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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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