| A | B |
|---|
| Header | Information located here is displayed at the top of a page in a document. |
| Footer | Information located here is displayed at the bottom of a page in a document. |
| Columns | A strip of information running up and down. |
| Tables | Information organized in rows and columns. |
| Minimize | To reduce a window to a little picture (icon) on your screen. |
| Maximize | To enlarge a window to fill your whole screen. |
| Resize Document | The act of changing the dimensions of an object in a graphical environment. |
| Toggle | The term used to describe the process of switching back and forth between settings or between programs. |
| Import | The process of moving data used in another program or earlier software version and moving it into another program or later version of the program. |
| Portrait | A page turned so that it's higher than it is wide. |
| Landscape | A pagte turned so that it's wider than it is tall. |
| Copy | To make an exact duplicate of information in your document so you can place it in a new location. |
| Paste | To insert the last information you cut or copied into a document. |
| Print Preview | A feature in most programs that shows you on the screen how your document will look when printed. |
| WYSIWYG | "What You See Is What You Get." |
| Page Setup | The parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear. |
| Spell Check | A program available in most word processors that checks your spelling. |
| Thesaurus | A feature in most word processors that you can use to replace a word in a document with one that is more suitable. |
| Layout | The overall appearance of a document, image, text or other medium designed to be more appeasing to the viewer or help locate or identify the medium being looked at. |
| Formatting | To improve the appearance of a document. |
| Font Size | The size of the characters on your screen and printouts. |
| Font Style | A set of characters with a particular design and size. |
| Line Spacing | The amount of space that appears between the lines of text in a document. |
| Margins | The space between text and an edge of a page. |
| Italics | Style of font that slants the letters evenly to the right. |
| File | A collection of information stored on your computer with its own name. |
| Menu Bar | A strip across the top of a window, listing all the items available in that program. |
| Word Processing | Software you can use to produce documents, including letters, reports, manuals, and newsletters. |
| Toolbar | A horizontakl strip of buttons near the top of a window that provides shortcuts for commonly used commands. |
| Text | A collection of words and/or letters that are understandable by the reader. |
| Document | Files you create with a word processor, manuals, online help, README files, and instructions that come with a software package are all examples of this. |
| Computer-generated | This is often referred to as being created electronically. |
| Template | A document that provides the basic framework for a commonly used document in a word processing, spreadsheet, or desktop publishing program. |
