| A | B |
| Bibliography | A list of sources referred to in the document and is placed at the end of the document. Also referred to as a works cited page. |
| Blog | An online interactive location maintained by companies |
| Bookmark | A location or selection of text that you name and identify for future reference. |
| Caption | A line of text that describes an object. |
| Chevrons | In a mail merge |
| Citation | Excerpt from the source of information. |
| Data source | A file that contains information to be merged in the main document during a mail merge. |
| Database | A collection of information that is organized so that a user can retrieve information quickly. |
| Digital signature | A code digitally signed by a company or person. |
| Encryption | A feature that protects a document so that it cannot be opened without a password. |
| Endnote | A citation in a document placed at the end of the document in which the citation is located. An endnote is formatted as double spaced with no hanging indent according to the MLA guidelines. |
| Field names | In a mail merge |
| Footer | Content that appears on the bottom of the page. |
| Footnote | A citation in a document placed at the bottom of the page in the document on which the citation is located. A footnote is formatted as single spaced with hanging indent and double spaced between each footnote according to the MLA guidelines. |
| Hacker | A person who writes vicious macros with viruses. |
| Header | Content that appears on the top of the page. |
| Hyper text transfer Protocol (http) | How data is transferred through the servers. |
| Hyperlink | A block of text or a graphic that when mouse-clicked takes the user to a new location to an internal or external page. |
| Macro | A series of command to automate a task. |
| Main document | In a mail merge |
| Master document | The main document from a Word file; it is organized into smaller sections. |
| MLA style | A standardization of guidelines used by colleges and universities for research papers. |
| Plagiarism | Illegal use of someone’s work. |
| Region | Is a location in the document that you are allowed to edit. |
| Skydrive | An online file storage service provided by Microsoft where you can store up to 25GM of documents and picture for free. |
| Source | Where you acquire the information. A source can come from a book |
| Subdocuments | The sections within the document that have been separated into smaller sections. |
| Tab leader | The symbols that appear in a table of contents between a topic and the corresponding page number. |
| Table of contents | An ordered list of the topics in a document |
| Works cited | A list of sources referred to in the document and is placed at the end of the document. Also referred to as a works cited page. |