Office 2000 Basics

Introduction

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

• Open and launch an Office application
• Close an Office application
• Exit Office 2000
  

Opening Office and launching an application

Use the Start button on the taskbar to start Microsoft Office 2000.

To start Microsoft Office 2000:

• Click the Start button .
• Select Programs. A pop-up menu appears.
• Select the Office application you want to open, such as Microsoft Word.
• Your chosen program opens, ready for you to begin work, create a new file, or open an existing one.

Closing and exiting

To close a current Office file:

• Choose File menuClose from the menu bar.

Or use your keyboard:

• Alt + FC

To exit Microsoft Office completely:

• Choose File menuExit from the menu bar.

Or use your keyboard:

• Alt + FX

You can close and exit using the close buttons in the top-right corner of your window:

Did you know?

The most drastic way to exit Microsoft Office is to simply turn off your computer.

Don't do it! If you turn your computer off without first exiting properly from a Microsoft Office program, you may lose your data. Worse, your computer may zap other files on your hard drive.

Make a habit of closing an Office application (such as Word) before exiting Microsoft Office entirely.