| A | B |
| Title bar | Displays program and document name |
| Antonyms | Words with opposite meanings |
| Standard toolbar | Displays buttons for accessing common features such as saving, opening and printing |
| Formatting toolbar | Displays buttons for accessing common formatting features and commands such as bold, italic and centering text |
| Horizontal ruler | Displays information such as margins, tab stops and indents |
| Vertical ruler | Measures the height of a document page |
| Screen tip | Displays the name of the element on which the mouse pointer is resting |
| Insertion point | A blinking vertical line that displays to the right of the space where characters are inserted in a document |
| Document window | The area where you type document text or insert graphics, tables or other content |
| Scroll boxes | used with a mouse to shift the on-screen display up and down or left and right |
| Status bar | Displays information such as the currently displayed page, currently displayed section and how many pages there are in a document |
| Default | A standard setting or mode of operation |
| View | The way a document appears on screen |
| Elements | Menus, icons and other items that are part of an on-screen interface |
| Word wrap | A feature that causes text to move automatically from the end of one line to the beginning of the next line |
| Paragraph mark | A nonprinting character inserted in a document to indicate where a paragraph ends |
| Nonprinting characters | Characters such as paragraph marks and tab symbols that are not printed in a document but that can be displayed on the screen |
| Undo | The command for reversing a previous action |
| Menu bar | Displays the names of the main menus |
| Horizontal Alignment | The position of text on a line in relation to the left and right margins |
| Hard Copy | A document printed on paper |
| Smart Tag | A feature of Word 2002 designed to let you perform actions within word that you would normally have to open another application to accomplish |
| Thesaurus | A listing of words with synonyms and antonyms |
| Synonyms | Words with the same meaning |
| Redo | The command for reversing the Undo command |