License: Public Domain: No Known Copyright. License Terms: According to Microsoft Trademark & Brand Guidelines, this logo may be used 'in text solely to refer to and/or link to Microsoft's products and services.' The ribbon display options allow you to hide or reveal all or parts of the ribbon. You can reopen the ribbon with the ribbon display options. If you find the array of buttons too distracting, you can hide the ribbon by pushing the arrow at the bottom-right corner of the ribbon. Clicking the small, boxed-in arrow at the bottom right-hand corner of each group opens a dialog box with more options for each group. For example, the Font group contains all the font tools and options. Those type names are near the bottom of the ribbon. Within each tab, commands are grouped according to type. The currently selected tab is white, while the other tabs are blue. The Home tab is selected by default when you open Word. The tabs you will most frequently use are the File tab and the Home tab. Clicking each tab provides a whole new set of options. The tabs on the ribbon are a way of organizing the many tools and options Word has. You can customize which commands are available in the quick access toolbar by clicking the arrow to the right of the Redo button. By default, the quick access toolbar has (from left to right) Save, Undo, and Redo.

The quick access toolbar shows commonly used commands so that you can execute those commands with one button instead of a couple. You can also use the shortcut Ctrl+N (Command+N for Mac). If you already have a file open in Word, you can create a new document by clicking File>New. Newer versions such as Word 2019 will take you to a menu called backstage view to choose to open a new blank document or open a new document from a template.

When you open Word, some versions of Word may take you straight to a new blank document. While there was a fairly noticeable difference between Office 2007 and Office 2010, Office 2016 and Office 2019 are comparably similar. If Tom purchases and downloads a copy of “Office 2019” on Friday, and Sally purchases and downloads a copy of “Office 2019” on Monday, they may have different versions because there was a point release over the weekend.īecause of this model, Microsoft is more incremental in their updates to the products. While this course is based on Office 2019, it’s important to note that while Microsoft offers the purchase of Office 2019, that version is constantly updating to match the latest updates in Office 365.

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