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| Animation | Visual effect involving the movement of elements |
| Bullet point | Dot or other character added to the beginning of each item in a list to add emphasis and clarity |
| Cell | Intersection of a row and a column in a spreadsheet or table |
| Database | File created to input, organize, and analyze a large amount of data |
| Database Management System | Database software that is used to access and manage very large integrated databases, such as an airline reservation system |
| Desktop publishing | Process of creating and formatting a document for widespread circulation or distribution |
| Document | File that captures, records, and saves data |
| Editing | Process of reading, reviewing, and making changes to a document |
| Field | Column of information in a database containing the same type of information for many different records. Also a variable in a Word document that automatically updates, such as a Date and Time field |
| Filter | Spreadsheet application feature that hides unwanted information. Also a program or feature used to block spam or e-mail messages from specific senders |
| Flat-file database | Database containing only one table; works like a spreadsheet |
| Footer | Information placed at the bottom of every page in a Word document |
| Form | Easy way to enter information in a database. Also a way to provide information and interact with a Web page |
| Format | Changing the look, feel, and layout of the contents of a document |
| Formula | Calculation using functions to find mathematical results in a spreadsheet |
| Function | Mathematical calculation or other set of instructions that performs a pre-designed action such as add, subtract, and so o |
| Graphics | Images such as photos, illustrations, icons, or any other visual elements |
| Header | Information placed at the top of every page in a Word document |
| Hypertext Markup Language | Primary language used to code and display Web pages |
| Key field | Field that is common to two tables in a database; links the data so the user can do queries that use data from both tables |
| Portable Document Format | Document format originally created by Adobe that can embed text, graphics, tables and other formatting |
| Presentation software | Software that enables the user to create slide shows and other visual aids |
| Productivity software | Category of applications that enables the user to create documents, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation |
| Query | Process used in a database to gather and summarize dat |
| Record | Row of information in a database containing information about a single entity |
| Relational database | Database containing multiple tables with common fields linking the tables together |
| Report | Pre-formatted form that displays the results of a database query |
| Review | Reading and identifying errors; making changes to a document |
| Slide master | Master template that contains the building block elements that each new slide is based on; changing the slide master changes all the slides in the presentation |
| Speaker notes | Notes added to a separate window in PowerPoint that contain information for a presenter to use when giving the PowerPoint slide show |
| Spreadsheet | Excel document containing rows and columns used for entering, organizing, and performing calculations on data |
| Table | Element containing rows and columns in either a Word document or a database |
| Text editor | Early form of word processor that could only handle text (no graphics) |
| Word processing program | Software that enables a user to create text documents, apply formatting, and add graphs and other visual elements |
| Workbook | Excel spreadsheet document that contains several individual spreadsheets called worksheets |
| Worksheet | Single sheet within an Excel spreadsheet workbook |
