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Word Lesson 1
Word Lesson 1 Understanding Word
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Backstage view | The Backstage view is a screen that appears when you click the File tab in Word. |
| Block Style | Block Style format aligns text along the left margin, including the date, inside address, salutation, body of the letter, closing, and signature. |
| Command | A command is an instruction based on an action that you perform in Word by clicking a button or entering information into a command box. |
| Dialog box | A dialog box displays additional options or information you can use to execute a command. |
| Dialog box launcher | A dialog box launcher is a small arrow in the lower-right corner of the group that you click to launch a dialog box. |
| Groups | Page Setup, Paragraph, and Arrange. |
| Insertion Point | The blinking insertion point in the upper-left corner of this document is where you begin creating your text. |
| Menu | The Start menu provides access to mail, One Drive, Microsoft Edge , photos, games, music, video, and of course the latest version of the Microsoft Office applications. |
| Mixed punctuation | Mixed punctuation requires a colon after the salutation and a comma after the closing. |
| Nonprinting characters | Nonprinting characters are symbols for certain formatting commands, such as paragraphs, indents and tabs, and spaces between words. |
| Open punctuation | Open punctuation requires no punctuation after the salutation or the closing. |
| Preview | The Preview pane gives you an opportunity to see what your printed document will look like, so you can correct errors before printing |
| The Print command is located on the File tab in Backstage. There you find the printing options, including printer properties and settings. | |
| Quick Access Toolbar | The Quick Access Toolbar is located above the Ribbon and contains commands that users access most often. aka QAT |
| Repeat | The Repeat command repeats your last action. |
| Ribbon | The Ribbon is contextual, which means it displays commands related to the type of document or object that you have open and onscreen. |
| Save | Clicking the Save button in the Quick Access Toolbar for the first time opens the Save As screen. |
| Save As | Save As also appears as a command listed in Backstage view when you click the File tab. |
| Settings | Settings are used to control document-specific print parameters. |
| Tabs | Tabs enable you to create, open, save, close, share, print, and view information about your documents. |
| Template | A template is a master document with predefined page layout, fonts, margins, and styles that is used to create new documents with the same basic formatting. |
| Undo | Cancel or reverse the effects or results of a previous action or measure. |
| White space | It is the portion of a page left unmarked: margins, gutters, and space between columns, lines of type, graphics, figures, or objects drawn or depicted. |
| Word Wrap | A feature that automatically moves a word that is too long to fit on a line to the beginning of the next line. |