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Word lesson 1
Microsoft first stack
Term | Definition |
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Backstage view | Is a screen that appears when you click the File tab in Word 2016. While the ribbon contains commands you use while working within a document, |
Block Style | format aligns text along the left margin, including the date, inside address, salutation, body of the letter, closing, and signature |
Command | an action that you perform in Word by clicking a button |
Dialog box | The box that displays additional options or information you can use to execute a command. Box with extra info in it |
Dialog box launcher | small arrow in the lower right corner of the group, that you click to launch a dialog box |
Groups | or collections of related Word commands. For example, in the Home tab, the groups are labeled Clipboard, Font, Paragraph, Styles, and Editing. |
I-beam | When you place your cursor near it, the insertion point changes to a large “I,” |
Insertion point | is where you begin creating your text |
Menu | a list of options |
Mixed punctuation | requires a colon after the salutation and a comma after the closing. |
Non printing characters | are symbols for certain formatting commands, such as paragraphs, indents and tabs, and spaces between words the things that don't show when you r |
Open punctuation | requires no punctuation after the salutation or the closing |
Preview | screen to the right of the Print options settings enables you to view your document as it will appear when it is printed, so you can make any necessary changes |
automatically prints the document to the default printer using the default settings | |
Quick Access tool bar | is located above the Ribbon and contains commands that users access most often. on the left of the title |
Repeat | command repeats your last action |
Ribbon | long area on the top of the screen with font color and etc.contains multiple commands on separate tabs |
Save | button in the Quick Access Toolbar for the first time opens the Save As screen, which allows you to secure your work |
Save As | the bust found in backstage view, and you use it when your first time typing and changes name and location. |
Settings | enables you to view your document as it will appear when it is printed, so you can make any necessary changes, such as changing the margins or orientation, before printing |
Tabs | active, hiding and displaying command groups, and using the dialog box launcher and drop-down arrows |
Template | pre-formatted documents found in the backstage view |
Undo | command lets you cancel or undo your last Word command or action |
White space | is the space between the bottom of the pages of the document |
Word wrap | automatically wraps text to the next line as it reaches the right margin, command that automatically starts new pages and lines |