You may be new to Word, but if you’ve used any other Windows program, you’ll recognize most of the screen elements. The screen always contains a title bar, menu bar, toolbar, and control buttons. You’ll find that the nice thing about a Windows program is that after you learn one application, you have a head start on the next one.
When you start Word, a blank document appears (see Figure 1.1), which means you can start typing immediately. The insertion point shows you where the text will appear.