6th Class Computers Science Microsoft Word Elements of Microsoft Word

    Elements of Microsoft Word      

   Title Bar

This bar is located at the top of the window and displays the name of the document which is active. (See figure)   

    Minimize Button                        

This button is located on the upper right corner of the window. It is the first button of existing three buttons.  

   Maximize/Restore

This button is also located on the upper right corner of the window. It is the second button of existing three buttons. It basically changes the size of the window.  

   Document Close Button

This button is located on the upper right corner of the window. It is the third button or existing three buttons. It is basically used for closing the document on window.  

  Menu Bar

It the list of main menu choices located below the title bar.  

 Standard Tool Bar

It provides button for commonly used commands, which are located below the menu  

  Formatting Tool Bar

It provides buttons which are most commonly used for formatting commands and  located below standard toolbar.  

  Rulers

It displays information about the left margin, right margin, top and bottom margins, and it also allows horizontal and vertical alignment of the text in a document.  

  Scroll Bar

It allows scrolling the document up and down or from left to right. There are two of scroll bar: vertical and horizontal.  

  Status Bar

It displays information about the active document, such as current line number, column number or page number. It is located across the bottom of the application window.  

  Text Area

The place where you enter your text document is referred as Text Area.