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| Title Bar | Displays the name of the document. |
| Menu Bar | Contains the menus used to perform various tasks. |
| Text Area | Displays text and graphics in the document. |
| Status Bar | Displays information about the task you are performing, including position of the insertion point. |
| Show/Hide Button | Allows you to view all nonprinting characters in a document. |
| Line Break Character | Used to start a new line within the same paragraph. |
| Nonbreaking Space | Used to prevent two words from being divided between two lines. |
| Delete Key | Deletes words or characters to the right of the insertion point. |
| Ctrl + Home | Allows user to move to beginning of document quickly. |
| Ctrl + End | Allows user to move to end of document quickly. |
| F4 | Repeats previous command. |
| Ctrl + Click anywhere in sentence | Selects one sentence |
| Formatting Toolbar | Displays options for changing the appearance of text. |
| Standard Toolbar | Displays frequently used options such as open, save, and print. |
| Serif Fonts | Fonts that have decorative lines. |
| Points | Means of measuring font sizes. |
| Superscript | Raises text above other characters on the same line. |
| Subscript | Places text below characters on the same line. |
| AutoFormat | Automattically changes formatting as you key text. |
| Format Painter | Button on Standard Toolbar used to copy character formatting. |
| AutoCorrect | Corrects commonly misspelled words as you key text. |
| AutoComplete | Suggests the completed word when you key the first 4 or more letters. |
| AutoText | Inserts over 40 commonly used entries. |
| Red wavy line | Indicates misspelled words |
| Green wavy line | Indicates possible grammatical errors. |
| Spelling and Grammar Status icon | Located at the right end of the status bar. |
| Thesaurus | Looks up synonyms for a selected word. |
| Tools | Menu option for AutoCorrect |