| A | B |
| Audience | The people that read the publication |
| Bibliography | A list of sources |
| Body | The information presented in a report |
| Body text | The main paragraphs in a document |
| Boundary | The lines separating rows and columns in a table |
| Brochure | A single sheet of paper with information on both sides and folded two or three times to create a smaller publication |
| Cell | The intersection of a row and column in a table |
| Citation | An entry in the list of sources. Also the notation within a document that refers to a source listed in the bibliography |
| Elements | Parts of a diagram |
| Headings | Titles that are often bold and in a larger and different font than the body text |
| Hyphenating | A process that divides a word |
| Nameplate | The area at the top of the first page of a newsletter that contains the title and date of the publication |
| Outline view | Displays the organization of a document |
| Purpose | The goal of a publication |
| Quick Styles | Styles included in Word to format text |
| SmartArt graphics | Diagrams showing relationships between elements |
| Style | A named set of formats |
| Table of contents (TOC) | A list of headings and corresponding page numbers |
| Theme | Named set of formats that changes colors |