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Microsoft Word 2007
Review Word Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ribbon | An area across the top of the screen that makes almost all of the capabilities of Word available in a single area |
| Office Button | A button that provides access to a menu that contains commands such as open, save and print. This menu takes the place of the file menu in previous versions of Word. |
| Header | Content that appears at the top of each page. |
| Field | A placeholder that tells Word to supply the specified information in the specified way. (Example: date, time, page) |
| Font | A complete set of characters that all have the same design. |
| Font Color | One of a range of colors that can be applied to text. |
| Font Size | The size of the characters in a font, in points. |
| Document Window | The window that provides a workspace for an open document. |
| Dialog Box Launcher | A button that launches a dialog box containing options for refining a command. |
| Deselect | Clicking away from selected data or controls to release the selection. |
| Clipboard | A storage area shared by all Office programs where cut or copied items are stored. |
| Column | In page layout, the area between margins where text is allowed to flow. |
| Group | A category of buttons on a tab. |
| Hover | To pause the pointer over an object, such as a menu name or button, for a second or two to display more information. |
| Justify | To make all lines of text in a paragraph or column fit the width of the document or column, with even margins on each side. |
| Live preview | A feature of a thumbnail that displays what an option will look like if applied to a document. |
| Margin | Blank space around the column in which text can flow on the page. |
| Mini Toolbar | A toolbar of formatting commands that appears when you select text. |
| Orientation | The direction – horizontal or vertical – in which a page is laid out. |
| Paragraph | A block of text of any length that ends when you press the Enter key. |
| Point | The unit of measure for expressing the size of characters in a font, where 72 points equals 1 inch. |
| Print Layout view | A view that shows how a document will look when it is printed. |
| Select | To make an object, graphic or text active, usually by clicking it once with the mouse. |
| SmartArt | A technology in Microsoft Office 2007 where you can easily create professional business graphics within documents, spreadsheets, presentations and messages. |
| Tab | An area on the Ribbon that contains buttons organized in groups. |
| Tab stop | A location in the text column where text will align after you press the Tab key. |
| Text Box | A box drawn to contain text. |
| Word Wrap | The automatic breaking of a line of text when it reaches the page margin. |
| Ruler | Allows you to change tab and indent settings for documents. |
| Format Painter | Copy document formatting from one area to another. |
| Thesaurus | Suggests other words with similar meanings to the word selected. |
| Bold | Ctrl+B |
| Cut | Ctrl+X |
| Copy | Ctrl+C |
| Paste | Ctrl+V |
| Undo | Ctrl+Z |
| Redo | Ctrl+Y |
| Italics | Ctrl+I |
| Underline | Ctrl+U |
| Align Left | Ctrl+L |
| Center | Ctrl+E |
| Align Right | Ctrl+R |
| To Select a Word | Double click the word |
| To Select a Sentence | Press and hold CTRL and click anywhere in the sentence. |
| To select a line | Click in the selection bar next to the line. |
| To select a paragraph | Triple click the paragraph. |
| To select everything | Ctrl+A |