Microsoft Word Tips and Tricks for Beginners - Basic Skill Tips

Title bar: This lies in the middle and at the top of the window. Title bar shows the program and document titles.

File Tab: The File tab replaces the Office button from Word 2010. You can click it to check the Backstage view. This is where you come when you need to open or save files, create new documents, print a document, and do other file-related operations.

Quick Access Toolbar: This you will find just above the File tab. This is a convenient resting place for the most frequently used commands in Word. You can customize this toolbar based on your comfort.

Help :The Help Icon can be used to get word related help anytime you like. This provides nice tutorial on various subjects related to word.

Zoom Control

Zoom control lets you zoom in for a closer look at your text. The zoom control consists of a slider that you can slide left or right to zoom in or out; you can click the + buttons to increase or decrease the zoom factor.

View Buttons :The group of five buttons located to the left of the Zoom control, near the bottom of the screen, lets you switch through the Word's various document views.

• Print Layout view − This displays pages exactly as they will appear when printed.
• Full Screen Reading view − This gives a full screen view of the document.
• Web Layout view − This shows how a document appears when viewed by a Web browser, such as Internet Explorer.
• Outline view − This lets you work with outlines established using Word’s standard heading styles.
• Draft view − This formats text as it appears on the printed page with a few exceptions. For example, headers and footers aren't shown. Most people prefer this mode.

Document Area: This is the area where you type. The flashing vertical bar is called the insertion point and it represents the location where text will appear when you type.

Status Bar: This displays the document information as well as the insertion point location. From left to right, this bar contains the total number of pages and words in the document, language, etc.

You can configure the status bar by right-clicking anywhere on it and by selecting or deselecting options from the provided list.

Dialog Box Launcher: This appears as very small arrow in the lower-right corner of many groups on the Ribbon. Clicking this button opens a dialog box or task pane that provides more options about the group.

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