Microsoft Word is one of the tools in the Microsoft Office Suite; it is used to create document, report, eBook, etc. It has many features to work with text. It also provided the feature to the users to work behind the existing features and tools and can enhance its capabilities. To implement functionality beyond a regular Word, Microsoft Visual Basic programming environment is provided with Microsoft Office Word. This programming language is called as Visual Basic for Application (VBA).
In this section we will explore the MS Word
Getting Started
1. Double Click on the Excel Icon on your Desktop
Or
2. Go To Run and type winword to Start Word Application
Or
3. Click on Start Button => Select All Programs => Select Microsoft Office => Click On Word to Start Word Application
You will see the following screen
Explore Word
File Tab:
The File tab replaces the Office button from Word 2007. You can click it to check Backstage view, which is the place to come to see the Microsoft Word Command when you need to open or save files, create new documents, print a document, and do other file-related operations.
Quick Access Toolbar:
This you will find just above the File tab and its purpose is to provide a convenient resting place for the Word most frequently used commands. You can customize this toolbar based on your comfort.
Ribbon:
Ribbon contains commands organized in three components:
Tabs: They appear across the top of the Ribbon and contain groups of related commands. Home, Insert, Page Layout is example of ribbon tabs.
Groups: They organize related commands; each group name appears below the group on the Ribbon. For instance group of commands related to fonts or or group of commands related to alignment etc.
Commands: Commands appear within each group as mentioned above.
Title bar:
The title bar is in the middle and at the top or the window. This shows the program and document titles.
Rulers:
Word has two rulers - a horizontal ruler and a vertical ruler. The horizontal ruler appears just beneath the Ribbon and is used to set margins and tab stops. The vertical ruler appears on the left edge of the Word window and is used to gauge the vertical position of elements on the page.
Help:
The Help Icon can be used to get word related help anytime you like. This provides various tutorial on various subjects related to word.
Zoom Control:
Zoom control lets you zoom in for a closer look at your text. The zoom control consists of a slider that you can slide left or right to zoom in or out, .and + buttons you can click to increase or decrease the zoom factor.
View Buttons:
The group of five buttons located to the left of the Zoom control, near the bottom of the screen, lets you switch among Word's various document views.
Print Layout view: This displays pages exactly as they will appear when printed.
Full Screen Reading view: This gives a full screen look of the document.
Web Layout view: This shows how a document appears when viewed by a Web browser, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox.
Outline view: This lets you work with outlines established using Word.s standard heading styles.
Draft view: This formats text as it appears on the printed page with a few exceptions. For example, headers and footers aren't shown. Most people prefer this mode.
Document Area:
The area where you type. The flashing vertical bar is called the insertion point and it represents the location where text will appear when you type.
Status Bar:
This displays document information as well as the insertion point location. From left to right, this bar contains the total number of pages and words in the document, language etc.
You can configure the status bar by right-clicking anywhere on it and by selecting or deselecting options from the provided list.
Dialog Box Launcher:
This appears as very small arrow in the lower-right corner of many groups on the Ribbon. Clicking this button opens a dialog box or task pane that provides more options about the group.
To save your Word Document:
» Ctrl+S OR Choose Save from the File Menu of the MS Word
It opens a file dialog box
» Choose desired location
» Give the desired name
» Click on the Save button to save the file
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