Term | Definition |
Word Processing | Software is used to create and edit text documents. |
Edit | You change or rewrite your document to improve it. |
Proofread | You check to make sure the document makes sense and there are no errors in speeling, grammar, or punctuation. |
Cut | Select and remove it. |
Copy | Or duplicate, text ina document so that it appers excatly the same in another part of your document. |
Paste | Or place, it in a new location. |
Synonym | Are words that have similar meanings. |
Format | Refers to the way text loosk and the way it si arranged on a page. |
Font | Is the shape of the letters, numbers, and other characters. |
Orientation | Describes the direction of the page or the paper you will print on. |
Bulleted Lists | Inserts dot called bullets before each item. Can use other characters, such as diamonds. Presents information in no partucukar order. |
Numbered Lists | Inserts a number before each item. Automatically uses cinsecutive numbers. Lists information in specific order, such a steps. |
Margin | The space around the sides, top, and bottom of the paper. |
Default | A setting that the computer automatically selects unless you change it. |
Tab | A set distance for moving the insertion point. |
Indet | Determines the distance of a paragraph from either the left or right margin. |
Quotation | The excat words that someone else wrote or said. |
Header | Shows information at the top of each page. |
Footer | Shows information at the bottom of each page. |
Citation | The detailed information about each source. |
Title Page | A separate page at the beginning of a report or research paper. |
Desktop Publishimg | Allows you to use text, graphics, photographs, and other features to create newsletters, brochures, web pages, and similar documents. |
WordArt | A feature in Microsoft Word that allows you to create colorful, eye-catching, text by taking your letter or words and changing them into a picture or graphic. |
Table | A grid of rows and colimns that organizes complex information so that it is easy to find and understand. |
Column | The information that is arrabged vertically (up and down)in the table. |
Row | The infromation that is arranged horizontally(from left to right). |
Cell | Where a column and row cross. |
Alignment | Describes whether the text is lined up on the left, right, center, or across the page. |