Term | Definition |
Draft View | A way of viewing a document on screen that shows only the text of a document; you don't see headers and footers, margins, columns, or graphics. |
Full Screen Reading View | A way of viewing a document on screen that shows text on the screen in a form that is easy to read; the Ribbon is replaced by a small bar called a toolbar that contains only a few relevant commands. |
Insertion Point | A blinking vertical line that shows where the text will appear when you begin typing. |
Landscape Orientation | A page or worksheet rotated so it is wider than it is long. |
Outline View | A way of viewing a document on screen that displays heading and text in outline form so you can see the structure of your document and reorganize easily; headers and footers, page boundaries, graphics, and backgrounds do not appear. |
Portrait Orientation | A page or worksheet rotated so it is longer than it is wide. |
Print Layout View | The most common way of viewing a document on screen; it shows how a document will look when it is printed, and you can work with headers and footers, margins, columns, and graphics, which are all displayed. |
Quick Access Toolbar | A small customizable toolbar at the top of the screen with buttons for common commands such as Save and Print. |
Ribbon | An area at the top of an Office program window that contains commands for working with the open file; the commands are organized under tabs. |
Status Bar | A bar at the bottom of the program window that provides information about the current file and process. |
Toolbar | A small bar that appears at the top or bottom of a window instead of the Ribbon; it displays buttons you can click to quickly choose a command. |
View Buttons | In an Office program window, buttons that you can click to change the view quickly. |
Web Layout View | A way of viewing a document on screen that stimulates the way a document will look when it is viewed as a Web page; text and graphics appear the way they would in a Web browser, and backgrounds are visible. |
Word Processing | The use of a computer and software to enter and edit text and produce documents such as letters, memos, forms, and reports. |
Word Wrap | A feature in Word that automatically wraps words around to the next line when they will not fit on the current line. |
Zoom | The percentage the file is magnified or reduced on the screen; 100% zoom represents the normal size; percentages higher than that mean the document appears larger on screen; percentages lower than that mean the document appears smaller on screen. |