The status bar is at the bottom of the Word window.

Ribbon display options. The ribbon display options allow you to hide or reveal all or parts of the ribbon.

You can reopen the ribbon with the ribbon display options.

Hide ribbon. If you find the array of buttons too distracting, you can hide the ribbon by pushing the arrow at the bottom-right corner of the ribbon.

Clicking the small, boxed-in arrow at the bottom right-hand corner of each group opens a dialog box with more options for each group. For example, the Font group contains all the font tools and options. Those type names are near the bottom of the ribbon.

Group names. Within each tab, commands are grouped according to type.

The currently selected tab is white, while the other tabs are blue.

Currently selected tab. The Home tab is selected by default when you open Word.

The tabs you will most frequently use are the File tab and the Home tab. Clicking each tab provides a whole new set of options.

Tabs. The tabs on the ribbon are a way of organizing the many tools and options Word has.

You can customize which commands are available in the quick access toolbar by clicking the arrow to the right of the Redo button. By default, the quick access toolbar has (from left to right) Save, Undo, and Redo.

Quick access toolbar. The quick access toolbar shows commonly used commands so that you can execute those commands with one button instead of a couple.

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