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Unit C
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |