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| Alignment | the position of text relative to the sides of the page. |
| Antonym | a word that has the opposite meaning of another word. |
| AutoCorrect | a feature in Word that automatically corrects commonly misspelled words and incorrect capitalization. |
| Centered | a format where the left and right edges of the paragraph are equally distant from the left and right sides of the page. |
| Clipboard | a designated area in memory where cut and copied text is placed. |
| Dingbat | a picture created by a special font such as Wingdings. |
| Document collaboration | working with others to create, review, and revise a document. |
| Duplicate text | to make a copy of text and then place that copy at a different location in the document or into a completely different document. |
| Edit | to modify the contents of a document. |
| Font | the shape of a set of characters. |
| Font Style | the way a character is emphasized. |
| Format | the way text appears on a page. |
| Formating marks | Special symbol, representing spaces, tabs, and paragraphs, that do not appear on paper when a document is printed. |
| Full Screen Reading view | a word view that makes reading a document on screen easier because text is larger. |
| Grammar check | a feature that automatically checks a document for grammatical errors. |
| I-Beam | the shape of the pointer when it is moved into a document. |
| Insertion point | a blinking vertical line that indicates where the next character typed will be placed. |
| Italic | a text style that makes text slanted. |
| Justified | a format where both sides of the paragraph are straight. |
| Left aligned | a format where the left edge of the paragraph is straight and the right edge is jagged. |
| Markup | Comments and tracked changes. |
| Move text | delete text and then place that text at a different location. |
| Office Clipboard | Stores the last 24 cut or copied items. |
| Peer editing | a form of collaboration where a peer edits a document. |
| Point | the unit used to measure the size of text. There are 72 points to an inch. |
| Previewing a document | shows what the printouts will look like. |
| Quick Access Toolbar | A bar at the top of the window with buttons that are clicked to perform actions. |
| Regular | the default font style. |
| Ribbon | a bar near the top of the window with tabs of buttons that are clicked to perform actions. |
| Right aligned | A format where the right edge of the paragraph is straight and the left edge is jagged. |
| Rulers | located at the top and left side of the document window, they are used for measuring and also contain markers for formating text. |
| Selected text | text that is shown highlighted on the screen. |
| Spelling checker | a feature that automatically compares words to those in a dictionary file to determine if they are spelled correctly. |
| Status bar | a bar at the bottom of the screen that displays information about the current document. |
| Subscript | Text that is reduced in size and lowered to the bottom of the current line. |
| Superscript | Text that is reduced in size and raised to the top of the current line. |
| Synonym | a word that has a similar meaning to another word. |
| Thesaurus | a collection of synonyms. |
| Title bar | a bar a the top of the Word window that displays the file name of the current document. |
| Typeface | Commonly referred to as font. |
| Underline | a text style that puts a line under text. |
| Word processor | a computer application used to create, modify, print, and e-mail documents. |
| Word wrap | the process used to determine if the next word will fit on the end of the current line or if it must go on the next line. |
