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| footer | Information located here is displayed at the bottom of a page in a document. A footer can contain a page number, the date, your company name, or anything else you want to include. Sometimes referred to as a reserved space in a document. |
| template | A document that provides the basic framework for a commonly used document in a word processing, spreadsheet, or desktop publishing program. You just fill in the blanks and this form takes care of the rest. |
| tables | Information organized in rows and columns. You can create these with word processing, desktop publishing, spreadsheet, and database programs. It can help you present related numbers or facts in an organized way. |
| minimize | To reduce a window to a little picture (icon) on your screen. This helps reduce clutter when you have several windows open at the same time. |
| maximize | To enlarge a window to fill your whole screen. |
| header | Information located here is displayed at the top of a page in a document. It can contain a page number, the name of your company, the title of the report, or anything else you want to include. Sometimes referred to as a reserved space in a document. |
| resize document | The act of changing the dimensions of an object in a graphical environment. For example, in a graphical user interface, a user may do this to their window to allow him or her to view other windows on their screen or help arrange windows on their screen. |
| toggle | Term used to describe the process of switching back and forth between settings or between programs. For example, a user may do this to get from a word processing program and a spreadsheet program. |
| import | The process of moving data used in another program or earlier software version and moving it into another program or later version of the program. |
| portrait | A page turned so that it’s higher than it is wide. You usually have two choices for printing: This is the opposite of landscape. |
| landscape | A page turned so that it’s wider than it is high. You usually have two choices for printing: This is the opposite of portrait. |
| copy | To make an exact duplicate of information in your document so you can place it in a new location. |
| paste | To insert the last information you cut or copied into a document. |
| print preview | A feature in most programs that shows you on the screen how your document will look when printed. This lets you view the overall look of the page, including margins, line spacing, page numbers, and other details. This ensures you’ll get what you expect. |
| WYSIWIG | This stands for "What You See Is What You Get" and is pronounced "wizzy wig." It simply means the text and graphics displayed on your screen exactly match your printouts. |
| page setup | The parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear. Those parameters can include everything from the size, margins, page orientation, and/or quality of print. |
| Spell Check | A program available in most word processors that checks your spelling. The computer doesn’t actually know how to spell — it simply compares every word in your document to words in its dictionary. If a word doesn’t exist in the dictionary, the computer considers it not correct. |
| thesaurus | A feature in most word processors that you can use to replace a word in a document with one that is more suitable. This adds variety to your writing. |
| layout | The overall appearance of a document, image, text or other medium designed to be more appeasing to the viewer or help locate or identify the medium being looked at. |
| formatting | To improve the appearance of a document. Examples of this include changing the font, alignment, margins, line spacing, borders, and shading in a document. |
| font size | The size of the characters on your screen and printouts. There are 72 points to an inch. Regular type in newspapers, reports, and letters is usually 12 points or less. |
| font style | A set of characters with a particular design and size. You can choose from several different ones to change the look of your work. |
| line spacing | The amount of space that appears between the lines of text in a document. Most word processors allow you to adjust this in your document. Some common ones of this include: single, 1.5, double |
| margins | The space between text and an edge of a page. Most word processors automatically leave one-inch ones on all four sides. Most programs let you adjust these. |
| italics | Style of font that slants the letters evenly to the right. |
| file | A collection of information stored on your computer with its own name. You can store text, numbers, graphics, sound, or video in one of these. |
| menu bar | A strip across the top of a window, listing all the items available in that program. |
| word processing | Software you can use to produce documents, including letters, reports, manuals, and newsletters. Most include a built-in spell check and thesaurus to increase the accuracy and quality of a document. |
| toolbar | A horizontal strip of buttons near the top of a window that provides shortcuts for commonly used commands. Some programs let you hide or display this and even mix and match buttons to create a personal one. |
| text | A collection of words and/or letters that are understandable by the reader. |
| document | Files you create with a word processor, manuals, online help, README files, and instructions that come with a software package are all examples of this. |
| computer-generated | This is often referred to as being created electronically. |
| columns | A strip of information running up and down, like in a newspaper. Word processors display text and graphics in these. |
