Identifying the parts of an application window

• The WordPad window is typical of an application window. 
  
  
  
  There are a number of items that you need to be familiar with.
  
  Title bar.
  This is the bar running across the top of the application window and normally displays the title of the program window.
  
  
  
  
  Menu bar.
  The Menu bar contains a number of drop down options, often including items such as File and Edit.
  
  
  
  Clicking on one of these options displays a list of commands that you can choose from, as illustrated for the File menu option.
  
  
  
  
  
  Toolbar.The Toolbar contains icons or buttons which you can click on to perform a particular task, such as printing a document.
  
  
  
  Status bar. The Status bar is normally displayed along the bottom edge of the application window.  It can display status information, such as the number of pages contained within a document.
  
  
  
  Scroll bar. Scroll bars are normally displayed only when needed.  If the data within a window will not fit within the window you may see horizontal and/or vertical scroll bars displayed.
  
  
  
  

• Office 2007 applications. 
  When Microsoft introduced Microsoft Office 2007, they gave programs a new look and introduced the concept of the Ribbon, as illustrated below.
  
  
  

• The ribbon is divided into tabs, such as Home, Insert, Page Layout as illustrated below.
  
  
  

• Each tab is divided into groups, such as Clipboard, Font and Paragraph, as illustrated below.
  
  
  

• Each section contains the icons or buttons that you can click on, as illustrated below for the Font group.