Microsoft Word Basics

A box that appears when a command is selected, and is used to supply the information needed to execute the command.

• Word processing data
• Information center
• Text box
• Dialog box 

The process of removing a document from the computer’s memory and from the screen.

• Saving a document
• Closing a document 
• Sharing a document
• Opening a document

To change the contents of a document.

• Redo
• Edit
• Erase
• Copy

A collection of related data stored on a lasting medium such as a hard disk, a CD, or a diskette.

• File name
• Storage
• Data
• File

A unique name for a file stored on disk

• Microsoft Word name
• File
• File name
• None of the above

Symbols that do not appear on paper when a document is printed.

• Formatting marks
• Screen tips
• Symbols
• Numbers & Letters

A blinking vertical line in a document that indicates where the next character typed will be placed

• Text Insertion
• Insertion point
• Beginning of text
• Document beginning

Designed to help you quickly find the commands that you need to complete a task. Commands are organized in logical groups, which are collected together under tabs.bar 

• Dialog box
• Menu
• Tool bar
• Ribbon

The word processor application in Microsoft Office.

• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Access

Hides the writing tools and menus and to leave more room for the pages themselves. Read Mode automatically fits the page layout to your device, using columns and larger font sizes, both of which you can adjust.

• All of the following
• Print view mode
• Web layout view
• Read mode