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| Word | Word processing application program used to enter and edit text |
| Wordwrap | When text you key goes beyond the right margin and automatically moves to the next line |
| Zoom view | Allows you to magnify and reduce your document on the screen |
| Full Screen view | Removes the toolbars, rulers, and scrollbars from the screen |
| Print Preview | Shows you how a document will look when it is printed |
| Protrait orientation | Documents printed longer than they are wide |
| Landscape orientation | Documents printed wider than they are long |
| Selecting | Highlighting a block of text |
| Overtype mode | Text you key replaces, or types over, existing text |
| Clipboard | A temporary storage place |
| Cut | Removes the selected text from the document and places it on the Clipboard |
| Paste | Text is copied from the Clipboard to the location of the insertion point |
| Copy | Similar to the Cut command; a copy of the selected text is placed on the Clipboard |
| Drag and drop | A quick method for copying or moving text a short distance |
| Automatic spell checking | Identifies misspellings and words that are not in Word's dictionary by underlining them with a wavy red line after you key them |
| Automatic grammar checking | Checks the document for grammatical errors; underlines the word, phrase, or sentence with a wavy green line. |
| Spelling and Grammar Checker | Checks the document for spelling and grammar errors after you finish keying it |
| Thesaurus | A useful feature for finding a synonym for a word in the document. |
| Formatting | Arranging the shape, size, type, and general makeup of a document |
| Fonts | Designs of type |
| Font style | Set of formatting features you can apply to text to change its appearance. |
| Toggling | Clicking on a toolbar button to turn a feature on or off |
| Font size | Determined by measuring the height of characters in units called points |
| Points | A unit of measurement for fonts |
| Highlight | Shading text with color to emphasize an important part of a document |
| Style | A predefined set of formatting options that have been named and saved |
| Margins | Blank areas around the top, bottom, and sides of a page |
| Alignment | Refers to the position of text between the margins |
| Indent | The space you insert between text and a document's margin |
| Line spacing | Refers to the amount of space between lines of text |
| Page break | The place where one page ends and another begins |
| Vertical alignment | Refers to positioning text between the top and bottom margins of a document |
| Tabs | Marks the place where the insertion point will stop when you tap the Tab key |
| Leaders | Solid, dotted, or dashed lines that fill the blank space before a tab setting |
| Table | An arrangement of text or numbers in rows and columns |
| Bullet | Any small character that appears before an item. Pictures, symbols, icons may all serve as bullets |
| Outline numbered list | A list with two or more levels of bullets or numbering |
| Graphics | Pictures that help illustrate text and make the page more attractive |
| Borders | Single, double, thick, or dotted lines that appear around text |
| Shading | Grays or colors added to paragraphs or lines to emphasize text |
| Clip art | Graphics that are already drawn and available for use in documents |
| Selection rectangle | A box with eight small squares that appear around the clip art when you select it |
| Sizing handles | Small squares that appear around an object when you select it; you can drag the handles to resize the object |
| Scale | Changing the size of a graphic so its proportions are precise |
| Ascending order | Sorts from a to z or smallest to largest |
| Backspace key | Deletes the character to the left of the insertion point |
| Delete key | Deletes the character to the right of the insertion point |
| Format Painter | Copies the format of text and not the text itself |
| Folders | Helps organize files |
| Single spacing | Has no extra space between each line |
| Double spacing | Has a full blank line between each line of text |
| Line spacing | Refers to the amount of space between lines of text |
| Descending order | Sorts from z to a or largest to smallest |
