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| Character | Any single letter, number, symbol, or punctuation mark. |
| Character styles | A style that is applied to individual characters or words that users have selected. |
| Font | A set of characters that have the same design |
| Live Preview | A feature that allows a user to view how changes, such as font style or size, will look in a document. |
| Monospaced | A font in which all of its characters take up the same amount of horizontal space. |
| Paragraph styles | A style in which the formats are applied instantly to all text in the paragraph where the insertion point is located, whether or not text is selected |
| Proportional space | A font in which the horizontal spacing varies |
| Sans serif | A font that does not have the small line extensions on its characters. |
| Serif | A font that has small lines at the beginning and end of characters and that is usually used with large amounts of text. |
| Text Effects | A new font command group that adds a distinctive appearance, such as outlines, shadows, glows, or reflections, to selected text. |
| Point size | A measurement that refers to the height of characters with one point equaling approximately 1/12 of an inch. |
| WordArt | A feature within Word that creates decorative effects with a string of text. |
| Alignment | A setting that refers to how text is positioned between the margins. |
| First-line indent | A setting that inserts a one-half inch of blank space between the left margin and the first line of the paragraph; one-half inch is the default setting for this indent. |
| Hanging indent | A setting that begins the first full line of text in a paragraph at the left margin; all the remaining lines in the paragraph are indented one-half inch from the left margin. |
| Horizontal alignment | A setting that refers to how text is positioned between the left and right margins. |
| Indent | A blank space inserted between text and the left or right margin. |
| Leaders | A tool identified with symbols such as dotted, dashed, or solid lines that fill the space before tabs. |
| Line spacing | The amount of space between lines of text in a paragraph. |
| Negative indent | A setting that extends paragraph text into the left margin.A setting that extends paragraph text into the left margin. |
| Vertical alignment | A setting that refers to how text is positioned between the top and bottom margins of the page. |
