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wordprocessing
1st period october/3rd/2011
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| format | Arrange and enhavce a document to improve its appearance. |
| word Processing | the act of creating text based documents |
| internet | a global network of computers |
| Convections | Consisitent organization and use language that makes it easy to understand the mateerial in this book |
| font size | the size of the Characters typed in a document |
| Mouse | a device that allows you to select items on screen by pointing at them with the mouse pointer |
| mouse pointer | a marker on your computer screen that shows you where the next mouse action will occur |
| Antonyms | words with opposite meanings. |
| Auto correct | a word feature that automatically corrects common spelling errors as you type. |
| auto text | a word feature that lets you automatically insert selections of text or graphiscs into a document. |
| bussiness letter | a letter from one business to another business or indicidual |
| computer clock | the clock calendar built into your computers main processor to keep track of the current date and time |
| Delivery address | the recipients address printed on the outside of an envelope |
| File type | the format in which a file is saved |
| Revise | edit change or update a document |
| Place bar | a strip of buttons on the left side of certain dialog boxes used to open common folders quickly |
| insert mode | the medical of operations used for inserting new text within existing text in a document insert coeds is the default. |
| Overtype mode | the method of opoeration used to replace existing text in a document insert cod is the default |
| case | the specific use of upper or lowercase letters |
| proofreaders marks | symbols written on a printeddocument to indicate where recisions are required |
| undo | the command for revesing a prevous action |
| tab | a location you use to position text anywhere along a line |
| Horizontal alignment | the position of text in relation to the left and right page margins |
| flush | lined up evenly along an edge |
| font | a partcular set of characters in a specific size and style |
| font face | the character design of a font set |
| serif | a font face that has curved or extended edges |
| san serif | a font fact that has straigtht edges |
| vertica alignment | the positon of text in relation to the top and bottom page margins |
| line spacing | the amount of white space between lines of text in a paragraph |
| Leading | line spacing measured in points |
| Paragraph spacing | th amount of white space between paragraphs |
| indent | a temporary left and or right margin for lines or paragraphs |
| Gutter | space added to the margin to leave room for bindin |
| Margin | the amount of white space between the text and the edge of the page on all four sides |
| read only | a mode of operation in which revision cannot be saved in the original document |
| document properties | categories of information about a document |
| keywords | important words found in a document |
| File extension | a dot followed by three or four characters attached to a file name |
| file icon | the icon used to reprosent a file in a file list |
| compatibale file type | a file type that word can open even thought it was created and saved using a different application |
| table | a grid comprised of horizontal rows and vertical columns into which you can enter data |
| Column | vertical series of cells in a table |
| row | a horizontal series of cells in a tale |
| column markers | markers on the horizontal ruler that indicate column borders |
| out line | a document that lists levels of topics |
| style | a set of formatting features that can be applied all at once |
| promote | to move up one level in an outline |
| demote | to move down one level in an outline |
| Collapse | to hide subtopics in an outline |
| Border | a line placed on one or more sides of a paragraph page or text box |
| shading | a color or pattern applied to a paragraph |
| 3D | a perspective added to a border to give the appearance of three dimensions |
| shadow | an effect designed to give the appearanc of a shadow behind a border |