Term | Definition |
Alignment | Arranging data to line up with required format on a screen or printed form |
Bold font | A set of type characters that are darker and heavier than normal |
Bullet | a small symbol, such as a solid circle, printed just before a line of type, such as an item in a list, to emphasize it |
copy and paste | To make a copy of a file, folder or selected text in another location. |
cut and paste | To move files, folders and selected text to another location. |
Font | A set of type characters of a particular typeface design and size. |
Footer | In a document or report, common text that appears at the bottom of every page. It usually contains the page number. |
Header | In a document or report, common text printed at the top of every page. |
indent | To align text some number of spaces to the right of the left margin. |
Document | Any paper form whether printed, typed or handwritten that is used to transact business or make some official statement. |
Italic font | A typeface with letters slanted slightly to the right. |
landscape orientation | an orientation that is short and wide. |
line spacing | is the vertical distance between lines of text. |
Margin | A blank row at the top and bottom or a blank column at the extreme left and right sides of a sheet of paper or on-screen window. |
portrait orientation | An orientation that is tall and narrow like a letter page. Also known as a "page orientation." |
Tab | To move the cursor on a display screen or the print head on a printer to a specified column. |
Undo | To restore the last editing operation that has taken place. |
Save | To copy the document, record or image being worked on to a storage medium. If the file has already been created on the hard disk, saving updates the file by writing the data currently in memory (RAM) to the disk. |
word processing program | an electronic device or computer software application, that performs the task of composing, editing, formatting, and printing of documents. |
word wrap | A word processing feature that moves words to the next line automatically as you type based on the current right margin setting. |