Term | Definition |
Alignment | The position of data within a cell. |
AutoFit | An automatic determination of the best width for a column or the best height for a row, based on its contents. |
Border | A line around the edges of a cell. |
Cell Style | A collection of formatting characteristics you apply to a cell or range of data. |
Clear | To remove all of the formatting applied to a cell or range of cells. |
Column Heading | Numbers |
Editing Mode | The mode with insertion point placed within the cell contents, so you can edit and format text directly in the cell. |
Fill | The background color of a cell. |
Font | The design of text. |
Font Size | The height of characters in points. |
Font Style | Emphasis added to cells, such as bold, italics, and underlining. |
Format Painter | A feature that copies format attributes such as colors, borders, and fill effects from an object, text, or cell in order to apply the same formatting to another object, text, or cell. |
Indent | To shift data within a cell and insert space between the cell border and its content. |
Live Preview | The Office 2007 feature that lets you point to the various choices in a gallery or palette and see the results before applying. |
Merge | A list of related commands. |
Number Format | Formatting option that changes the way data looks in a cell. |
Orientation | The rotation of cell contents to an angle or vertically. |
Points | The measurement unit for font size. |
Row Heading | Letters |
Style | A set of formatting options that have been named and saved. |
Theme | A preset collection of design elements, including fonts, colors, and other effects. |
Truncate | To hide text that does not fit in a cell from view. |
Wrap Text | To move data to a new line when the cell is not wide enough to display all the contents. |