Creating and Editing a Word
Document
Word Project 1
Document Window
• Document Window – your view of a portion
of a document on the screen
• Print Layout View – shows the document on a
mock sheet of paper
• Insertion Point – is a blinking vertical bar
that indicates where text, graphics, and other
items will be inserted
Office Button
Office Button
• Office Button – is a central location for
managing and sharing documents
• Menu – contains a list of commands
• Submenu – is a list of additional commands
associated with a selected command
Ribbon
• Ribbon – is the control center in Word
• Home tab – contains the more frequently used
commands
• Active tab – is the tab currently displayed on
the Ribbon
Ribbon
Ribbon
• Contextual tabs – are menu options that
appear only when certain objects are selected
• Gallery – is a set of choices arranged in a grid
or in a list
• Live Preview – is a feature that allows you to
point to a gallery choice and see its effects in the
document without actually selecting the choice
Toolbars and Menus
• Mini Toolbar
▫ appears automatically
▫ contains commands related to changing the
appearance of text
• Shortcut Menu
▫ appears when you right-click
▫ is a list of frequently used commands that relate to an
object
• Quick Access Toolbar
▫ Located by default above the Ribbon
▫ Provides easy access to frequently used commands
Formatting
Formatting Mark
• Formatting Mark – (nonprinting character) is
a character that Word displays on the screen but
is not visible on a printed document
• Wordwrap – allows you to type words in a
paragraph continually without pressing the
ENTER key at the end of each line
Formatting
• Paragraph Formatting – is the process of
changing the appearance of a paragraph
• Character Formatting – is the process of
changing the way characters (letter, numbers,
symbols, etc.) appear in the document
Formatting
• Font – defines the appearance and shape of the
characters
• Font size – specifies the size of the characters and
is determined by a measurement system called
points
▫ Point – is 1/72 of an inch
• Style – is a named group of formatting
characteristics
▫ Normal style – default style in Word
 Calibri, 11pt, 1” margins and 1.15 lines
• Theme – is a set of unified formats for fonts, colors,
and graphics
Formatting
• Bulleted List – is a series of paragraphs, each
beginning with a bullet character
• Bold – characters display somewhat thicker and
darker
• Underlined – text prints with an underscore
below each character
• Italicized – text has slanted appearance
Themes and Styles
Styles Gallery
• Quick Style – the predefined styles in the styles
gallery
• Style set – consists of a group of frequently
used styles formatted so they look pleasing
together
• Color scheme – identifies 12 complimentary
colors for text, background, accents, and links
• Font set – defines format for two fonts: one for
headings and another for body text
Parts of a Flyer
• Headline – attention getting first line
• Body Copy – all text between headline and
signature line
• Signature line – contact information
• Picture/Clip Art – visual reference/attention
• Bulleted list – emphasize key information
• Page Border – frame the information