MENU BAR: the menu bar is the most important bar in Microsoft word, it displays
the most essential and frequently used tools in ms word e.g. Home tab, Insert tab, Page layout tab, References tab, mailing tab, Review tab and
the View tab. Later you will be taught
how to make use of the above mentioned tools as we continue in this study
PRINTABLE
PAGE: the printable page is the area in your document
that you type, draw objects or shapes and other manipulations in ms- word. It
is usually blank (white) except you have entered text on it or change the color
of the background.
DISPLAY
BAR: the display button shows the contents of the tools
in menu bar. Eg. If you click on insert
the display button will show the contents of the insert for your manipulations.
SCROLL
BUTTON: we have vertical and horizontal
scroll bar. The vertical scroll bar is used to scroll the window or your
document up /down while the
horizontal scroll bar is used to scroll the window or your document left
/right.
RULER
BAR: we also have vertical and horizontal ruler bar,
they are used to review the margin, and they can also be used to measure the
straightness of your diagram or text.
START
BUTTON: the start button is the area
where all the packages and programs that are installed in your computer system are
found. While the icons serves as
short cuts.
STATUS
BAR: the status bar is also called massage bar because it reviews information about a current command
or function/ tool (Corel).
THE TASK BAR the task bar is located at the bottom part of
the screen, it contains properties like the start button , active desktop, minimized work, time/date etc.
ZOOM
BUTTON the zoom button is used to
expand your page to a clearer view, also used to reduce to the lower or normal
size
