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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Arrange and enhance a document to improve its appearance. | FORMAT |
| The act of creating text based documents. | WORD PROCESSING |
| Consistent organization and use language that makes it easy to understand the material in this book | INTERNET |
| 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. | AUTO CORRECT |
| A Word feature that lets you automatically insert selections of text or graphics into a document. | AUTO TEXT |
| A letter from one business to another business or individual. | BUSINESS LETTER |
| The clock/calander built into your computer's main processor to keep track of the current date and time. | COMPUTER |
| 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 more quickly. | PLACE BAR |
| The method of operation used for inserting new text within | 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 MARK |
| The command for reversing a previous action. | UNDO |
| A location (or measurement) you use to position text anywhere along a line. | TAB |
| The position of text in relation to the left and right page margins. | HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT |
| Lined up evenly along an edge. | FLUSH |
| A particular set of characters in a specific size and style. | FONT |
| The character design of a font set. | FONT FACE |
| A font face that has curved or extended edges. | SERIF |
| A font face that has straight edges. | SAN SERIF |
| The position of text in relation to the top and bottom page margins. | VERTICA ALIGNMENT |
| The amount of white space between lines of text in a paragraph. | LINE SPACING |
| Line spacing measured in points. | LEADING |
| The amount of white space between paragraphs. | PARAGRAPH SPACING |
| A temporary left and/or right margin for lines or paragraphs. | INDENT |
| Space added to the margin to leave room for binding. Also, the space between column margins. | GUTTER |
| The amount of white space between the text and the edge of the page on all four sides. | MARGINS |
| A mode of operation in which revisions cannot be saved in the original document. | READ-ONLY |
| Categories of information about a document. | DOCUMENT PROPERTIES |
| Important words found in a document. Keywords can be used to classify a document. | KEYWORDS |
| A dot followed by three or four characters attached to a file name, used to indicate the file type. For example, a doc file extension indicates a Word document file. | FILE EXTENSION |
| The icon used to represent a file in a file list, such as Windows Explorer or Word's Open dialog box. | FILE ICON |
| A file type that Word can open even though it was created and saved using a different application. | COMPATIBLE FILE TYPE |
| A grid comprised of horizontal rows and vertical columns into which you can enter data. | TABLE |
| A vertical series of cells in a table. | COLUMN |
| A horizontal series of cells in a table. | ROW |
| Markers on the horizontal ruler that indicates column borders. | COLUMN MARKERS |
| A line drawn around the edges of an element, such as a table or a table cell. Borders can also be drawn around paragraphs and pages. | BORDER LINE |
| A nonprinting line that indicates the boundaries of cells in a table. | GRIDLINE |
| Nonprinting characters used to mark the end of a cell or a row in a table. | END OF ROW/CELL MARK |
| A process that inserts variable data into a standardize document to produce a personalized or cutomized document. | MAIL MERGE |
| The document containing the standardized text that will be printed on all documents. | MAIN DOCUMENT |
| The document containing the variable data that will be inserted during the merge. | DATA SOURCE |
| The customized resulting from a merge. | MERGE DOCUMENT |
| A placeholder in the main document that marks where and what will be inserted from the data source document. | MERGE FIELD |
| The first row in a table. In a data source document, the header row contains the merge field names. | HEADER ROW |
| One item of variable data, such as a first name, last name, or a ZIP Code. | FIELD |
| A document that lists levels of topics. | OUTLINE |
| A set of formatting features that can be applied all at once. | STYLE |
| To move up one level in an outline. | PROMOTE |
| To move down one level in an outline. | DEMOTE |
| To hide subtopics in an outline. | COLLAPSE |
| To show subtopics in an outline. | EXPAND |
| The place where Word automatically starts a new page when the current page is filled. | SOFT PAGE BREAK |
| Columns in which text flows from the bottom of one column to the top of the next column. | NEWS-STYLE COLUMNS |
| A standard setting or mode of operation. | DEFAULT |
| An enlarged capital letter that drops below the first line of body text in a paragraph. | DROPPED CAPITAL |
| A line placed on one or more sides of a paragraphs, page, or text box. | BORDER |
| A color or pattern applied to a paragraph, page, or text box. | SHADING |
| A perspective added to a border to give the apperance of three dimensions. | 3D |
| An effect designed to give the appearance of a shadow behind a border. | SHADOW |