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Microsoft Word 2000

Now-a-days, the most commonly used Word Processing software is Microsoft Word 2000. It is used to prepare documents; letters, business reports etc. but it is mostly used in offices to prepare the official documents.

The Microsoft Ward 2000 is application software and is a part of Microsoft Office. Microsoft Office is a popular software product of Microsoft Company of USA. Microsoft Office is a collection of most popular application programs used to solve different problems in offices. These are Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Bookshelf etc. The latest version of Microsoft Office is “Microsoft Office 2000”. It is available on CD-ROM and can be easily installed on your computer.

Loading Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is loaded or started by using different ways. But the common way to start the Microsoft Word is by using the Start Menu.

To start Microsoft Word, follow these steps:

• Click the Start Button to display Start Menu.
• Select the Programs submenu from Start Menu.
• Point the Microsoft Word in the Programs submenu and then click the mouse. The Microsoft Word will be loaded and its window will appear on screen.

Note: You can also create a shortcut of Microsoft Word on the desktop and Microsoft Word can be started by double clicking it.

Microsoft Word Window

When Microsoft Word is successfully loaded, a window appears on the screen with a blank document. The window has various components that have the different functions and are used to interface with Microsoft Word to create documents. The Microsoft Word Window with different components is shown in figure above.

The most important components of the Microsoft Word window and their uses are described below.

Title Bar - It is the top most bar of the Microsoft Word Window that contains the name of program (i.e. Microsoft Word) and the name of document. The window can be moved over the screen by dragging the Title Bar. The Title Bar also contains the control icon on its left side and three control buttons on the right side.

Menu Bar - The Menu bar comes under the Title Bar. The commands that can be used to perform different tasks during creating or editing document are grouped together on the menu bar.

Standard Toolbar - It contains the various shortcut command buttons for opening & saving documents, copying and moving information etc. It provides the quick way to access the commonly used commands by clicking the button with mouse.

Formatting Toolbar - It is under the Standard Toolbar. It contains the formatting command buttons used for formatting the text.

Ruler Bar - This Bar shows the margins, positions of tabs and indent. It is used to adjust the margins, set tabs, change paragraph indents etc. by using mouse.

Document Window - The white area below the Ruler bar is the Document Window where the document is typed or displayed. The small blinking bar in it is called the Cursor or Insertion point. It shows the position where text is typed in the document.

Scroll Bars - If the number of lines (height) of the document is larger than the height of document window, a bar at the right border of document window is appeared. It is the Vertical Scroll Bar. It is used to scroll the document up and down. Similarly, a bar at the bottom of border of document window is appeared if the width of document is larger than the width of document window. It is the Horizontal Scroll Bar. It is used to scroll the document toward left and right.

It must be noted that a standard computer screen displays only 15—20 lines of standard size text.

Status Bar - The bar at the bottom of the Microsoft Word Window is the Status Bar. It displays the status of document i.e. The position of cursor, total pages of document and the page number of current page being displayed in Document Window, the mode of insertion etc.

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