Vocabulary for common computer words
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| File | a computer document
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| Character | a letter, number, symbol, space or punctuation mark
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| Text | computer data that represents words, numbers and other typographic symbols
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| Thesaurus | a book/computer file that lists words related to each other in meaning, usually giving synonyms and antonyms
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| Font | a design and size for characters on a computer screen
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| Formatting Palette | a computer window that contains commands that allow changes to be made to a document
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| Cursor | a moving marker on a computer screen
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| Space bar | a horizontal bar at the bottom of a keyboard or typewriter that is pressed to introduce a space
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| Return | A key that moves the cursor down a line on the computer screen.
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| Menu | A list of choices or options
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| Save | to store a copy of a data file
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| to make a copy using a computer printer
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| Style | to give text a particular shape or design usually for emphasis
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| Bold | to make letters darker and thicker for emphasis
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| Italics | characters that slope to the right
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| Underline | a line drawn or typed below something
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| Subscript | a character that is printed on a level lower than the rest of the characters on the line
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| Superscript | a character that is printed on a level higher than the rest of the characters on the line
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| Bullet | a dot - usually for steps
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| Copy | to make another
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| Cut | to delete data from one place
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| Paste | to place text, data or an image into a document electronically
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| Alignment | the arrangement of a line in relationship to the margins
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| Margin | blank space at the top, bottom and sides of the page
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| Horizontal | direction from left to right or right to left
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| Vertical | direction from top to bottom or bottom to top
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| Insert | Put in
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| Search | Looking for a computer file, image, or text
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| Clip Art, Graphic, Image | Artwork, photographs and pictures
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| Handlebars | Shapes around an image that allow the image to be adjusted
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| Icons | Recognizable picture on computer screen
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| Undo | reverse effect of computer command (usually found under Edit)
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| Zoom | Move closer in or out
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| Spell Check | Looks for spelling and grammar errors in a document
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| Portrait Printing | Page is taller than wider
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| Landscape Printing | Long sides of page are horizontal
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