| A | B |
| Baseline | Imaginary horizontal line on which text rests. |
| Live Preview | This feature enables you to view a feature before it is applied. |
| Serif | A small stroke at the edge of characters. |
| Descenders | Parts of characters that extend below the baseline. |
| Pitch | A measurement used for monospaced typefaces, it reflects the number of characters that can be printed in 1 horizontal inch. |
| Cover Page | A predesigned, fully formatted page. |
| Cap Height | The distance between the baseline and the top of capital letters. |
| Point Size | Approximately 1/72 of an inch. |
| x-height | The height of the main body of the lowercase characters and is equivalent to the lowercase x. |
| En dash | A special character that is used in durations of time or continuation. |
| Proportional | The sizing of various elements so that all parts relate to the whole. |
| PDF Format | This file format ensures that when the file is viewed online or printed, it retains the exact format you intended and data in the file cannot easily be changed. |
| XML format | Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. |
| Typestyle | A variation of the basic font or typeface that causes the font to display thicker (bold) and/or slanted (italic). |
| Sans Serif | A typeface that does not contain serifs. |
| Typeface | A set of characters with a common general design and shape (MS Word refers to typeface as font). |
| Ascenders | Parts of lowercase characters that rise above the x-height. |
| Em dash | A special symbol that is used to indicate a pause in speech. |
| Content Control | You may add this Word 2007 feature to your document to provide the user of the document the ability to select a date from past, present, or future calendars. |
| Table | A systematic arrangement of data usually in rows and columns for ready reference. |
| Theme | A set of colors, fonts and other formatting details that work together to give your documents a stylish, professional design. |