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Word Processing

Vocabulary Terms

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save To store information on a floppy disk, hard drive or CD for later use. Work should be saved often, every 5 or 10 minutes, to make sure your latest changes are safely recorded.
font The shape and style of text.
print To put what is on the computer screen on paper. It creates a paper copy of the document created on the computer.
Graphic/clip art Drawings you can add to your documents of presentations. Clip art includes items such as cartoons, maps, symbols, and flags. Some software packages include clip art. Clip art can be purchases separately.
edit To changes in a document or presentation
tab A key on the keyboard that causes the curser to jump to a specific place such as to indent paragraph or columns.
load To enter a program or file into a computer’ memory.
cursor This is where the action is located on your screen, represented by a flashing line. When you type on your keyboard, the information appears at the cursor.
spell checker Part of a word processing program that uses a disk-based dictionary to check and correct misspellings in documents
grammar checker A software program that checks for possible grammar mistakes.
Button bar A horizontal strip of buttons near the top of a window. It provides shortcuts for commonly used commands. Some programs let you choose to hide or display the button bar and mix and match buttons to customize a button bar. Also known as a toolbar.
Bold A style of text that makes a letter or word darker and thicker to stand out in a document.
Landscape The page setup that permits a document to be printed in a horizontal position.
Line spacing The space between lines of text
Format To set the margins tabs font or line spacing in layout of a document.
A tool that helps you find words with similar meanings
Copy To make an exact copy of information in your document
move To rearrange text in a document
Save as To save a document with a new name
type style Features in word processing that allow for changes in the appearance of text such as bold
grammar checker A software program that checks for possible grammar mistakes.
Button bar A horizontal strip of buttons near the top of a window. It provides shortcuts for commonly used commands. Some programs let you choose to hide or display the button bar, and mix and match buttons to customize a button bar. Also known as a toolbar.
Bold A style of text that makes a letter or word darker and thicker to stand out in a document.
Landscape The page setup that permits a document to be printed in a horizontal position.
Line spacing The space between lines of text
Format To set the margins, tabs, font or line spacing in layout of a document.
Highlight or Select
Indent
Desktop Publishing Using features of word processing /DTP software to format and produce documents, letters, reports, flyers, and newsletters with graphics.
Word Processing Using keyboarding skills to produce documents such as letters, reports, manuals, and newsletters.
Retrieve To open a saved document
Printer A hardware output device used to make a paper copy of what is created on the computer.
Thesaurus A feature in most word processors used to replace a word in a document with one that is more suitable and adds variety to your writing.
Highlight or Select To choose part of a document by clicking and dragging over it with the mouse to highlight the text.
Indent To set the first line of a paragraph in from the margin in a word processing document. Press Tab to indent.
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