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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| SMALL BLACK RECTANGLES ON THE EDGE OF A SELECTED OBJECT, USED TO CHANGE THE SIZE OF THE OBJECT. | SIZING HANDLES |
| A GRAPHICS OBJECT THAT IS POSITIONED AS A TEXT CHARACTER ALONG WITH OTHER TEXT CHARACTERS IN A DOCUMENT. | IN LINE |
| A PREDEFINED GRAPHICS OBJECT CREATED USING WORD'S DRAWING TOOLS. | AUTO SHAPE |
| TO CHANGE THE SIZE OF AN OBJECT BY A PERCENTAGE OF THE ORIGINAL SIZE. | SCALE |
| COPY A FILE FROM THE INTERNET AND STORE IT LOCALLY ON YOUR COMPUTER. | DOWNLOAD |
| GRAPHICS OBJECT YOU CREATE. | DRAWING OBJECTS |
| PREDESIGNED SHAPES YOU SELECT FROM A PALETTE TO INSERT IN A WORD DOCUMENT. | AUTO SHAPES |
| A SMALL YELLOW DIAMOND USED TO ALTER THE MOST PROMINENT FEATURE OF AN AUTO SHAPE. | ADJUSTMENT HANDLE |
| SHIFT THE POSITION OF AN OBJECT IN A CIRCULAR MOTION AROUND ITS AXIS, OR CREATE CENTER POINT. | ROTATE |
| SMALL, GREEN CIRCLES USED TO DRAG AN OBJECT AROUND IN A CIRCLE. | ROTATION HANDLE |
| REVERSE THE POSITION OF AN OBJECT. | FLIP |
| THE WIDTH AND APPEARANCE OF A LINE USED TO DRAW AN OBJECT. | LINE STYLE |
| COLOR OR PATTERNS USED TO FILL A CLOSED SHARPE. | FILL |
| SELECT MULTIPLE OBJECTS AND COMBINE THEM INTO A SINGLE OBJECT. | GROUP |
| SEPARATE A GROUPED OBJECT INTO INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS. | UNGROUP |
| ARRANGE AND ENHANCE A DOCUMENT TO IMPROVE ITS APPEARANCE. | FORMAT |
| THE ACT OF CREATING TEXT BASED DOCUMENTS. | WORD PROCESSING |
| A GLOBAL NETWORK OF COMPUTERS. | INTERNET |
| CONSISTENT ORGANIZATION AND USE LANGUAGE THAT MAKES IT EASY TO UNDERSTAND THE MATERIAL IN THIS BOOK. | CONVENTIONS |
| THE SIZE OF THE CHARACTERS TYPED IN A DOCUMENT. FONT SIZE IS MEASURED IN POINTS, WITH APPROXIMATELY 72 POINTS IN AN INCH. | FONT SIZE |
| A DEVICE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT ITEMS ON-SCREEN BY POINTING AT THEM WITH THE MOUSE POINTER. | MOUSE |
| A MARKER ON YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN THAT SHOWS YOU WHERE THE NEXT MOUSE ACTION WILL OCCUR. THE MOUSE POINTER CHANGES SHAPES DEPENDING ON THE CURRENT ACTION. | MOUSE POINTER |
| WORDS WITH OPPOSITE MEANINGS. | ANTONYMS |
| A WORD FEATURE THAT AUTOMATICALLY CORRECTS COMMON SPELLING ERRORS AS YOU TYPE. | AUTOCORRECT |
| A WORD FEATURE THAT LETS YOU AUTOMATICALLY INSERT SELECTIONS OF TEXT OR GRAPHICS INTO A DOCUMENT. | AUTOTEXT |
| A LETTER FROM ONE BUSINESS TO ANOTHER BUSINESS OR INDIVIDUAL. | BUSINESS LETTER |
| THE CLOCK/CALENDAR BUILT INTO YOUR COMPUTER'S MAIN PROCESSOR TO KEEP TRACK OF THE CURRENT DATE AND TIME. | COMPUTER CLOCK |
| THE RECIPIENT'S ADDRESS PRINTED ON THE OUTSIDE OF AN ENVELOPE. | DELIVERY ADDRESS |
| THE FORMAT IN WHICH A FILE IS SAVED. SOME COMMON FILE TYPES INCLUDED GRAPHICS FILES, TEXT FILES, AND WORD PROCESSING FILES. USUALLY, IT CORRESPONDS TO THE APPLICATION USED TO CREATE THE FILE. | FILE TYPE |
| EDIT, CHANGE, OR UPDATE A DOCUMENT. | REVISE |
| A STRIP OF BUTTONS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF CERTAIN DIALOG BOXES USED TO OPEN COMMON FOLDERS QUICKLY. | PLACE BAR |
| THE METHOD OF OPERATION USED FOR INSERTING NEW TEXT WITHIN EXISTING TEXT IN A DOCUMENT. INSERT MODE IS THE DEFAULT. | INSERT MODE |
| THE METHOD OF OPERATION USED TO REPLACE EXISTING TEXT IN A DOCUMENT WITH NEW TEXT. | OVERTYPE MODE |
| THE SPECIFIC USE OF UPPER- OR LOWERCASE LETTERS. | CASE |
| SYMBOLS WRITTEN ON A PRINTED DOCUMENT TO INDICATE WHERE REVISIONS ARE REQUIRED. | PROOFREADER'S MARKS |
| THE COMMAND FOR REVERSING A PREVIOUS ACTION. | UNDO |
| A LOCATION (OR MEASUREMENT) YOU USE TO POSITION TEXT ANYWHERE ALONG A LINE. | TAB |