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| Bullet | A character that appears to the left of the first |
| Separator character | The character that follows the number in a numbered list item |
| Format Painter | A feature that enables you to copy the formatting from existing text and "paint" it onto other text |
| Orphan | The first line of a paragraph appearing by itself at the bottom of a page |
| Style | A set of predefined formatting specifications that you can apply to certain text |
| Widow | The last line of a paragraph appearing by itself at the top of a page |
| Ligature | Two or more charactes formed into a single character to make text more readable or attractive |
| OpenType | An improved version of TrueType, offering all of TrueType's benefits plus additional stylistic features |
| TrueType | Software fonts that can be used at any size and printed on almost any printer |
| Cell | The intersection of a row and a column in a table |
| Range | A rectangular block of cells selected as a group |
| Table | A grid of rows and columns in which it is easy to insert text and numbers |
| Merge | Combine two or more cells to create a single, larger cell |
| Table styles | Combinations of fills and borders that can be applied to an entire table with a single click |