In this lesson, you'll start Microsoft Word for Windows 95, learn the parts of the Word for Windows screen, and learn how to quit the program. You'll also learn about the toolbar.
To start Word for Windows, you must first install it on your system. See the inside front cover of this book for default installation instructions. After you install Word for Windows, your Windows desktop screen will include a Winword window, and that window will contain a Microsoft Word icon. If you are using Microsoft Office, the Winword icon will be located in the Microsoft Office window. To start the program, double-click the icon. You can also start Word by selecting it from the Programs section of the Windows Start menu.
Plain English: What's an Icon? An icon is a small graphic symbol that Windows uses to represent a program or screen window.
Timesaver Tip: The Waiting Game While the mouse pointer is an hourglass, you must wait.
When you start Word for Windows, you will see its opening logo for a few seconds and then the main screen appears with a blank document, ready for your input. Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the Word for Windows screen. It contains a number of useful components, as shown in Figure 1.1.
Figure 1.1
Components of the Word for Windows screen.
Depending on how you set up your system, one or more of these screen components may
not appear. Don't worry--you'll see how to display them later.
The toolbar contains buttons that you select with the mouse to perform common tasks. For example, the far left button on the Standard toolbar represents the File New command, and the button next to it represents the File Open command. If you position the mouse pointer on a toolbar button (without clicking) Word displays a tool tip next to the mouse pointer, with a brief description of the button's function. You'll probably find that clicking a toolbar button is quicker and more convenient than entering the entire command sequence.
When you finish using Word for Windows, quit the program by doing one of the following:
If you have any unsaved documents, Word for Windows prompts you to save them. Then the program terminates, and you return to the Windows desktop.
In this lesson, you learned how to start and quit Word for Windows and about the parts of the screen. In the next lesson, you'll learn how to use the Word for Windows Help system.
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