in the document without actually selecting the choice. 15. Enhanced Screen Tip an on-screen note that provides the name of the command, available keyboard shortcuts, a description of the command, and sometimes instructions for how to obtain help about the command. (see picture at right )

16. Dialog Box launcher when clicked, displays a dialog box or a task pane with additional options for the group. 17. Task pane by contrast, is a window that can remain open and visible while you work in the document. 18. Mini toolbar appears automatically based on tasks you perform, contains commands related to changing the appearance of text in a document. 19. Shortcut menu appears when you right-click an object, is a list of frequently used commands that related to the right-clicked object. 20. Quick Access toolbar located by default above the Ribbon, provides easy access to frequently used commands. 21. Office button central location for managing and sharing documents. 22. Submenu a list of additional commands associated with the selected command. 23. Formatting mark sometimes called a nonprinting character, is a character that Word displays on the screen but is not visible on a printed document. 24. Wordwrap allows you to type words in a paragraph continually without pressing the ENTER key at the end of each line. 25. File a saved document. 26. File name name assigned to a file when it is saved. 27. Paragraph formatting the process of changing the appearance of a paragraph. 28. Character formatting the process of changing the way characters appear on the screen and in print. 29. Font or typeface, defines the appearance and shape of the letters, numbers, and special characters. 30. Font size specifies the size of characters and is determined by a measurement system called points. 31. Point a single point is about 1/72 of one inch in height. 32. Normal style default style, most likely uses 11-point Calibri font. 33. Theme a set of unified formats for fonts, colors, and graphics. 34. Bulleted list a series of paragraphs, each beginning with a bullet character. 35. Underlined text that prints with an underscore (_) below each character. 36. Italicized text that has a slanted appearance. 37. Quick style predefined styles in the Styles gallery, such as Heading 1 and Heading 2, are part of a style sheet. 38. Style set consists of a group of frequently used styles formatted so they look pleasing when used together. 39. Color scheme a theme identifies 12 complementary colors for text, background, accents, and links in a document. 40. Font set defines formats for two fonts: one for headings and another for body text.

41. Resizing includes both enlarging and reducing the size of a graphic.

Contextual tabs

Office button/Office button Menu

Sizing handles