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Word Processing Terms

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word warpWord processing features that allow you type to the end of line and continue the text to the next line
format textis to change the appearance of the text you can change the layout of text, spacing, margins indentations and alignment.
Line spacingdetermines the amount of vertical space between lines of text
Marginsare the white space around the edge of the paper where the text ends
Spell checkinghappens when word finds a misspelled word in a document and underlines the word with a red line.
Cursorthe blinking line in a word processing document where you would enter text.
Font sizeis measured in points. Seventy-two points equals one inch
Font styleto change the way text looks. Fonts come in serif and sans serif types
Tab Keya key that indents or moves text next to the cursor leaving a space
Show/hideshow or hide nonprinting characters allows you to view or edit a document on the screen you can display characters such as tabs, spaces and carriage return
Text wrappingyou can choose how you want text to wrap around an object (picture
Cut and Pastehighlight text and move it to another location
overtypeto replace existing characters as you type.
find/replaceoperations in which you search for one word or phrase and replace with a new word/phrase
word tablea collection of data arranged in rows and columns
copy and pasteto highlight text, leave it where it is, and also put a copy of it in a new location
hard copyoutput from a computer that you can touch
first line indentlets you set the amount of space the first line of each paragraph indents each time you insert the enter key
header/footera header, appears at the top, footer appears at the bottom, of every page of your document
print previewlets you view the page before its printed
Print layoutviews how the document is going to look printed
click and typea feature that works in print layout and you can click your mouse anywhere in a word document and type
Page numberinga feature on the header/footer toolbar that automatically numbers your pages
hard copyoutput from a computer-a printed copy of a document
Bolda style that makes characters look darker and thicker
Italicsa style that makes characters slant to the right
Clipboardthis allows you to collect text and graphic items from any number of Office documents or other programs and then paste them into any Office document.
word padsimple word processing program that comes with Windows
note pada small windows program that strips formatting from documents
templateA template determines the basic structure for a document and contains document settings, font types, sizes, styles, etc
file typesthree letter extensions which identifies file types, .doc=word, .xls=excel, ppt=powerpoint,. .jpg=graphic
Paintallows you to save documents as picture files


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