component of Word

Menus:

ü  When you begin to explore Word 2016 you will notice a new look to the menu bar. You should remember features as you work within Word 2016:

§  Quick Access Toolbar

§  Ribbon

§  Tabs

§  Groups

§  Dialog box launcher buttons

ü  These features contain many of the functions that were in the menu of previous versions of Word.

Quick Access Toolbar

ü  The quick access toolbar is a customizable toolbar that contains commands that you may want to use. You can place the quick access toolbar above or below the ribbon. To change the location of the quick access toolbar, click on the arrow at the end of the toolbar and click on Show below the Ribbon.

ü  You can also add items to the quick access toolbar. Right click on any item in the Office Button or the Ribbon and click on Add to Quick Access Toolbar and a shortcut will be added to the Quick Access Toolbar.

The Ribbon:

ü  The Ribbon is the panel at the top portion of the document.

ü  It has nine tabs: File, Home, Insert, Design, Layout, References, Mailings, Review, and View that contain many new and existing features of Word.

ü  Each tab is divided into groups.

File: using file can be save the file, close the file, open the file, create new document, print to the file, customize the document, print, send (through email or fax), publish or close.

Home: Clipboard, Fonts, Paragraph, Styles, and Editing.

Insert: Pages, Tables, Illustrations, Links, Header & Footer, Text, and Symbols

Design: Themes, Page Background

Layout: Page Setup, Paragraph, Arrange

References: Table of Contents, Footnote, Citation & Bibliography, Captions, Index, and Table of Authorities

Mailings: Create, Start Mail Merge, Write & Insert Fields, Preview Results, Finish

Review: Proofing, Comments, Tracking, Changes, Compare, Protect

View: Document Views, Show/Hide, Zoom, Window, Macros

Groups:

            Within each tab have some groups. Items within a group perform a related function. The groups are logical collections of features designed to perform functions that you will utilize in developing or editing your Word document. Commonly used features are displayed on the Ribbon, to view additional features within each group, click on the arrow at the bottom right of each group.