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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 the menu. |
| Arrow Keys | Four keys that move the cursor up, down, right, and left 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. |
| Cursor control keys | See arrow keys. |
| Delete Key | Erases the character directly to the right of the cursor. |
| Editing | Changing the contents of a document once the 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 (escapes from) the current operation. |
| File | A document that is stored on a disk. |
| FIle name | A unique name for a file that is stored on a disk. |
| 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 horizantal bar below the Title bar that contains the names of available menus. |
| Microsoft Word | The word processor application in the Microsoft Office package. |
| Print Layout view | Displays the document on seperate pages, just as it will appear when printed. |
| 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 the arrow key. |
| Screen scroll | Bringing hidden parts of a document into view. |
| 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. |
| Status bar | Displays information about the pages in a document. |
| Toolbar | A bar that contains shortcuts to commonly performed actions. |
