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| Insert | To place characters in between existing characters; to add data to a database or document. |
| Delete | To remove an item or value from a document. |
| Wordwrap | A word processing feature in which text is automatically continued from one line of text to the next. |
| Spacebar | Large oblong key at the bottom of a keyboard which when pressed, adds a space at the text insertion point. |
| Return/Enter | Key that when pressed, moves the text insertion point to the start of the next text line |
| Save | Command that stores the document currently in memory to a disk under a name. |
| Save As | Command that stores the document currently in memory to a disk under a new name. |
| Spacing | Distance between characters, lines fields, or cells in a document. |
| Find | The command that initiates a search for a specific item in a document. |
| Replace | A command that exchanges one word or symbol for another. |
| Spell checker | Word processing option that checks a document for spelling errors and offers correcting alternatives. |
| Thersaurus | Word processing option suggesting synonyms, often including related and contrasting words and antonyms. |
| Grammar Checker | Word processing option that contains the rules for writing correctly that offers suggestions. |
| Scrolling | Moving the lines of print on a screen up and down |
| Buffer | Portion of computer memory that temporarily holds data. |
| Cut | Highlighting and removing text from one location on the document with the intention of inserting in at another. (See paste.) |
| Copy | To duplicate data, graphics, text, etc. |
| Paste | To insert word or graphics from the clipboard to a document. (See cut.) |
| Drag and drop | Highlighting text, data, or graphics with the mouse and hold the right button with the intention of moving it to another part of the word processing document. |
| Format | To put selected text or an entire document into a given form; the form itself; to lay down areas on a disk. |
| Underline | Text format in which the selected text is underlined. |
| Bold | The type format in which the letter or character is made to appear extra thick and dark. |
| Italic | Text format in which characters take on a slanted appearance. |
| Ruler | In a word processor, a graphic device from which a user can set tabs and margines, and perform other functions. |
| Margin | Border on the left, right, top, and bottom of a document. |
| Tab | Key that, when pressed, moves the insertion point to a different place in the current line. |
| Justification | Line-up of text on a page in regard to the margins -- flush-left, flush-right, centered, or full(filled). |
| Font | A print typeface or style of characters displayed on the screen or printed to paper. |
| Type Size | Height of a text character measured in points or pixels. |
| Columns | One of two or more vertical sections of typed lines lying side by side on a page and separated by a rule or a blank space. |
