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| Word Processing | act of creating, editing and producing a text document |
| Building Blocks | pre-designed blocks of text and formatting which can easily be inserted into documents |
| Templates | sample files which contain some formatting and can be customized to serve as a starting point for a new document |
| Cursor | black blinking line in the document to show the location where text or objects will be entered |
| Insertion Point | location where the text or object will be entered based on the location of the cursor |
| Alignment | position of lines in a paragraph in relation to the documents left and right margins |
| Word Wrapping | feature which moves a word to a new line to avoid overrunning the margin |
| Keyboard Shortcut | key combination which performs certain commands when pressed |
| Contiguous Selection | selection of text which is located next to each other or touching in a sequence |
| Non-Contiguous Selection | selection of text which is not located next to each other or touching in a sequence |
| Selection Bar | narrow strip along the left page margin which automates the selection of text |
| Font | complete set of characters in a specific face, style and size |
| Font Size | height of an uppercase letter in a font set; measured in points |
| Font Style | slant and weight of the characters in a font set |
| Font Color | shade of the characters in a font set |
| Format Painter | tool which can be used to copy formatting from one location to another in a document |
| Clipboard | temporary storage area for items which have been cut or copied in a program prior to being pasted in another location |
| Cut | removes selected text and places it on the clipboard |
| Copy | makes a duplicate of the text and places it on the clipboard |
| Paste | moves items from the clipboard into the document |
| Overtype Mode | replaces text to the right of the cursor one character at a time as text is entered |
| Spell Check | editing tool which reviews documents for spelling errors and misused words |
| Grammar Check | editing tool which reviews documents for grammatical errors |
| Thesaurus | editing tool which can be used to identify synonyms and antonyms for a selected term |
| File Type | format in which a file is stored |
| Non-Printing Characters | symbols which appear on the screen but are not visible on the printed page identifying items such as spaces and paragraph marks |
| AutoCorrect | tool which automatically corrects misspellings and common typos |
| AutoFormat As You Type | tool which automatically applies common formats to text as it is entered |
| Left Alignment | aligns text flush with the left margin |
| Center Alignment | centers text between the right and left margins |
| Right Alignment | aligns text flush with the right margin |
| Justified Alignment | aligns text to run evenly between the left and right margins |
| Left Indent | indents from the left margin |
| Right Indent | indents from the right margin |
| First Line Indent | indents just the first line from the left margin |
| Hanging Indent | indents all lines but the first line from the left margin |
| Margin | space separating text or objects from the edge of the page |
| Themes | sets of coordinated colors, fonts and effects which can be applied to documents |
| Style Sets | collections of styles which contain coordinated colors and fonts |
| Watermark | graphic object or text positioned behind the text of a document |
| Page Orientation | way in which a rectangular page is orientated for normal viewing |
| Landscape Orientation | long side of the page runs horizontal |
| Portrait Orientation | long side of the page runs vertical |
| Soft Page Break | break entered by Word to start a new page when the current page is full |
| Hard Page Break | break entered by the user before the current page is full |
| Header | text or graphics which are printed at the top of each page in a document |
| Footer | text or graphics which are printed at the bottom of each page in a document |
| Hyperlink | text or graphic which has been linked to another location |
| Table | grid of horizontal rows and vertical columns into which data can be entered to organize information |
| Text Box | object in which text can be added and placed anywhere on a page |
| Shapes | objects which can be added to documents such as circles, lines, etc. |
| WordArt | decorative text which can add to a document |
| Screenshot | image of content currently displayed in a window open on the computer or desktop |
| SmartArt | graphic object which can be inserted to create diagrams in a document |
| Charts | visual representations of data |
| Text Wrapping | ability of text to be located around an object |
| Captions | labels which identify illustrations such as tables, charts, figures or images located in a document |
| Comments | notes which can be electronically entered into documents |
| Macro | series of commands and instructions which can be grouped together as a single command to accomplish a task automatically |
| Quick Parts | objects such as document properties or fields which can be inserted from a gallery |
| File extension | a dot followed by three or four characters at the end of the file name used to show the file type |
