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Alignment | A setting that refers to how text is positioned between the margins. |
Ascending | An arrangement of text from the beginning to the end |
Cell range | A cell range is identified by two or more cells within a table. |
Cells | The rectangles that are formed when rows and columns intersect. |
Columns | Vertical blocks of text in which text flows from the bottom of one column to the top of the next |
Descending | An arrangement of text from the end to the beginning |
Field code | A placeholder where the function will appear. For example {=SUM(ABOVE)}. |
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. |
Formulas | A function that calculates totals |
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. |
Header row | The first row of the table that is formatted differently and should be repeated for tables that continue beyond one page. |
Horizontal alignment | A setting that refers to how text is positioned between the left and right margins. |
Hyphenation | A dash that is used to join words and separate syllables of a single word; by default hyphenation is turned off in Word so that words appear on a single line. |
Indent | A blank space inserted between text and the left or right margin. |
Landscape orientation | A format commonly used for brochures |
Leaders | A tool identified with symbols such as dotted |
Line break | Keeps text together when changing the alignment in a document. |
Line spacing | The amount of space between lines of text in a paragraph. |
Margins | The blank borders that occupy the top |
Merge cells | To combine two or more cells into one. |
Negative indent | A setting that extends paragraph text into the left margin. |
Non-breaking spaces | A tool used to keep selected text on a single line. |
Object Zoom | A function that allows a user to zoom in on objects such as tables |
Orphan | The first line of a paragraph that appears alone at the bottom of a page. |
Page break | The location in a document where one page ends and a new page begins. |
Portrait orientation | A format commonly used for business documents in which text extends across the shorter length of the document. |
Quick Tables | Built-in preformatted tables. |
Section break | A tool used to create layout or formatting changes in a portion of a document. |
Sort | To arrange data alphabetically |
Split cells | To divide one cell into two or more cells. |
Table | An arrangement of data made up of horizontal rows and vertical columns. |
Vertical alignment | A setting that refers to how text is positioned between the top and bottom margins of the page. |
Widow | The last line of a paragraph appears at the top of a page. |