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| word processing | use of a computer and software to produce documents |
| insertion point | blinking line that shows where text will appear when you begin keying |
| title bar | where the name of the program is located |
| menu bar | horizontal bar at the top of the normal view window |
| standard toolbar | contains buttons you use to perform common tasks |
| formatting toolbar | contains buttons for changing character and paragraph formatting |
| ruler | allows you to quickly change indents, tabs, and margins |
| end of file marker | horizontal line that shows end of the document |
| view buttons | allows you to change between normal, page layout, and outline view |
| scroll bars | lets you move quickly to other areas of the document |
| status bar | contains page and position of insert point |
| icons | small pictures |
| word wrap | wraps words to next line when they will not fit on the current line |
| selecting | highlighting a block of text |
| formatting | making decisions about margins, tabs, headings, indents, text alignment, fonts, colors, styles, headers and footers |
| spelling checkers | checks spelling of words |
| grammar checkers | help you abide by rules of grammar by checking sentence structure and punctuation |
| thesaurus | allows you to find a synonym for a word |
| proofreader's marks | used to help you correct documents |
| random access memory | temporary memory |
| portrait | page is longer than it is wide |
| landscape | page is wider than it is long |
