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Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| word processing | act of creating, editing and producing a text |
| ribbon | major organizational unit of Microsoft® Word which contains tabs and groups of commands |
| mail merge | personalized letter which is sent to multiple individuals with the only difference being the individuals’ names |
| macro | series of commands or instructions grouped together to accomplish a single command which accomplishes a task automatically |
| non-printing characters | symbols which appear on the screen but are not visible on the printed page |
| cursor | black blinking line located on the document |
| insertion point | location where the text will begin |
| alignment | location of the beginning of the text |
| word wrap | natural ability of text to move to the next line when it does not fit on the current line |
| hard return | process of hitting the enter key and switching lines |
| soft return | switching of lines which occurs naturally during word processing when the end of a line is reached |
| dragging | process of moving the mouse over an area of text |
| non-contiguous selection copying process of making an exact replica of text or an object to move to another location without disturbing the original selection | selecting only certain portions of a document without selecting the entire document |
| clipboard | temporary storage location for all of the items which have been cut or copied on the computer |
| cutting | the sprocess of removing text and placing it on the clipboard so it can be relocated either iname document or another document |
| pasting | process of moving items placed on the clipboard to a location in a file |
| formatting | act of customizing a document to fit the user’s needs by adjusting pieces of the document |
| AutoComplete | feature which guesses the names of calendar items as they are typed and then suggests the complete word |
| AutoCorrect | automatically makes corrections to a document such as capitalization, spelling, grammar and typing errors |
| AutoFormat | as You Type tool which applies built-in formats as text is typed |
| spell check | tool which notifies the user of possible misspelled or misused words |
| grammar check | proofreading tool which automatically identifies grammatical problems |
| thesaurus | built-in reference for finding synonyms |
| indent | space between the margin and where the text begins |
| first-line indent | description of an indent in a paragraph when only the first line of the text in the paragraph is indented |
| hanging indent | description of an indent when the first line is not indented but all of the following lines are indented in a paragraph |
| margins | blank areas around the sides of a page |
| alignment | position of the text between the margins |
| left align | positions text so it is aligned along the left margin |
| center align | positions text centered between the right and lift margins |
| right align | positions text so it is aligned along the right margin |
| justify | aligns text to both the left and right margins adding extra space between words as necessary |
| page orientation | layout position of a piece of paper for printing |
| portrait orientation | page is rotated so it is longer than it is wide |
| landscape orientation | page is rotated so it is wider than it is long |
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