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Word Processing
terms associated with word processing and desktop publishing
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Word Processing | using keyboarding skills to produce documents such as letters and reports |
| Desktop Publishing | advanced word processing software to design and create documents such as flyers, brochures, newsletters and cards |
| Home Row Keys | where your hands rest on a keyboard; a s d f j k l ; |
| Line Spacing | the space between the lines of text in a document |
| Page Layout | the margins, orientation of a document |
| Table | columns and rows of cells that can be filled with data; used to organize information |
| Thesaurus | a feature that suggest words that are synonyms of selected text |
| Spell Check | a feature that scan the document for spelling and grammatical errors |
| Word Count | a feature that counts the number of words in a document |
| Red Underline | word is misspelled or unrecognized by dictionary |
| Green Underline | incorrect grammar |
| Superscripts | feature that raises characters above the line of type |
| Subscripts | feature that places characters below the line of type |
| Strikethrough | single line through the middle of the characters |
| Header and Footer | areas at the top and bottom of page where page numbers, titles, and footnotes are displayed |
| Font | The style of letters and numbers |
| Attributes | special effects applied to letters and numbers for emphasis |
| Bold | attribute that makes text appear darker and larger than other text |
| Italics | attribute that makes text appear slanted |
| Underlined | attribute that places a line beneath the text |
| left aligned | text on the page is against the left margin |
| right aligned | text on the page is against the right margin |
| center aligned | text appears in the middle of a line or page |
| justified aligned | text appears against the left and right margins, like a newspaper column |
| bullets and numbering | dots, dashes or other special characters that bring attention to portions of t ext |
| copy | to select an object or portion of text to be duplicated in another place |
| cut | to select and object or portion of text to be removed completely |
| paste | to put images or text from one place somewhere else |
| undo | to go back to the way a document appeared before the last entry |
| image | a graphic file |
| character | a letter, number or symbol |
| label | a letter |
| value | a number |
| special character | not a letter or number |
| indent | use the tab key to move in five spaces from the left margin; can be defined to be any number of spaces |
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