Microsoft Word

 What is Microsoft word 

Microsoft Word is word processing software. It is developed by Microsoft and is part of 

Microsoft Office Suite. It enables you to create, edit and save professional documents like 

letters and reports.

What is Microsoft word used for?

Microsoft Word lets you create professional- quality documents, reports, letters, and résumés. Unlike a plain text editor, Microsoft Word has features including spell check, grammar check, text and font format- ting, HTML (hypertext markup language) support, image support, advanced page lay- out, and more.

What does the Microsoft Word editor look like ?

Below is an overview of a Microsoft Word 2010 document .

Where do you find or start Microsoft Word ?

1. Click the Start button. or press the Windows key on your keyboard to display the Start menu.
2. In the list of applications, find Word and click it. The startup screen appears and Word starts. Tip: The first time you start Word, the Microsoft Software License Agreement might appear.

How to create an MS Word document?

To create an MS Word doc, follow the steps mentioned above to open Microsoft Word. Then once the program is open, click on “File” followed by “New”. This opens a new doc where something new can be created.

Since it is used by people of all age groups, in schools, in colleges and for official purposes, having proper knowledge of Microsoft Word is a must. The preview of the MS Doc file once it is opened is given below:

Features of MS Word

Now let us read more about the features and components of an MS Word doc file in detail.
The image given below shows the different elements and categories which are available in MS Word doc:

• Home

This has options like font colour, font size, font style, alignment, bullets, line spacing, etc. All the basic elements which one may need to edit their document is available under the Home option.

• Insert   

Tables, shapes, images, charts, graphs, header, footer, page number, etc. can all be entered in the document. They are included in the “Insert” category.

• Design

The template or the design in which you want your document to be created can be selected under the Design tab. Choosing an appropriate tab will enhance the appearance of your document.

• Page Layout

Under the Page Layout tab comes options like margins, orientation, columns, lines, indentation, spacing, etc.

• References

This tab is the most useful for those who are creating a thesis or writing books or lengthy documents. Options like citation, footnote, table of contents, caption, bibliography, etc. can be found under this tab.

• Review 

Spell check, grammar, Thesaurus, word count, language, translation, comments, etc. can all be tracked under the review tab. This acts as an advantage for those who get their documents reviewed on MS Word.

Apart from all the above-mentioned features, the page can be set in different views and layouts, which can be added and optimised using the View tab on the Word document. Margins and scales are also available for the benefit of the users.