Microsoft Word – Toolbar Basic 3 Basic Technology Lesson Note

What is a Toolbar?

The toolbar is a row of buttons at the top of Microsoft Word that helps you do different things with your document.

Important Toolbar Buttons

Formatting Buttons:

• Bold (B) – makes text thick and dark
• Italic (I) – makes text slanted
• Underline (U) – puts line under text
• Font size – makes letters bigger or smaller

File Buttons:

• New – creates a new document
• Open – opens an existing document
• Save – keeps your work safe
• Print – makes a paper copy

Editing Buttons:

• Cut – removes text (scissors icon)
• Copy – makes a copy of text
• Paste – puts copied text somewhere else
• Undo – takes back the last thing you did

Alignment Buttons:

• Left align – text starts from left side
• Center – text goes to the middle
• Right align – text starts from right side

Exercise 2:

1. Which button makes text thick? _______
2. What does the Save button do? _______
3. Which button puts line under words? _______