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| Assistant | an animated character that offers helpful tips and allows you to search for help topics |
| Alt key | used to select commands from a menu |
| Arrow keys | four keys that move the cursor up, down, left and right in the window without changing any text |
| Backspace key | used to erase the character directly to the left of the cursor |
| Close button | closes the document or application |
| Closing a document | the process of removing a document from the computer's memory and from the screen |
| Ctrl key | used with the arrow keyes to move the cursor; alos used to select commands from a menu |
| Cursor | a blinking vertical line in the document that indicates where the next characters typed will be placed |
| Delete key | erases the character directly to the right of the cursor |
| Editing | changing the contents of a document once text has been entered |
| End key | moves the cursor to the end of the current line of text |
| Enter key | used to end a paragraph or terminate a line of text |
| Escape key | cancels the current operation |
| Exiting Word | the process of removing the Word application from the computer's memory and from the screen |
| File | a document that is stored on disk |
| File name | a unique name for a file stored on disk |
| Formatting marks | characters that are displayed in the document window as special symbols but do not appear on paper when a document is printed |
| Formatting toolbar | a toolbar that provides shortcuts to commonly performed text formatting actions |
| Home key | moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line of text |
| I-Beam pointer | the shape of the mouse pointer when it is moved into a document |
| Insertion point | the position of the cursor |
| Menu | a list of commands |
| Menu bar | a horizontal bar below the Title bar that contains the names of available menus |
| Microsoft Word | the word processor application in the Microsoft Office package |
| Normal view | displays on the text in the document, with dotted lines representing where each page ends |
| Print layout view | displays the document on separate pages, just as it will appear when printed |
| Opening a file | the process of transferring a saved file from disk to the computer's memory and displaying it in a window |
| Overwrite | when a saved file is replaced with an edited version of the file |
| Repeat key | a key that repeats its action when held down, such as an arrow key |
| Rulers | markings along the top and left side of the document window that are used for measuring |
| Saving a document | the process of storing a c opy of a document that is currently in the computer's memory on a disk |
| Screen scroll | bringing hidden parts of a document into view |
| Screen tip | a description of the action that a button on the Toolbar will perform |
| Scroll arrows | used to move a document one line at a time |
| Scroll bars | used to move a document one screen up or down |
| Scroll box | used to move a document in large increments |
| Standard Toolbar | a toolbar that provides shortcuts to commonly performed actions |
| Status bar | displays information about the pages in a document |
| Title bar | a bar at the top of the window used to display the file name and type of a document |
| Toolbar | a bar that contains shortcuts to commonly performed actions |
| Word processor | computer application that is used to produce documents |
| Word wrap | the process Word uses to determine whether a word will fit on the current line or must go on the next line |
