Basic-of-MS
Basic-of-MS
MS-Word is developed by Microsoft and is part of Microsoft Office Suite. It is useful to create, edit and
save personal and business documents like letters, invoice, reports etc. Microsoft word was released in
1983 as multi-Tool Word. Its first version was based on the framework of Bravo which was world's first
graphical writing program.
Step 3 - Search for Microsoft Office from the submenu and click it
Step 4 - Search for Microsoft Word 2010 from the submenu and click it
Microsoft Office Button located on top of the left corner of the window. It is new feature in ms-word and
it replace the traditional File Menu.
When you click on this button it offer list of commands like below images;
Open This command enable you to open existing document which is saved on computer
Save This command is used for save file after completion of work
Save as Using this command you can save current open file with different name and at different place.
Prepare This command enable you to prepare the document for distribution, it means you can view and
edit the document properties and inspect the hidden metadata.
Send Using this command you can send document to other people using E-mail ID.
Publish Using this command you can create a blog with the content of the document.
Quick Access Toolbar is a customizable toolbar which have set of independent commands. using this
toolbar you can fix here your commonly used commands such as Save, Undo, Redo, Print, Print Preview
etc.
Using left click you can add more command on Quick Access Toolbar and you can easily remove added
command from this toolbar. But you can't add indent, spacing values, individual styles and other features
that appear on the ribbon. See in below image how to add command on quick access toolbar.
Title Bar displays the title of the currently open document or application. Title of document is name of
document which is used at the time of save your file.
title bar in word
The Ribbon is a user interface element which was introduced by Microsoft in MS Office 2007. It appear
below the Quick Access Toolbar and the Title Bar. It have seven tabs; Home, Insert, Page layout,
References, Mailing, Review and View. Each tab has specific groups of related commands.
Home Tab
The Home tab is the default tab in Microsoft Word. Home tab has five groups of related commands;
Clipboard, Font, Paragraph, Styles and Editing. It is helpful for edit document style, font size, adding
bullets etc.
Insert Tab
Insert Tab is the second tab in the Ribbon. It is useful to add some extra features on your documents like
add table, pictures, clip art, shapes, page number, bookmark, header, footer etc. It has seven groups of
related commands; Pages, Tables, Illustrations, Links, Header & Footer, Text and Symbols.
It is the third tab in the Ribbon. It is used for change page size, page color, page margin, watermark. It
has five groups of related commands; Themes, Page Setup, Page Background, Paragraph and Arrange.
References Tab
It is the fourth tab in the Ribbon. It is useful to enter document sources, bibliography etc. It has six
groups of related commands; Table of Contents, Footnotes, Citations & Bibliography, Captions, Index and
Table of Authorities.
Mailings Tab
Mailings tab is fifth tab in the ribbon. It is least used tab. It has five groups of related commands; Create,
Start Mail Merge, Write & Insert Fields, Preview Results and Finish.
Review Tab
It is the sixth tab in the Ribbon. It is useful for check spelling and grammar, word count etc. It has six
groups of related commands; Proofing, Comments, Tracking, Changes, Compare and Protect.
View Tab
View tab is sixth tab in the Review tab. It is useful to view your documents in different different format
and it is useful to record and view your macros. It has five groups of related commands; Document
Views, Show/Hide, Zoom, Window and Macros.
The Ruler is located below the Ribbon around the edge of the document. It is used to change the format
of the document, align the text, tables, graphics and other elements in your document. It is useful to get
idea about your document size, it uses inches or centimeters as the measurements.
To see the rulers, choose View and select the Ruler check box.
To see the rulers, choose View and un-select the Ruler check box.