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| American Psychology Association (APA) | One of the two commonly used style guides for formatting research papers. |
| Bibliography | A list of cited works in a report or research paper also referred to as Works Cited, Sources, or References, depending upon the report style. |
| Citation | A note inserted into the text of a research paper that refers the reader to a source in the bibliography. |
| Column Break Indicator | A dotted line containing the words Column Break that displays at the bottom of the column. |
| Data Source | A list of variable information, such as names and addresses, that is merged with a main document to create customized form letters or labels. |
| Endnote | In a research paper, a note placed at the end of a document or chapter. |
| Fields | In a mail merge, the column headings in the data source. |
| Footnote | In a research paper, a note placed at the bottom of the page. |
| Hanging Indent | An indent style in which the first line of a paragraph extends to the left of the remaining lines, and that is commonly used for bibliographic entries. |
| Line Break Indicator | A small nonprinting bent arrow that displays where a manual line break inserted. |
| Mail Merge | A Microsoft Word feature that joins a main document and a data source to create customized letters or labels. |
| Main Document | In a mail merge, the document that contains the text or formatting that remains constant. |
| Manual Column Break | An artificial end to a column to balance columns or to provide space for the insertion of other objects. |
| Manual Line Break | The action of ending a line, before the normal end of the line, without creating a new paragraph. |
| Maunual Page Break | The action of forcing a page to end and placing subsequent text at the top of the next page. |
| Modern Language Association (MLA) | One of two commonly used style guides for formatting research papers. |
| Nameplate | The banner on the front page of a newsletter that identifies the publication; also referred to as a banner, flag, or masthead. |
| Note | In a research paper, information that expands on the topic, but that does not fit will in the document text. |
| Page Break Indicator | A dotted line with the text Page Break that indicates where a manual break was inserted. |
| Parenthetical Reference | In the MLA style, a citation that refers to items on teh Works, Cited page, and which is placed in parentheses; the citation includes the last name of the author or authors, and the page number in the referenced rource. |
| Record | All of the categories of data pertaining to one person, place, thing, event, or idea, and which is formatted as a row in a database table. |
| Screenshot | An image of an active window on your computer that you can paste into a document. |
| Section | A portion of a document that can be formatted differently from the rest of the document. |
| Section Break | a double dotted line that indicates the end of one section and the beginning of another section. |
| Small Caps | A font effect, usually used in titles, that changes lowercase text into capital letters using a reduced font size. |
| Style | A group of formatting commands, such as font, font size, font color, paragraph alignment, and line spacing that can be applied to a paragraph with one command. |
| Style Guide | A manual that contains standards for the design and writing of documents. |
| Works Cited | In the MLA style, a list of cited works placed at the end of a research paper or report. |
| Brightness | The relative lightness of a picture. |
| Contrast | The difference between the darkest and lightest area of a picture. |
| Crop | A command that removes unwanted or unnecessary areas of a picture. |
| Crop handles | Handles used to define unwanted areas of a picture. |
| Crop pointer | The pointer used to crop areas of a picture. |
| Em dash | A punctuation symbol used to indicate an explanation or emphasis. |
| Flip | A command that creates a reverse image of a picture or object. |
| Newsletter | A periodical that communicates news and information to a specific group. |
| Office 365 Administrator | The person who creates and manages the account, adds new users, sets up the services your organization wants to use, sets permission levels, and manages the SharePoint team sites. |
| PDF Reflow | The ability to import PDF files into Word so that you can transform a PDF back into a fully editable Word document. |
| Read Mode | A view in Word that optimizes the Word screen for the times when you are reading Word documents on the screen and not creating or editing them. |
| Recolor | A feature that enables you to change all colors in the picture to shades of a single color. |
| Scale | A command that resizes a picture to a percentage of its size. |
| Suppress | A Word feature that hides header and footer information, including the page number, on the first page of a document. |
| Windows Reader app | A Windows Store app with which you can open a PDF or XPS file, zoom, find words or phrases, take notes, save changes, and then print or share the file. |
