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| Assistant | Animated character that offers helpful tips. |
| Close button | Exits the document or application. |
| cursor | A blinking vertical line in the document that indicates where the next characters typed will appear. |
| editing | Changing the contents of a document once text has been entered. |
| file | A document that is stored on disk. |
| filename | A unique name for a document when stored on a disk. |
| menu | A list of commands. |
| overwrite | When a saved file is replaced with an edited version of a file. |
| rulers | Markings along the top and left side of the document window that are used for measuring. |
| saving | The process of storing a copy of a document that is curently in memory onto a disk. |
| toolbar | a bar that contains shortcuts to commonly performed actions. |
| closing a document | The process of removing a document from the computer's memory and from the screen. |
| exiting Word | The process of removing the Word application fromthe computer's memory and from the screen. |
| formatting marks | Characters that are displayed int he document window as special symbols but do not appear on paper when a document is printed. |
| Microsoft Word | The word processor application in the Microsoft Office package. |
| opening a file | THe process of transferring a saved file from disk to the computer's memory and displaying it in a window. |
| saving a document | The process of storing a copy of a document that is currently in the computer's memory on a disk. |
| word processor | Computer application that is used to produce documents. |
| word wrap | The process Word uses to determine whether a word will fit on the current line or must go on the next line. |
| insertion point | The position of the cursor. |
