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Work Area

The Work Area is the area in a window where the main contents of a program are
displayed, and related work is done.

Scroll Bar
A Scroll bar is used to view parts of the Work area, that are not currently visible on
the screen. There are two types of scroll bars in a window:

1. Vertical scroll bar: It is located at
the right edge of the work area. It
enables you to move up and down
in the window.

2. Horizontal scroll bar: It is located
at the bottom of the work area. It
enables you to move left and right Horizontal scroll bar Vertical scroll bar
in the window.

Status Bar
The Status bar is located at the bottom of a program window. It displays information
about the current program or file opened in it.

Borders

The Borders mark the extent of the window. They also help to differentiate one
window from another window.

Knowledge Discovery Subject Enrichment

A Dialog Box is a window that displays a list of options or
information related to a particular action in a program.s

STARTING A PROGRAM 1
A program can be started using any one of several methods listed below.

Method 1: Double-click the icon of the program on the Desktop.
Method 2: Right-click the icon of the program. Click the

Open option in the menu that appears. 2

Method 3: Click the program name in the list of programs
in the Start menu.

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