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Unit C
Unit C: Formatting Text & Paragraphs Vocabulary
| Font | A Font is a complete set of characters with the same typeface or design. |
| Font size | Another way to change the appearance of text is to increase or decrease. |
| Point | A point is 1/72 of an inch. |
| Theme | A theme is a related set of fonts, colors, styles, and effects that is applied to an entire document to give it a cohesive appearance. |
| Drop cap | A drop cap is a large initial capital letter, often used to set off the first paragraph of an article. |
| Bold | For example, you can use the buttons in the front group to make text darker by applying bold. |
| Italic | To make text slanted by applying italic. |
| Format painter | The Format Painter is a powerful Word feature that allows you to copy all the format settings applied to selected text to other text that you want to format the same way. |
| Quick style | To make it even easier, Word includes sets of styles, called Quick Styles, that are designed to be used together in a document to make it attractive and readable. |
| Style | A Style is a set of formats, such as font, font size, and paragraph alignment, that are named and stored together. |
| Left aligned | By default, text is left-aligned, which means it is flush with the margin and has a ragged right edge. |
| Right aligned | Using the alignment buttons in the Paragraph group, you can right-align a paragraph - make it rush with the right margin. |
| Justify | You can also justify a paragraph so that both the left and right edges of the paragraph are flush with the left and right margins. |
| Center | Center a paragraph so that it is positioned evenly between the left and right margins. |
| Tab stop | A tab stop is a point on the horizontal ruler that indicates the location at which to align text. |
| Indent | When you indent a paragraph, you move its edge in from the left or right margin. |
| Indent markers | The indent markers on the horizontal ruler indicate the indent settings for the paragraph in which the insertion point is located. |
| Bullet | A bullet is a character, often a small circle, that appears before the items in a list to add emphasis. |
| Borders | Borders are lines you add above, below, to the side, or around words or paragraphs. |
| Shading | Shading is a color or pattern you apply behind words or paragraphs to make them stand out on a page. |
| Clip art | Clip art is a collection of graphic images that you can insert into a document. |
| Clip Organizer | A library of art, pictures, sounds, video clips and animation that all Office applications share. |
| Clips | A media file, such as a graphic, photograph, sound, movie, or animation , that can be inserted into a document. |
| Sizing handles | The small circles and squares that appear around a selected object, such as graphic, chart, or control. |
| Inline graphic | A graphic that is part of a line of text. |
| Floating graphic | A graphic to which text wrapping has been applied, making the graphic independent of the text and able to be moved anywhere on a page. |