Text area
This is the big white area on your screen. When you type, text will appear here. In the upper left-hand corner of are two lines:

    Insertion point This blinking vertical line indicates where text will be inserted next when you type.

    End mark This short horizontal line indicates the end of your document. It moves down as you type.

The mouse cursor becomes different depending what you are doing and where it is located on the Word screen. In the text area, it is usually an I beam, which is a short vertical line.