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Quick Access Toolbar:

This bar is one of the most important parts of Microsoft Word Windows
2019. It is also located at the top of the screen, in the left corner just
above the File Tab. It is the place for the most frequently used
commands. You can customize this Toolbar by clicking the little arrow
that displays some more commands such as “New” which refers to
opening a new document, “Open” which implies displaying a document
that we have saved on our computer, “Undo” reverse the previous action
or “Redo” do the action again, and “Save” to save the current document.

Title bar:
The title bar is also one of the parts of the Microsoft Word window. It is
located at the center and top of the document window and shows the
name of the program or document. There, when we open a Microsoft
Word document, we can read the title as Document1 – Word. It refers to
a general name displayed by the program software. When we save our
document, we can replace that name with a personalized one related to
our file.

In this bar, on the right side, there are three more buttons known as
window controls. It allows to perform of three commands i.e., minimize,
maximize, and close the document or file.

The 1st is the “X” icon that is used to close the window of the Microsoft
Word document we are working on. And the 02 nd component is a double
box icon which is located in the center of the previous ones and used to
maximize or enlarge the document. The 03 rd icon is a dash “_” used to
minimize the document we are working on.

File Tab:
In Microsoft Word 2019, the File tab replaces the Microsoft Office button
from Word 2007. Microsoft Office button is the circular button that is
located in some operating systems at the bottom and in others at the
top, on the left side. You can click it to see the backstage view. In this
tab, where you can see the previously opened or saved files, create a
new document, print a document, and do other operations.

Ribbon of Microsoft Word:


The Ribbon is one of the basic parts of Microsoft Word widow and
contains organized commands in three layers.

 Tabs or Menu: These are the horizontal menu that appears at the
top of the Ribbon and contain groups of related commands, i.e.,
File, Home, Insert, Design, Layout, References, Mailings, Review,
View, and Help are examples of ribbon tabs.
 Groups: These are the organized related commands displayed
below each tab or menu. The name of each group appears below
the group on the Ribbon. For example, a group of commands
related to a paragraph or a group of commands related to the font,
etc.
 Commands: Commands appear within each group as mentioned
above. For example, when we press the “File” tab, some
commands or functions such as “New”, “Open” “Save”, “Save as”
etc. are displayed.

Rulers:
Microsoft Word has two rulers – one is a horizontal ruler and the second
is a vertical ruler. The horizontal ruler seems just under the Ribbon. It is
used to set the size of the margins and tab stop position of the
document. The vertical ruler appears on the left side of the document
window and is used to measure the vertical position of elements on the
page.

Scrollbar:
It is one of the parts of MS Word widow, which is characterized by being
a long bar that is generally located on the right side of the document. It
consists of an open bar containing an arrow that allows the user to scroll
up and down more quickly.

Help icon:
The Help Icon can be used to find online-related queries. This provides
helpful tutorials on various functions and commands related to MS
word.

Zoom Control Buttons:


The zoom slider allows you to resize the document to view it according
to the user’s requirements. It allows you to zoom in or zoom out from 0%
to 500% wide range. The zoom controls consist of a slider that you can
slide left (zoom in) or right (zoom out); you can also click the plus or
minus sign buttons to increase or minus decrease the zoom factor.

View Buttons:
It is a group of buttons located to the left of the Zoom control, and near
the bottom of the screen. It lets you switch the various Word document
views.

 Print Layout view− This view displays pages exactly as they will
show in print.
 Read Mode− This displays a full-screen view of the document.
 Web Layout − This displays a document view that appears on a
Web browser, such as Internet Explorer.
 Outline view− This lets you display your document in outline form.
For this view, we will first create using Word’s standard heading
styles.
 Draft view− This displays only the text of your document as it
appears on the printed page. No headers and footers are shown in
this view.

Document or Work Area:


If we open MS Word on the computer then we can see different parts of
the MS Word window on the screen. The document or work area is the
area where we can type documents, letters, memos, or simply
communication will be developed. The vertical flashing bar is called
Cursor and the insertion point represents the location where text can
write. It is generally white and can see when we open the MS Word
application. These allow giving width and flexibility to the document.

Status Bar:
It is located at the bottom of the document and displays the information
related to the word document. From left to right, it shows the total
number of pages, word count, language, translator, error notifications,
and sections among other information.

In this bar, we can visualize the document we are working on in five


ways, e.g. print layout, full-screen reading, web layout, and outline view.

Dialog Box Launcher:


We can see a small arrow in the lower-right corner of many groups on
the Ribbon that display some commands. By clicking this arrow, the
downward window will open that provides more options about the group.

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