Introduction of Microsoft Word 2003

Introduction:

Microsoft Word 2003 is the word processing application in the Microsoft Office Suite. Create professional-looking, formatted text documents with this powerful Word processing software.

By the end of this lesson, learners should be able to:

• Identify the parts of the Word 2003 Window
• Change the document view
• Operate the drop-down menus
• Identify the Task Pane

 

The Basics of the Word Window

Let's briefly review the basic parts of the Word 2003 window before we move onto word processing.
Shown below is the Microsoft Word default window. When Word is launched, a new blank document, or default window, opens in Print Layout view. Although window elements are fully explained in our Windows course, here is a brief explanation of the Word window.

Title Bar

Displays the document name followed by a program name.

Menu Bar

Contains a list of options to manage and customize documents.

Standard Toolbar

Contains shortcut buttons for the most popular commands.

Formatting Toolbar

Contains buttons used for formatting.

Ruler

Used to set margins, indents, and tabs.

Insertion Point

The location where the next character appears.

End-of-Document Marker

Indicates the end of the document.

Help

Provides quick access to Help topics.

Scroll bars

Used to view parts of the document.

Status Bar

Displays position of the insertion point and working mode buttons.

Task Pane

Provides easy access to commonly used menus, buttons and tools.

View Buttons

Changes the layout view of the document to Normal View, Web Layout View, Reading Layout View, Print Layout View, or Outline View.

Office Assistant

Links to the Microsoft Office Help feature.