At the startup click blank document to create your own document with your own formatting. Or if you want to create a document using a template, just click on it.
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| Welcome Screen |
Elements of the Word 2016 Interface
There are few different parts in the interface which you should know before start working with Word. following screenshot shows the basic elements in the window.
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| The Word 2016 Interface (with Blank Document template) |
1. Control buttons - The three different buttons located on the top right corner of the window. (From right to left Close, Maximize/Restore Down, and Minimize). Use these buttons to control window.
2. User Name - Displays details of the current user. Still if you are not a Microsoft Account holder, just sign-up and use that sign-in details to sing-in to word.
3. Document Title - Shows the title of the window. usually it become the file name. and until you save your file it shows the title as Document1-Word, Document2-Word... and so on.
4. Quick Access Toolbar - A small horizontal bar with few different buttons. This is designed to hold your frequently accessing tools. (Save, Quick Print, New..etc). And you are able to add/remove any tool in this bar.
5. The Ribbon - The most important element in the entire interface. The horizontal bar with all the tools which we will use to develop our document. Tools in the ribbon is arranged as tabs. (Home, Insert, Design, Layout...etc) each tab has many tools and all these are arranged in different groups. (In the home tab; Clipboard, Font, Paragraph, Styles, and Editing are considers as groups.
6. Horizontal Ruler - By default it is measured in inches. And the ruler helps us to create document with correct measurements. Further more this ruler is used to arrange text in the document, create illustraions...etc
7. Vertical Ruler - Same as the horizontal ruler, this is used to create documents with correct measurements.
8. Page - This is the location where we use to arrange text, images and shapes on the document. Different Page sizes, two main Orientations and many more options are available to select according to your preference.
9. Status bar - Shows the summery of the file and and some notifications like input language, Progress, View options..
