You can use Word to write letters, memos, reports, and essays. For information on launching and quitting Word, as well as performing basic document-related tasks, such as creating, opening, saving, and closing documents, see Chapter 2. To close all documents and quit Word, you must close every open document. Many elements, such as the Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar, can also be found in Ms word interface, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Elements of the Word 2013 interface. Click the File tab to perform file-related activities in the Backstagesuch as creating, opening, saving, and printing. Click Options to set Word preferences. Click text links and icons in Word Help to view help topics. Click the close box X to dismiss Word Help. Similar commands and procedures are listed together on a tab, such as Insert or View. Within each tab, procedures are further divided into groups, based on similarity of function. Click the View : Show : Ms word interface check box to hide or show the horizontal and vertical rulers. Use the controls on the horizontal ruler to set or change tab stops and indents for the selected paragraph s. The vertical ruler is visible only on the page that contains the text insertion mark. To make it easier to format and edit certain types of material, such as inserted charts and photos, you can open a task-related pane on the side of the document window. Many task panes are opened by clicking what was formerly a dialog box launcher on the Ribbon. Click this icon at the bottom of a Ribbon group to launch a related task pane or dialog box. When the Navigation Pane is displayed View : Show : Navigation Paneyou can use it to go to a particular spot in a document by clicking a listed heading, page thumbnail, or search result. You can close panes or switch to Read Mode to increase the display area for the document. Scroll bar and scroll box. This indicator displays the current page number, as well as the total number of pages in the document. Click it to open or close the Navigation Pane. This indicator shows the word count for the document. If text is selected, it shows the number of words in the selection. Click the indicator to open the Word Count dialog box. For detailed word count information, open the Word Count dialog box. This indicator shows if there are proofing errors that need to be addressed, such as misspellings, repeated words, or extra spaces between words. Click the indicator to open a task pane in which you can view and optionally correct each suspected error. Click an icon to switch views. You can also switch views by clicking an icon in the View : Views group. The purpose of each view is explained in the following section. You can switch to some views by clicking an icon in the status bar. Change the current magnification by dragging the slider, clicking the + increase or — decrease button, or clicking the zoom percentage text. Click the close box X to close an open document or to quit Word. You can also close the active document by clicking Close in the Backstage. Resume Reading When you reopen a Word document, the first page is displayed and the text insertion mark is set at the beginning of the document. In Word 2013, you can optionally jump to where ms word interface previously left off. On opening, a Resume Reading icon appears in the right margin. Hover the cursor over it to learn the approximate jump point; click the icon if you want to scroll to that spot in the document.
