| A | B |
| Clipboard | a temporary storage are that holds cut and copied text. |
| Fonts | type designs applied to characters. |
| Points | the unit of measurement for font size. |
| Font styles | change the appearance of the text by varying the shape and weight of the characters like bold, italics, and underline. |
| Alignment | is the position of the text or graphic in relation to the page margins. |
| Bullets | are pictures/shapes that are used to identify a list. |
| ClipArt | are images used to illustrate a concept or enhance the documents appearance. |
| Text wrapping | is the flow of text around the edges of the object (In-line with text, tight, square, etc...). |
| WordArt | is a drawing tool that turns text into a stylized object. |
| Line spacing | is the amount of vertical space between lines of text in the document. |
| Header | is located in the top margin of the page and is contains basic information about the document. |
| Footer | is located in the bottom margin of the page and contains basic information about the document. |
| Margins | are the distance between the edge of the page and the edge of the text. |
| Page orientation | is the layout position of the page for printing. |
| Watermarks | are text or pictures that appear behind the document and are used to identify the status of the document. |
| Borders | are decorative lines that frame an element. |
| Red wavy line | is an editing tool which indicates that the word typed is not in the Microsoft Office dictionary. |
| Green wavy line | is an editing tool which indicates a possible grammatical error. |
| Blue wavy line | is used to indicate that the wrong form of a word many be used. |
| Wordwrap | is a feature in Word that automatically moves the insertion point from the end of one line to the beginning of the next. |
| Contextual tabs | are tabs that only appear on the ribbon when specific features are being used (like ClipArt and WordArt). |
| Dialog boxes | appear in the bottom right hand corner of the group and are used to launch a box containing more options. |
| 1 point equals | 1/72 of an inch. |
| The smaller the page margin | the more information will fit on one page. |
| The larger the page margin | the less information will fit on one page. |
| Control V | Paste |
| Control X | Cut |
| Control C | Copy |
| Control Z | Undo |
| Control I | Add Italics Font Style |
| Control 1 | Single Space |
| Control 2 | Double Space |
| Control B | Add Bold Font Style |
| Control U | Add Underline Font Style |
| Control P | Print |
| Themes | are found in the page layout tab and include pre-defined colors, fonts, and effects that provide consistent formatting throughout the document. |
| Four-headed arrow | Used to move objects around in the document. |
| Two-headed arrow | Used to resize objects in the document. |
| Font effects | are special enhancements added to the text to make it more noticeable like all caps, shadow, reflection, and glow. |
| Dingbats | fonts that contains pictures to represent traditional letters. |
| Hyperlink | a connecting unit that allows helps a user navigate. |
| Portrait | vertical page orientation |
| Landscape | horizontal page orientation |
| Fill Effects | gradients, textures, patterns, and pictures |