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Unit C
Term | Definition |
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font | the typeface or design of a set of characters |
font size | the size of characters, measured in points |
point | to position the tip of the mouse pointer over an object, option, or item |
theme | a relates set of fonts, colors, stles, and effects that is applied to an entire document in any office program to give it a cohesive appearance |
drop cap | a large dropped initial capital letter that is often used to set off the first paragraph of an article |
bold | formatting applied to text to make it thicker and darker |
italic | formatting applied to text to make the characters slant to the right |
format painter | non-printing charactersthat appear on screen to indicate the ends of paragraph, tabs, and other formatting elements |
quick styles | a set of styles that are designed to be used together in a document |
style | a named collection of character and paragraph formats that are stored together and can be applied to text to format it quickly |
left aligned | alignment in which the item is flush with the left margin |
right aligned | text is aligned along the left margin, and letter- and word-spacing is adjusted so that the text falls flush with both margins |
justify | show or prove to be right or reasonable |
center | the middle point of a circle or sphere, equidistant from every point on the circumference or surface |
tab stop | the location the cursor stops after the tab key is pressed |
indent | start (a line of text) or position (a block of text, table, etc.) further from the margin than the main part of the text |
indent markers | a notch, cut, or dent in something |
bullet | a small symbol, such as a solid circle, printed just before a line of type, such as an item in a list, to emphasize it |
borders | form an edge along or beside (something) |
shading | the darkening or coloring of an illustration or diagram with parallel lines or a block of color |
clip art | simple pictures and symbols made available for computer users to add to their documents |
clip organizer | drawings, photographs, sounds, videos, and other media files |
clips | a device, typically flexible or worked by a spring, for holding an object or objects together or in place |
sizing handles | a tool found in a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that allows users to resize an object |
inline graphic | images that are embedded within a text document |
floating graphic | inserted into a document "inline" rather than floating in the draw layer |