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To open Writer, double-click its icon      on the desktop. It opens as:


                   Control                                                                                Control
                   Box                                                                                    Buttons
                   Standard                                                                               Close
                   Toolbar
                                                                                                          Maximize
                Tab Control                                                                               /Restore
                Formatting                                                                                Minimize
                Tool Bar
                                                                                                          Vertical
                                                                                                          Scroll Bar
                Menu Bar
                                                                                                          Title Bar
                 Document                                                                                 Horizontal
                 Window/                                                                                  Ruler
                 Work Area

                 Vertical Ruler
                      Drawing
                      Tool Bar
                                                                                                         Horizontal
                                                                                                         Scroll Bar
                 Status Bar                                                                              Zoom


              The opened screen of ‘Writer’ has different parts. Some of them are:
                Document  Window/Work Area:  It refers to  the  active  document  where  text  is typed.  It is the

                 workspace where a user can type text at the cursor point.  The blinking vertical line (which  looks
                 like ‘|’)  in a document is known as the insertion point or cursor.
                Title Bar: It lies at the top of the screen. It displays the name of the active document. In Title Bar, there is
                 a control box at the left corner and Minimize, Maximize/Restore and Close buttons are at the right corner.

                Minimize/Maximize/Restore/Close Buttons: They are located at the upper right corner of the screen.
                 They are used to minimize, maximize/restore and close the active document respectively.
                Menu Bar: It lies below the ‘Title bar’. It contains a list of menus like File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, Table,
                 Tools, Window and Help. Each menu has its own sub-menu and options for executing different functions.

                Standard Toolbar: It lies below the ‘Menu bar’. It contains shortcut buttons that provide quick access to
                 frequently used commands like New, Open, Save, Print, etc.

                                                Spelling                            Show Draw
                                                 and
                      Open      Edit File  Print  grammar  Cut  Paste        Hyperlink Functions  Data Source
                  New      Save             Page                     Undo                  Navigator    Zoom Help
                                           Preview



                           Document  Export Directly   AutoSpell   Copy  Format  Redo  Table  Find &   Gallery Nonprinting
                            as E-mail  as PDF     check        Paintbrush               Replace       Characters


                Formatting Toolbar: It contains shortcut buttons which provide quick access to frequently used formatting
                 commands that help to change the appearance of the text.






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