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| Alignments | A setting that refers to how text is positioned between the margins. |
| First Line Indent | A setting that inserts a one-half inch of blank space between the left margin and the first line of the paragraph: one-half inch is the default setting for this indent. |
| Hanging Indent | A setting that begins the first full line of text in a paragraph at the left margin: all the remaining lines in the paragraph are indented one-half inch from the left margin. |
| Horizontal Alignment | A setting that refers to how text is positioned between the left and right margins. |
| Indent | A blank space inserted between text and the left or right margin. |
| Leaders | A tool identified with symbols such as dotted, dashed, or solid lines that fill the space before tabs. |
| Line Spacing | The amount of space between lines of text in a paragraph. |
| Negative Indent | A setting that extends paragraph text into the left margin. |
| Vertical Alignment | A setting that refers to how text is positioned between the top and bottom margins of the page. |
| Columns | Vertical blocks of text in which text flows from the bottom of one column to the top of the next. |
| Hyphenation | A dash that is used to join words and separate syllables of a single word; by default hyphenation is turned off in Word so that words appear on a single line. |
| Landscape Orientation | A format commonly used for brochures, graphics, tables and so on that orients text across the longer dimension of the page. |
| Margins | The blank borders that occupy the top, bottom, and sides of a document. |
| Non-Breaking Spaces | A tool used to keep selected text on a single line. |
| Page Break | The location in a document where one page ends and a new page begins. |
| Portrait Orientation | A format commonly used for business documents in which text extends across the shorter length of the document. |
| Orphan | The first line of a paragraph that appears alone at the bottom of a page. |
| Section Break | A tool used to create layout or formatting changes in a portion of a document. |
| Widow | The last line of a paragraph appears at the top of a page. |
| Ascending | An arrangement of text from the beginning to the end, such as from A to Z, 1 to 10, and January to December. |
| Cells | The rectangles that are formed when rows and columns intersect. |
| Descending | An arrangement of text from the end to the beginning, such as from Z to A, 10 to 1, and December to January |
| Header Row | The first row of the table that is formatted differently and should be repeated for tables that continue beyond one page. |
| Merge Cells | To combine two or more cells into one. |
| Quick Tables | Built-in preformatted tables. |
| Sort | To arrange data alphabetically, numerically, or chronologically. |
| Split Cells | To divide one cell into two or more cells. |
| Tables | An arrangement of data made up of horizontal rows and vertical columns. |