Microsoft Word Chapter 1 & 2 Terminology

Backstage view

• A tool that offers quick access to commands for performing many file management tasks all displayed in a single navigation pane that can be customized to meet users' needs.
• An instruction users give Word by clicking a button or entering information into a command box.
• A style that requires a colon after the salutation and a comma after the closing.
• Symbols for certain formatting commands that can help users create and edit documents.
• Venus

Block Style

• A format style that aligns text along the left margin.
• A box that displays additional options or information you can use to execute commands.
• Symbols for certain formatting commands that can help users create and edit documents.
• A style that requires no punctuation after the salutation or the closing.

command

• An instruction users give Word by clicking a button or entering information into a command box.
• A small arrow in the lower-right corner of the group.
• A style that requires no punctuation after the salutation or the closing.
• A tool that enables users to visually check your document for errors before printing.

dialog box

• A box that displays additional options or information you can use to execute commands.
• Collections of related Word commands.
• A tool that enables users to visually check your document for errors before printing.
• To send a document to a printer.

dialog box launcher

• A small arrow in the lower-right corner of the group.
• The large "I" created when users place the cursor near the insertion point.
• To send a document to a printer.
• A toolbar that contains commands that users use more often, such as Save, Undo, and Redo.

groups

• Collections of related Word commands.
• The blinking point at the upper-left side of the document where you will begin creating your text.
• A toolbar that contains commands that users use more often, such as Save, Undo, and Redo.
• A command that repeats a user's last action.

I-beam

• The large "I" created when users place the cursor near the insertion point.
• A list of options.
• A command that repeats a user's last action.
• A tool that is divided into eight that contain groups.

insertion point

• The blinking point at the upper-left side of the document where you will begin creating your text.
• A style that requires a colon after the salutation and a comma after the closing.
• A tool that is divided into eight that contain groups.
• A button in the Quick Access Toolbar that saves an existing document.

menu

• A list of options.
• Symbols for certain formatting commands that can help users create and edit documents.
• A button in the Quick Access Toolbar that saves an existing document.
• A tool that enables users to visually check your document for errors before printing.

mixed punctuation

• A style that requires a colon after the salutation and a comma after the closing.
• A style that requires no punctuation after the salutation or the closing.
• A tool that enables users to visually check your document for errors before printing.
• To send a document to a printer.