Title and Menu Bar Tutorial In Office 2003 0r 2002

The Title Bar
This tutorial will familiarize you with the Microsoft Word screen. We will start with the Title bar, which is located at the very top of the screen. On the Title bar, Microsoft Word displays the name of the document on which you are currently working. At the top of your screen, you should see "Microsoft Word - Document1" or a similar name.


The Menu Bar

The Menu bar is generally found directly below the Title bar. The Menu bar displays the menu. The Menu bar begins with the word File and continues with Edit, View, Insert, Format, Tools, Table, Window, and Help. You use the menus to give instructions to the software. Point with your mouse to a menu option and click the left mouse button to open a drop-down menu. You can now use the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard to move left and right across the Menu bar options. You can use the up and down arrow keys to move up and down the drop-down menu.

Chevron

The most frequently used menu options appear on the menu list. A chevron appears at the bottom of the list. Click the chevron to display additional menu options.

Additional menu options

To select an option, click the option or use the arrow keys to move to the option on the drop-down menu and press Enter. An ellipse or a right arrow after a menu item signifies additional options; if you select that menu item, a dialog box appears. Items in gray are not available.

You can customize your screen so that all of the menu options display when you click a menu item. This tutorial assumes that your menu is set to display all menu options. To customize your menu to display all of the menu options:

1. Click Tools on the Menu bar.
2. Click Customize on the drop down menu. The Customize dialog box opens.
3. Click the Options tab.
4. Click in the check box to select Always Show Full Menus.

Always Show Full Menus

5.
Click Close.

Exercise 1

Do the following exercise. It demonstrates using the Microsoft Word menu.

1. Click File on the Menu bar.
2. Press the right arrow key until Help is highlighted.
3. Press the left arrow key until Format is highlighted.
4. Press the down arrow key until Styles and Formatting are highlighted.
5. Press the up arrow key until Paragraph is highlighted.
6. Press Enter to select the Paragraph menu option.
7. Click Cancel to close the dialog box.

Toolbars

The Standard Toolbar
The Standard Toolbar

The Formatting Toolbar
The Formatting Toolbar

Toolbars provide shortcuts to menu commands. Toolbars are generally located just below the Menu bar. Before proceeding with this lesson, make sure the toolbars you will use -- Standard and Formatting -- are available. Follow these steps:

1. Click View on the Menu bar.
2. Highlight Toolbars.
3. Standard and Formatting should have check marks next to them. If both Standard and Formatting have heck marks next to them, press Esc three times to close the menu.
4. If they do not both have check marks, click Customize.
5. Click the Toolbars tab.
6. Point to the box next to the unchecked option and click the left mouse button to make a check mark appear.
Note: You turn the check mark on and off by clicking the left mouse button.
7. Click Close to close the dialog box.
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