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Alignment | How text is positioned between the margins |
Bullets & Numbering | A feature that allows the user to create bulleted or numbered paragraphs. |
Clip Art | Pictures and drawings that can be inserted into a document. |
Columns | Appear vertically in a worksheet and are identified by letters at the top of the worksheet window. |
Copy & Paste | A method of copying text of a graphic |
Copy | Copies text or graphic from a document and places it on the clipboard. |
Paste | Procedure that retrieves text or graphic from the clipboard and allows the user to place it in another location in a document. |
Cut & Paste | A method of moving text or a graphic. |
Cut | Deletes text or graphic from a document and places it on the clipboard. |
Desktop Publishing | Using graphics and page design programs for publishing purposes. |
Document | A written or printed paper that contains information. |
Drag & Drop | A quick method for copying and moving text a short distance. |
Edit | To add, delete, or modifiy text or other elements of a file. |
Find & Replace | A feature that scans a document and searches for occurrences of specified text symbols, or formatting and replaces it wit othe rspecified text, symbols, or formatting. |
Fonts | The appearance of a character distinguished by typeface and size. |
Format | The way text appears on a page. |
Graphics | A line, circle, or box that has been created, or an image or illustration that is imported into the publication. |
Headers & Footers | The same text appearing at the top of every page or every other page in a document. |
Indent | A feature that sets a temporary left, right, or left and right margin for paragraph text. |
Line Spacing | The height of a line of text, often measured in lines or points. |
Margins | The distance between the edge of the text in the document and top, bottom, or side edges or the page. |
Merge | A feature that combines a data document with a main document to mass-produce personalized letters or other documents. |
Page Break | The location in a document where one page ends and another begins. |
Point Size | Measures the height of characters. |
Point | Approximately 1/72 of an inch. |
Retrieve | To get something back. |
Sort | Allows the user to rearrange the order of words or numbers in a list or records in a database. |
Table | A series of columns and rows in which data is entered, formatted, and organized. |
Template | A designed and formatted document on which new documents are based. |
Thesaurus | A feature that provides the user with synonyms for selected words. |
Word Processing | A software application that users a computer and software to create, edit, and print text-based documentation such as letters, reports, and memos. |
Word Wrap | A feature that automatically advances text to the next line without pressing the Enter key. |
Word Art | Text created as a graphic image. |