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| Alt Key | A key that can be used to select commands from a menu. |
| Arrow Keys | Four keys that move the cursor up, down, right, and left on the screen without changing any text. |
| Backspace Key | A key that erases the character directly to the left of the cursor. |
| Close command | Removes the current document form the screen and computer's memory. |
| Cursor | A blinking vertical line on the screen which indicates where characters entered from the keyboard are placed. |
| Cursor Control Keys | Keys used to move the cursor without having any effect on the text. |
| Default | An option that is preselected. |
| Delete Key | A key that erases the character directly to the right of the cursor. |
| Document | Any material that can be typed into the word processor, such as a letter, research paper, or story. |
| End Key | A key used to move the cursor to the end of the line it is in. |
| Enter Key | A key used to indicate the end of an entry or to select the default option in a dialog box |
| Escape Key | A key used to cancel (escape from) the current operation. |
| Exit command | Ends the Word application, remove it form memory and return to Windows 95 |
| File | A document that is stored on disk. |
| Filename | A name for a file stored on disk, up to 255 characters in length. |
| Home Key | A key used to move the cursor to the beginning of the line it is in. |
| I-Beam Pointer | The shape of the mouse pointer when moved onto the Works area. |
| Insertion Point | The position of the cursor |
| Menu | A list of commands |
| Menu Bar | A horizontal bar at the very top of the screen showing names of available menu. |
| Mouse Tip | A description of the action that a button on the Tool bar will perform. |
| Office Shortcut bar | A bar that allows you to create a new document or open a previously created document. |
| Open Command | Displays the Open dialog box where you can select the desired file to open. |
| Opening a file | The process where a saved file is transferred from disk to the computer's memory and displayed on the word processor screen. |
| Print Command | Sends a copy of the document currently displayed on the screen to the printer. |
| Repeat Key | A key that repeats its action when held down. The Left Arrow key is one example of a repeat key |
| Save Command | Transfer a document form the computer's memory to the computer's hard disk or to a diskette |
| Screen Scroll | Bringing hidden parts of a document into view. |
| Scroll | Use the scroll bars,keyboard,or mouse to bring hidden parts of a document into view |
| Scrol arrows | Used to scroll a document one line at a time |
| Scroll bars | Used to display the different parts of a document,they are located at the bottom and on the right of the screen. |
| Scroll box | Used to scroll a document in large increments. |
| Show/Hide button | Used to display characters on the screen that are normally shown as white space,such as spaces. |
| Status Bar | Displays information about the document. |
| Text | Any character or group of characters in a document. |
| Title bar | A bar at the top of the document used to display the filename. |
| Tool bar | Provides shortcuts to commonly performed commands and actions. |
| Word processor | Computer application that allows text to be entered,edited,printed,and saving. |
| Word wrap | Process word uses to decide whether to keep a word on the current line,or making it to the next line based on the amount of space left o the line. |
| Work area | Area of the word processor screen where text is entered and edited. |
| Word | A word processor application. |
