| A | B |
| Title bar | displays program and document name |
| Menu bar | displays drop-down submenu items that can be selected to execute commands |
| Standard toolbar | contains buttons that will execute many common menu commands |
| Formatting toolbar | contains buttons and boxes to change the appearance of a document |
| Horizontal and Vertical Rulers | show the margins of the page |
| Insertion point | a blinking vertical line that indicates where the next character will appear |
| Office Assistant | answers questions for the user |
| Scroll Bars | move the screen view horizontally or vertically |
| View buttons | change the screen view to Normal, Web layout, print layout, or outline view |
| Minimize button | shrinks the application or document window to an icon |
| Restore button | returns the application or document to a reduced size |
| Maximize button | brings the application or document to its maximum size |
| Close button | closes the application or document |
| Default settings | margins, tab stops, single spacing, font style, font size and left alingment is automatically preset |
| Close buttons | appears in the upper-right corner of the screen that exits the Word program, the bottom button closes the document window |