Ribbon Tabs

• When you first start Microsoft Word, you normally see the Home tab displayed, as illustrated.
  
  
  

• This tab contains icons and other controls that are most commonly used within Microsoft Word, such as making text display as bold or underlined.  You can also find more advanced options such as paragraph alignment, numbering and bulleting.  Move the mouse pointer over some of the icons and get a feel for what options are contained within this tab.
  

• Click on the Insert tab and you will see commands and options relating to inserting items within your Microsoft Word document.  Again move the mouse pointer over the items and see what is available.
  
  
  

• Click on the Page Layout tab and briefly examine what is available within this tab.  Do the same for the other tabs.  In some cases, such as the Mailings tab you won't make much sense out of the commands at the moment, but all will become clear once you start using Microsoft Word for real.