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| Save (to disk) | To issue a command that writes data to a disk for storage. |
| Scroll | The action of pushing lines off the top of a video display while writing new lines at the bottom (or vice versa). |
| Scroll bars | Bars in the righthand and bottom borders of a window representing the insetion point's current position in a document Boxes within the Scroll Bars maybe dragged with a mouse for moving the insertion point. |
| Search | To look for a specific character string of information |
| Select | Mark an item by highlighting it or clicking on it. Selecting an item or object does NOT initiate an action, but may make grayed (dimmed) menu options available. |
| Selecting text | Marking or highlighting portions of text. THis can be done using the arrow keys with shift pressed down, or dragging the mouse over the text. Once text is selected you can perform an action on it such as deleting, cutting, copying, and formatting it. |
| Shortcut key | Key combination that provides fast access to command, usually without first accessing a pull down menu. |
| Software | The programs or instructions a computer uses. Software includes both the operating system as well as applications to software. |
| Sort | To arrange records or data in a particular order. |
| Status bar | The horizontal bar near the bottom of the typing screen showing the insertion point's current position and which special function leys (if any) are turned on. The status bar will also display helpful messages and information about commands you are cuttently using. |
| String | See Character string. |
| Style | A set of instructions for text and paragraph formatting indentified by a unique name. Everything you type is assigned a style. |
| Style Sheet | A set of styles and possibly pre-existing text that give you a template for developing specific types of documents. Examples of styles sheets includes memos, letters, and fax covers. |
| Subdirectory | Lower level dictionary, subordinate to a parent directory. |
| Switch to..... | In the Control Menu, this command brings up the Task List which can be used to change to another active application or process. |
| System reset | See Reboot. |
| System unit | Hardware unit which houses theMajority of the computer's electronic components, including the microprocesor and the disk drives. |
| Task | A running program, open application or active process. |
| Task List | Used to show all open applications and switch between them. Can also arrange windows and icons and terminate any running programs or processes. Sometimes called "Task Manager". |
| Task switching | The act of suspending one program's operation while runing another. Only one program is actually running or actually running or active at a time, as opposed to multitasking. |
| Telecommunications | Data communications between remote locations. |
| Text attribute | An enhancement of text, such as underlining or boldface, for adding emphasis. |
| Text box | An area within a dialog box where you can type data for a chosen command. May contain default text or be blank. You can use the stadard Windows editing keys while typing here. |
| Text file | A file which has been saved in ASCII (DOS text) format, and contains no formatting codes. Sometimes called an "ASCII file". |
| Thesaurus | In word processing, a feature that will look up synonyms for selected words and make replacements if desired. |
| Tile | A command for displayuin window so that each one can be seen together on a screen Compare Cascade. |
| Title bar | The horizontal bar located along the top of a window which contains the name of the program, and sometimes the name of the current file, if any. |
| Toggle | An action typical of certain keys allowing a function to be alrenately turned on and off by pressing the same key (much like a light switch). |
| Toolbar | A group of graphical rectangles which suggest push buttons. Each push button represents a command which can be executed by pressing the approriate button. |
| Touch screen | A combination input device/ monitor which allows information to be conveyed to the computer by simply touching specific areas on the monitor screen. |
| Tutorial | Practice sessions which are frequently provided by software manufacturers as an aid to learning the software. Tutorials may either be printed in a book or displayed on screen. |
| Typeover | A keyboard mode where any characters typed at the insertion point will erase pre-existing text as the new characters appear. Compare Insert |
| Undo | A command that allows you to reverse your most recent action(s). For instance, you may want to undo a text deletion. |
| User | Commonly used term for the person currently operating the computer and its software. |
| Videodisc | A medium that carries analog video information. A videodisc player under computer control allows random access to frames on a videodisc. This allows for a high level of user interactivity. |
| View | In a windows application, a particular way of displaying a document or a set of data. For instance, a full page view shows an entire page at a time. |
| Wildcard character | A character used to represent a variable. A question mark represents a single character, and an asterisk represents zero or more characters. Usually used in some type of searching function, like DIR. |
| Window | Rectangular area on the desktop containing an application or document file. Windows can be sized and moved, minimized and maximized, opened or closed |
| Word processor | A powerful application's package for creating, revising, and printing text-based documents. |
| Word wrap | A word processing feature where continuos text within a paragraph is automactically broken near the right margin, then continued on the next line. |
| Workspace | That part of a document window where you actually work with the text. |
| Write | The ability or process of moving information from one place to another and saving it at the destination, such as in memory or on disk. |
