Intro to Microsoft Word Vocabulary

Taskbar button you use to access apps, files, folders, and settings.

• Menu

• Start Button

• Folder

• Command

A named location on a storage medium that usually contains related documents.

• Start Button

• Command

• Folder

• Ribbon

Windows menu that allows you to access programs, folders, and files on the computer or mobile device and contains commands that allow you to start programs, store and search for documents, customize the computer or mobile device, and sign out of a user account or shut down the computer or mobile device.

• Start Button

• Ribbon

• Start Menu

• Command

A list of related items, including folders programs, and commands that allow you to start programs, store and serach for documents, customize the computer or mobile device, and sign out of a user account or shut down the computer or mobile device.

• Command

• Menu

• Start Menu

• Tab

Item on a menu that performs a specific action, such as saving a file or obtaining help.

• Command

• Tab

• Ribbon

• Menu

To enlarge a window so that it fills the entire screen.

• Minimize

• Maximize

• Increase

• Decrease

The portion of the document that appears on the screen.

• Document Pane

• Gallery

• Document Window

• Document Properties

Document view that shows the document on a mock sheet of paper in the document window.

• Page Layout View

• Web Layout View

• Print Layout View

• Document Window

Area located at the bottom of the document window above the Windows taskbar that presents information about the document, the progress of current tasks, and the status of certain commands and keys; it also provides controls for viewing the document.

• Ribbon

• Menu

• Shortcut Menu

• Status Bar

Within a File Explorer window, contains tabs used to accomplish various tasks on the computer or mobile device related to organizing and managing the contents of the open window. Usually at the top of the window.

• Ribbon

• Shortcut Menu

• Group

• Insertion Point