MS Word

History:

. MS Word is a component of Microsoft Office Suite.
. It was released in 1983 as Multi-Tool Word. 
. Used to create,edit documents.
. Its first version was based on the framework of Bravo which was world's first graphical writing program.
. Latest version is MS Word 2016.

Benifits:

. We can use different fonts, shapes, formats, clipart etc.

. We can also integrate MS Word with Excel, PowerPoint.

. Used to create all types of documents and save.

. Can be copied to flash drive.

Structure:

. MS Office Button: When we click this button we get lot of options like new, open, save etc..

. Quick Access Toolbar: Using these we can save, undo, redo actions.

. Title Bar: Displays current program name.

. Menu Bar: Contains names of command menus currently available.

. Formatting Toolbar: It allows us to format text like font styles, size etc.

Paragraph Alignment:

Type Faces:

. Type faces are set of one or more fonts.

. We can change the font and also their style using Formatting Toolbar.

Short keys:

. MS Word provides a lot of short keys to access.

. Instead of using the icons we can make changes by using keyboard.

  Examples:

Key	Function
Ctrl+A	Selects all text
Ctrl+B	Bolds selected text
Ctrl+C	Copies selected text
Ctrl+E	Aligns the text in center
Ctrl+K	Inserts hyperlink
Ctrl+I	Applies italic font
Ctrl+N	Open new word
Ctrl+V	Pastes the copied text
Ctrl+X	Cuts the selected text
Ctrl+Z	Undo the action

Page Margins:

. Used to apply margins to the pages.

. Available in page layout option.

. We can choose any of the option as per requirement.

Multiple Columns:

. We can convert the text into multiple columns.
. It is mostly used in Newspaper printing.
. It is found in Columns Tab in Page Layout tool bar.
. We can select number of columns as per requirement.