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| Auto Format | A feature that applies formatting automatically to text. |
| Border | Line or box applied to selected text (usually a paragraph) or a page in a document. |
| Bulleted list | Hanging indent in which lines of text are preceded by bullet characters. |
| Clipboard | A temporary storage area in the computer’s memory used to hold text or other information that is cut or copied. |
| Cut or Paste | Method for moving text or other information by removing it from a document, storing it on the Clipboard, and then placing it in a new location. |
| Default Setting | A setting, such as font or font size, which is defined by Word if the user does not specify settings. |
| Drop Cap | Character effect applied to a paragraph in which the first letter of the first word appears large and below the text baseline. |
| Filename | the unique name given to a document saved in Word. |
| Font | Type design applied to an entire set of characters, such as Times New Roman or Arial. |
| Gutter margins | Extra space added to the inside margins to allow for binding. |
| Indent | Distance between the sides of a paragraph and the left and right margins. |
| Indent Markers | Markers that appear at the left and he right margins on the ruler, which are used to set left, right, first line, or hanging indents. |
| Insertion point | vertical blinking bar on the Word screen that indicates where an action will begin. |
| Leader Characters | Patterns of dots or dashes that lead the reader’s eye from one tabbed column to the text. |
| Line space | Amount of vertical space used by the characters in a line text. |
| Margins | Spaces at the top, bottom, left, and right of the documents between the edges of the text and the edges of the paper. |
| Mirror margins | Outside margins on facing pages that mirror one another. |
| Negative indent | An indent that extends text into the left or right margin |
| Nonbreaking hyphen | Hyphen that prevents a word from dividing at a line break. |
| Nonbreaking space | Space between two words, defined by a character, that prevents Word from breaking the two words at the end of a line. |
| Nonprinting character | Symbol for a tab, paragraph, or space that appears on the screen but not in the printed document. |
| Numbered list | Hanging indent in which lines of the text are preceded by sequential numbers or letters. |
| Optional Hyphen | Hyphen that shows where a word should be divided if the word falls at the end of a line. |
| Panes | Section of a window formed when the window is split. A split window contains two panes. |
| Point | Measure of a type size; 72 points equals one inch. |
| Positive indent | An indent that positions text between the left and the right margins. |
| Property | Any information, such as the filename, data created, file size, that describes a document. |
| Sans Serif | Font characteristic in which the font has no decorative lines, or serifs, projecting, from its characters, such as Arial. |
| ScreenTip | Brief explanation or identification of an onscreen item, such as a menu command, dialog box option, or toolbar button. |
| Section Break | Double-dotted line that appears onscreen to indicate the beginning and end of a section. |
| Section | Portion of a document that has its own formatting. |
| Selection Bar | The unmarked area at the left edge of the document window used when selecting text with the mouse. |
| Selection | Selection portion of a document (or a whole document) that appears highlighted on a screen. |
| Serif | Font characteristics in which the font has decorative lines projecting from its characters, such as Times new Roman. |
| Split Bar | Horizontal bar located between two window panes that can be dragged up or down to change the relative size of the two panes. |
| Split box | Small gray rectangle located just above the vertical scroll bar that can be dragged down to split a document into two window panes. |
| Tab | Set amount of space between two words, characters, or numbers in a line of text, or between a word, character, or number and the left or right margin. |
| Tab markers | Symbol on the horizontal ruler that indicates a custom tab setting. |
| Tab stop | Position of a tab setting. |
| Tabbed column | Side-bye-side vertical list of information. |
| Thesaurus | Tool used to look up synonyms for a selected word. |
| Wordwrap | Automatic placement of text on the next line. |
