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| Bold | To make characters stand out from the page by making them darker than the rest of the type |
| Close | This is what you do to a document once you have saved it and you are finished with it. |
| Copy | To make a duplicate of text or graphics to paste in a different location. |
| Cursor | A flashing or solid rectangle or horizontal line which indicates on the screen the position of the next typed letter. |
| Cut | What you do to text (or graphics) from a document to either delete it or move it. |
| Document | This can consist of text or graphics or both; that is dependent upon the application program for its creation |
| Edit | To change text in some way by overtyping, deleting, inserting, or rearranging. |
| File | Information that is stored on the computer |
| Font | The combination of typeface and other qualities such as size, pitch , and spacing of letters or other characters. |
| Format | The layout or appearance of a document covering margins, tabs, etc. |
| Graphics | Pictures, photos, etc., that are not text but can be inserted into the document as an object. |
| Hard Copy | The paper copy of a processed document. |
| Indent | Moves the left - hand margin of the text into a position specified by the user. |
| Justification | The way lines of text are arranged relative to the edges of a block of text. |
| Line Spacing | Refers to the number of blank spaces between lines of type. |
| Lower Case | Text which is not capitalized. |
| Margins | The blank space to the left and right sides and to the top and bottom of a page. |
| Open or Retrieve | To bring your file back onto your screen for editing and formatting. |
| Page Break | The end of a page of text |
| Paste | Inserts cut or copied data at the location of the cursor |
| Point Size | A point is about 1/72 of an inch and is used to measure the height of characters. |
| Save | To store a document onto your computer so you can open it to edit, format, or reprint it at a later date. |
| Scroll | Moving text up, down, left, or right to view the entire document. |
| Select | Highlighting words or graphics by clicking and dragging or clicking multiple times. |
| Tabulation or Tab | Moves the text to positions indicated by the user so subsequent lines of text can then be aligned to the same positions. |
| Template | A ready - to - use, permanent document setup with basic layout, formatting, commands, and formulas. |
| Upper Case | Letters that are capitalized. |
| Word Wrap | A feature that permits information to be keyed on successive lines without having to press the enter key at the end of each line. |
