Term | Definition |
word processing | act of creating, editing and producing a text document |
ribbon | major organizational unit of Microsoft® Word which contains tabs and groups of commands |
mail merge | personalized letter which is sent to multiple individuals with the only difference being the individuals’ names |
macro | series of commands or instructions grouped together to accomplish a single command which accomplishes a task automatically |
non-printing characters | symbols which appear on the screen but are not visible on the printed page |
cursor | black blinking line located on the document |
insertion point | location where the text will begin |
alignment | location of the beginning of the text |
word wrap | natural ability of text to move to the next line when it does not fit on the current line |
hard return | process of hitting the enter key and switching lines |
soft return | switching of lines which occurs naturally during word processing when the end of a line is reached |
dragging | process of moving the mouse over an area of text |
non-contiguous selection | selecting only certain portions of a document without selecting the entire document |
clipboard | temporary storage location for all of the items which have been cut or copied on the computer |
cutting | process of removing text and placing it on the clipboard so it can be relocated either in the same document or another document |
copying | process of making an exact replica of text or an object to move to another location without disturbing the original selection |
pasting | process of moving items placed on the clipboard to a location in a file |
formatting | act of customizing a document to fit the user’s needs by adjusting pieces of the document |
AutoComplete | feature which guesses the names of calendar items as they are typed and then suggests the complete word |
AutoCorrect | automatically makes corrections to a document such as capitalization, spelling, grammar and typing errors |
AutoFormat as You Type | tool which applies built-in formats as text is typed |
spell check | tool which notifies the user of possible misspelled or misused words |
grammar check | proofreading tool which automatically identifies grammatical problems |
thesaurus | built-in reference for finding synonyms |
indent | space between the margin and where the text begins |
first-line indent | description of an indent in a paragraph when only the first line of the text in
the paragraph is indented |
hanging indent | description of an indent when the first line is not indented but all of the
following lines are indented in a paragraph |
margins | blank areas around the sides of a page |
alignment | position of the text between the margins |
left align | position of the text between the margins |
center align | positions text centered between the right and lift margins |
right align | positions text so it is aligned along the right margin |
justify | aligns text to both the left and right margins adding extra space between
words as necessary |
page orientation | layout position of a piece of paper for printing |
portrait orientation | page is rotated so it is longer than it is wide |
landscape orientation | page is rotated so it is wider than it is long |
page breaks | divisions between the pages of a document |
header | text which is printed at the top of each page of a document |
footer | text which is printed at the bottom of each page of a document |
row | runs from left to right on a table |
column | runs from top to bottom of a table |
cell | result of a row and column crossing; area where text and objects can be
inserted |
SmartArt | graphic diagram which shows a process or list in a visual form |
text wrap | ability of text to be around a graphic in a document |
Function | Named operation which turns a value. |
Logical Function | Function which works with either true or false values. |
DATE Function | Creates a date value for the date represented by the year, month, and day arguments. |
NOW Function | Displays the current date and time according to the formatting of the cell. |
TODAY Function | Places current date in cell. |
Order of Operations | Is as follows: first negation (-), then percentages (%), then all exponentiations (^) then all multiplications (*), and divisions (/), and finally, all additions (+) and subtractions (-). |
Range Finder | Use to check which sells are referenced in a formula assigned to the active cell. |
Conditional Formatting | Excel lets you apply formatting that appears only when the value of the cell meets conditions that you specify. |
condition | Is made up of two values and a relational operator, is true or false for each cell in a range. |
Nested IF Function | is one in which the action to be taken for the true or false case includes yet another IF function. The second IF function is considered to be nested or layered, within the first. |
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