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Formating attributes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bold | Used to emphasize a specific word |
| Italics | used to indicate book titles and other published works |
| Underline | used to indicate links to web pages and should be reserved for that purpose in most cases |
| Accent symbol | is used to indicate emphasis during pronunciation |
| Style | a format tool used to apply global font formats to text |
| Subscripts and superscripts | used respectively in chemical definitions, such as H2O, and for footnotes or reference purposes, such as in Webster’s Dicitonary |
| Small caps | may be used to format titles or headings in a document |
| Serif font | Is one that has small attributes at the tips of each letter, often used in the body of a letter or report |
| Sans serif font | does not include the attributes at the tips of each letter, commonly used in title texts |
| Paragraph formatting | arrangement of text within paragraphs on a page |
| Indents | used to indicate a new paragraph and offset long quotes |
| Line spacing | can be set for single, one and a half lines, double, or triple |
| Borders and shading | are used together or separately to emphasize a specific textual element in a document |
| Bullets/numbers | are used to list items when the items are non-sequential and Use numbers for procedural lists that must be accomplished in a specific order |
| Hanging indent | is most often used in reference materials begins at the left margin and all remaining lines of the paragraph are indented five spaces from the left margin |
| Endnotes/footnotes | used to add reference and commentary information to textual content |
| Cut and paste | is a tool used in paragraph formatting that allows the user to move text from one location to another |
| Paragraph headings | are keyed in bold and followed by a period at the beginning of a paragraph to give the reader a quick idea about the content of the paragraph |
| Tabs | are used to align and organize data into groups and subgroups |
| Tables | used to arrange text in columns and rows and are helpful in presenting, organizing, and clarifying information |
| Page formatting | arrangement of text on a page. |
| Margin | the amount of white space around the sides of a document |
| Page orientation | landscape (wider than tall) or portrait (taller than wide) |
| Headers and footers | add global information to a document, such as page numbers and document titles |
| Page breaks | may be manual or automatic and are used to manage the content on a page |
| Soft page break | occurs automatically through the word wrap feature of the word processing software and text is simply continued to the next page when the space on the previous page is exhausted |
| Hard page break | is performed manually when a new page is needed for a break or change in content |
| Columns | are used to format text for documents such as newspapers and newsletters |
| Borders | are used in page formatting to add lines around text or graphic images |
| Mail merge | is a feature that allows a user to create mass mailings of letters, mailing labels, and other documents and personalize the information in each |
| Macros | are tools that allow a user to program repetitive tasks into the computer’s memory so that they can be quickly accomplished with the touch of a couple of keys that the user has selected |
| Track changes | is a feature used when editing documents that allows the user and other editors to view changes that have been made to the document |
| Search and replace | is a feature that allows global edits to a document |
| Styles | are global formats for headings and other text within a document |
| Format Painter | is a feature that allows a user to copy the format of text to other areas in document |
| Comments | is a feature used to add editorial remarks to a document |
| Templates and Wizards | are features used to automate the creation of documents. It contains fields that are completed by the user. A wizard uses a template and adds helpful prompts for the user. |