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| Alignment | The way in which a paragraph lines up horizontally between the paper edges of a document (left, right, center, justified). |
| Backstage View | A view that replaces the MS Office Button and combines all the file and program management features into a single easy-to-use window. |
| Borders | Lines drawn to visually frame documents, tables or cells in a document. |
| Click-and-Type | A feature that allows you to double-click a blank area of a document to position the cursor in that location, with the appropriate paragraph alignment already in place |
| Clipboard | The temporary storage area where data is cut or copied until pasted into a new location. |
| Cursor | A representation on the screen of the mouse pointer location. |
| Desktop Publishing | A process that creates pages by combining text and objects, such a stables and graphics, in a visually appealing way. |
| Dialog Box Launcher | On the ribbon, a button at the bottom of some groups that opens a dialog box with features related to the group. |
| Drag and Drop | A way of moving objects by pointing to them, holding down the mouse button, moving the mouse pointer to the desired location, and releasing the button. |
| File Format | The structure or organization of data in a file. This is usually indicated by the file name extension. |
| Format Painter | Allows the user to copy only the formatting from one portion of text to another portion of text. |
| Formatting | Changes made in a document that impact the appearance of the document. |
| Group | A set of buttons on a ribbon that all relate to the same type of object or task. |
| Header | A line, or lines, of content in the top margin area of a page in a document that typically contain elements such as the title, page number, or name of the author; prints on all pages of the document. |
| Indent | Moving information in a paragraph to the right using tabs or paragraph formatting options. |
