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The "Right-Click" Menus

a hidden Tab control that is displayed in the tab row when an object in the application workspace is selected or highlighted

Replaces menus, toolbars and most of the task panes that were found in previous versions

Located at the top of the document window and consists of tabs that are organized by tasks

Each tab is organized in groups such as the Font or Paragraph group located under the “Home” tab

Each button, in a group, is called a command button

Includes most common commands such as Save and Undo

Is customizable by adding command buttons to it

Contained in the lower right hand corner of a group on the ribbons

Opens a dialogue box that is familiar to users

To open... on the downward angled arrow
If there isn’t one then that set of commands does not have a dialogue box

When creating a new document or loading an existing document, a document window opens containing the first page

Each document displays in its own window, and more than one window for each document can be opened at any time

consists of a button that when clicked displays a drop-down list containing a collection of mutually exclusive items or Commands

This control is useful for exposing related items or Commands where there is no obvious default, and the individual items can be represented by an image, text, or both

displays small graphics that represent the result of applying a command

tabs are often organized into... that conatin related items.

reference in a document to an external or internal piece of information

highlighted hypertext

command buttons to apply different formatting styles to text display examples of how the text would look if formatted using that command

alt & F10

keyboard shortcuts

allows you to change various settings that control what is included in your search

also called a ToolTip

provides a convenient means for allowing a user to select from a range of values

used to navigate within a text document

cursor

usually associated to a drop-down menu

Pressing the button should carry out an action; alternatively, clicking on arrow to the right or to the bottom of the "split" should display different but similar actions that can be performed by clicking on the menu item

is a box at the bottom of the browser window

can show a few different bits of information

is to show the progress of the loading of web pages into the browser window

The goal of this new addition is to prevent users from having to search help

To accomplish this goal the new tooltips will contain the feature name, related keyboard shortcut, and a description

pretty pictures

"super"

In a software program window and on the Internet

allows for the user to access different parts of a menu, display, or page

It presents the user with a list of common actions and destinations that are relevant to the current directory or file(s) selected

human computer interface

man-machine interface (MMI)

is the aggregate of means by which people—the users—interact with the system—a particular machine, device, computer program or other complex tool

a type of context menu that is automatically shown (by default) when text is selected

The purpose of this feature is to provide easy access to the most-used formatting commands without requiring a right-mouse-button click, as was necessary in older versions of the software

It is used in conjunction with a cursor, usually a mouse pointer.

The user hovers the cursor over an item, without clicking it, and a small "hover box" appears with supplementary information regarding the item being hovered over.