Basic Productivity Tools Ribbon – The main set of commands and controls organized task in Tabs and groups,
n set of commands and controls organized task in Tabs and groups, you
Basic productivity tools are computer software programs which allow a user to
create specific items quickly and easily as opposed to creating the same items by
hand. We learned about three specific productivity tools:
Word Processing. Word Processing is a software program that creates
documents using text and/or graphics. An example would be Microsoft
Word.
Spreadsheets. Spreadsheets quickly organize numerical information and
allows the creator to input formulas into the spreadsheet for easy
calculation. An example would be Microsoft Excel.
Databases. Databases allow the user to save collections of information in
one easily accessible place. This allows the user to find information about a
specific topic much faster versus searching the internet. An example of a
database would be Galileo.
Microsoft Office is a common productivity software package which includes
Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Pages is the Mac productivity tool
equivalent to Microsoft word. Productivity tools are used all over the world by lots
of different people for many reasons. Accountants use Excel to create ledgers,
teachers use Word to create tests, and Marketers use PowerPoint for presentations
and slide shows.
The differences between Productivity Software and Instructional Software
is that productivity Software helps users create products such as a word
document, excel spreadsheet, power point, etc.; while Instructional
Software has already been produced, cannot be changed, and is used to
reinforce a lesson.
Below are the meaning of every part to explain their uses when creating documents.
Quick Access Toolbar – Collection of buttons that provide one click access to commonly
used commands such as Save, Undo or Redo. You can also customize this according to your
preference.
Title Bar – A bar the display the name of active document.
can also customize the ribbon according to your preference
Vertical Scroll Bar – Scroll bar to use when you want to scroll vertically through the
document window
Horizontal Scroll Bar – Scroll bar to use when you want to scroll horizontally through
the document window.
Zoom Control – Used for magnifying and shrinking of the active document.
View Shortcut – Buttons used to change how the worksheet content is displayed. Print
Layout, Full Screen Reading, Web Layout, Outline or Draft.
Status Bar – It displays information about your document, such as what page you are
currently viewing and how many words are in your document, etc.
Ruler – It used to set the alignment and margins of the elements in the documents.
Insertion Point – It is the blinking vertical line in your document. It indicates where you can
enter text on the page. You can use the insertion point in a variety of ways: Blank document:
When a new blank document opens, the insertion point is located in the top-left corner of
the page.
Document Window – The white space where you can type or attached all the data you need
in the document.
Office Button/File Menu – Office button in MS Word 2007 and File Tab for MS Word 2010
or higher version. It provides access to document level features and program settings
Microsoft Word or MS-WORD (often called Word) is a Graphical word processing program
that users can type with. It is made by the computer company Microsoft. Its purpose is to
allow users to type and save documents. Similar to other word processors, it has helpful
tools to make documents.
Microsoft word is used to save documents. The documents can be copied to flash drive
which serves as an external memory for your computer. ... Another important benefit which
is gained from using Microsoft Word is it allows the users to make different formats in
accordance with the need and importance.
Sometimes called Winword, MS Word, or Word, Microsoft Word is a word
processor published by Microsoft. It is one of the office productivity applications
included in Microsoft Office. Originally developed by Charles Simonyi and Richard
Brodie, it was first released in 1983.
Microsoft Word is available for the Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, Android, and
Apple iOS. It could also be run on the Linux operating system using WINE.