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Word Processing
Keyboarding and Computer Applications
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| word processing | the use of computer software to enter and edit text |
| alignment | refers to the horizontal position of a line of text |
| left align | on left margin |
| right align | on right margin |
| center align | center of a line of text |
| justified align | align text to the left and right margins evenly adding extra space between |
| enhancing features | bold, italic, and underline |
| undo | reverse the last change you made in text |
| redo | reverse the last undo action |
| hyphenation | feature that will automatically divide words that would normally wrap to the next line. This evens the right margin making text more attractive. |
| page breaks | signal the end of a page and the beginning of a new page |
| soft page break | a page is automatically inserted when the current page is full |
| hard page break | inserted manually when you want a new page to begin before the current page is full |
| tabs | used for indenting text and for arranging text in columns on the same line |
| left tabs | all text aligned evenly on the left |
| right tabs | all text aligned evenly on the right -commonly used to align whole numbers |
| decimal tabs | align all text at the decimal point |
| margins | used to change the amount of blank space at the top, bottom, right, and left edges of the paper |
| line spacing | used to change the amount of white space left between line of texts/sentences |
| serif face font | has lines, curves, or edges extending from the ends of the letter; more readable and generally used for documents |
| sans face font | straight edged; typically used for headlines |
| script face font | looks like handwriting; used for more invitations and announcements |
| superscript | is a character that prints above the writing line |
| subscript | is a character that prints below the line |
| bullet | is a dot or symbol used to highlight points of information or to itemize a list |
| SAVE AS | is used when you wish to save a document under a different filename or in a different location |
| thesaurus | used to find words that have similar meaning to a words in your document |