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| Accent symbol | Used to indicate emphasis during pronunciation. |
| Bold | A font enhancement used to emphasize a specific word by making it appear heavier and darker. |
| Borders | Used in page formatting to add lines around text or graphic images. |
| Columns | A type of paragraph formatting used to format text for documents such as newspapers and newsletters. |
| Cut and Paste | A tool used in paragraph formatting that allows the user to move text from one location to another. |
| Endnotes | Source references that are placed on a Notes page at the end of a document. |
| Footnotes | Source references that are placed at the bottom (foot) of the same page. |
| Hanging Indent | Demonstrated when the first line of a paragraph is at the left margin and all other lines are indented five spaces from the left margin. |
| Hard Page Break | A type of page break that is performed manually when a new page is needed for a break or change in content. |
| Headers and Footers | Add global information such as page numbers and document titles to the top and/or bottom of a document. |
| Indents | A paragraph formatting effect used to indicate a new paragraph and offset long quotes. |
| Italics | A font enhancement used to indicate book titles and other published works. |
| Landscape Orientation | Page orientation in which the document is wider than it is long. |
| Margin | The amount of white space around the sides of a document. |
| Orphan Widow Protection | A default feature in word processing software that prevents orphans and widows from appearing in a document. |
| Page Formatting | The arrangement of text on a page. |
| Paragraph Headings | Keyed at the beginning of a paragraph in bold font to give the reader a quick idea about the content of the paragraph. |
| Portrait Orientation | Page orientation where the document is longer than it is wide. |
| Sans serif font | A font that does not include the attributes at the tips of each letter. |
| Serif font | A font that has small attributes at the tips of each letter. |
| Small caps | A font enhancement typically used to format titles or headings in a document. |
| Soft page break | A type of page break that occurs automatically through the word wrap feature of the word processing software. |
| Style | A format tool used to apply global font formats to text. |
| Subscripts | Text that is smaller and lower than other text. Used in chemical formulas. |
| Superscripts | Text that is smaller and raised above other text. Used for footnotes and exponents in math equations. |
| Tables | Used to arrange data in columns and rows and are helpful in presenting, organizing and clarifying information. |
| Tabs | A method of formatting text to align and organize data into groups and subgroups. |
| Underline | A font enhancement used to indicate links to web pages (and should be reserved for that purpose). |
| Word wrap | Automatic continuation of text from line to line. |