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The components of OpenOffice Writer window are explained below:
• Title Bar: It is the top bar of the window. On the left side, it displays the name of the application as OpenOffice
Writer along with the active document name. In the give screen, the default name 'Untitled 1' will be displayed.
On the right side, it displays control buttons—Minimize, Maximize and Close. These buttons control the size of the
active window on the screen.
• Menu Bar: It is located just below the Title Bar. It contains buttons—File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, Table, Tools, Window
and Help which when clicked open submenus and options that help you to use different features of OpenOffice Writer.
The submenu item which shows three dots ‘...’ just after the submenu name, will open another dialog box. The
submenu item with the arrow ‘ ’ will open another submenu.
• Standard Toolbar: It is located just below the Menu Bar. It has buttons related to basic standard commands like New,
Open, Save, etc. which are standard across all applications of OpenOffice.
• Formatting Toolbar: It is located just below the standard toolbar. It contains buttons related to formatting the text
like bold, italics, underline, superscript, subscript, font size, font style, etc.
In case, these toolbars are not activated when you open the OpenOffice Writer then select the View → Toolbars
option from the menu bar. It will display a list of toolbars available in the OpenOffice Writer. A toolbar with a sign
shows that it is already available in the application.
• Horizontal and Vertical Ruler: It helps you align the text, tables, margins, indents, tabs and other elements of your
document.
• Status Bar: It is located at the bottom of the OpenOffice Writer interface. It displays the information regarding the
status of the document in terms of cursor position, the number of pages in the document and the state of the caps
lock, num lock and scroll lock keys, etc.
• Horizontal and Vertical Scroll bar: They help you scroll to different non visible portions of the window. The horizontal
scrollbar helps you scroll left and right side of the document. The vertical scrollbar helps you scroll to the top and
bottom portion of the document.
• Zoom: The Zoom Slider with a Zoom Percent allows you to view the document in a scalable mode i.e., if you wish to
enlarge the screen to see the picture and the document in enlarged version then this scale is highly helpful. It does
not affect the physical document.
• Work Area: This is the actual working area where the cursor blinks and the user can type, edit and use all the
features of the application software.
Subject: Using keyboard keys to move the cursor
Using Keyboard-Arrows keys, Home and End keys are used to control the position of the cursor in
a document. Mouse can easily be rolled on the surface to position the cursor in any direction.
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