| A | B |
|---|
| Alignment | Left-right or up-down positioning of text. |
| Character style | Collection of font settings that can be applied to text on the character level. |
| Document statistics | Report available in Word that includes the number of pages, lines and words in a document. |
| Format painter | Tool used to copy all the format settings from one piece of text to another. |
| First-line indent | Paragraph format setting that indents the first line of each paragraph. |
| Hanging indent | Paragraph format setting that indents every line in a paragraph except the first line. |
| Hard return | Is the process of jumping from the end of one line of text to the beginning of the next line |
| Headings | Text styles used to organize a document into different levels of topics and sub-topics. Also the first row or column in an Excel spreadsheet. |
| Indent marker | Slider that appears on the Ruler that indicates where the indent is set on a Word document. |
| Leaders | Solid, dashed, or dotted line that fills the empty space to the left of a tab stop. |
| Line spacing | Setting that determines the amount of space between each line in a document. |
| Page break | Formatting element that can be placed in a document; forces the beginning of a new page. |
| Paragraph formatting | Settings that define the appearance of entire sections of text. |
| Paragraph spacing | The space between each paragraph in a document |
| Paragraph style | Collection of font settings that can be applied to text on the paragraph level. |
| Section break | Formatting element in a document that indicates a change in formatting. |
| Soft return | Moving to a new line in a document without creating a new paragraph by pressing [Shift + Enter]. |
| Tab | Type of indent created manually by pressing the [Tab] key to move the cursor by pre-set increments. |
| Tab marker | “L” shaped marker on the Ruler of a Word document that identifies the location of a tab stop. |
| Template | New document that contains preset formatting; gives the user a head start on creating a document. |
| Widows and orphans | When the first line of a new paragraph is isolated at the bottom of a page, cut off from the rest of the paragraph. |
