| A | B |
| insertion point | vertical blinking line tht marks the position of the next character to be entered |
| end mark | short, horizontal line that moves as you key text and indicates the end of the document |
| I beam | the shape the mouse pointer takes when it is in the text area |
| paragraph mark | nonprinting character that marks the end of a paragraph |
| show hide button | displays nonprinting characters |
| control delete | deletes the word to the rightof the insertion point |
| control backspace | deletes the word to the left of the insertion point |
| overtype mode | allows keying over existing text |
| control P | shortcut keys to print |
| nonbreaking space | control + shift + spacebar |
| nonbreaking hyphen | control + shift + hyphen |
| linebreak character | shift + enter |
| control home | to beginning of document |
| control end | to end of doument |
| undo | control + Z |
| repeat | F4 or Control + Y |
| selection bar | blank area to the left of text |
| selection | highlighted text |
| serif font | has decorative lines |
| san serif font | no decorative lines |
| points | how font is measured |
| superscript | raises text above other characters on the same line |
| subscript | places text below other characters on the same line |
| format painter | allows copying character formatting |
| change case | shift F3 or Format Change Case |