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word processing
act of creating, editing and producing a text document
ribbon
major organizational unit of Microsoft® Word which contains tabs and
groups of commands
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mail merge
personalized letter which is sent to multiple individuals with the only
difference being the individuals’ names
macro
series of commands or instructions grouped together to accomplish a single
command which accomplishes a task automatically
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non-printing characters
symbols which appear on the screen but are not visible on the printed page
cursor
black blinking line located on the document
insertion point
location where the text will begin
alignment
location of the beginning of the text
word wrap
natural ability of text to move to the next line when it does not fit on the
current line
hard return
process of hitting the enter key and switching lines
soft return
switching of lines which occurs naturally during word processing when the
end of a line is reached
dragging
process of moving the mouse over an area of text
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non-contiguous selection
selecting only certain portions of a document without selecting the entire
document
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clipboard
temporary storage location for all of the items which have been cut or
copied on the computer
cutting
process of removing text and placing it on the clipboard so it can be
relocated either in the same document or another document
copying
process of making an exact replica of text or an object to move to another
location without disturbing the original selection
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pasting
process of moving items placed on the clipboard to a location in a file
formatting
act of customizing a document to fit the user’s needs by adjusting pieces of
the document
AutoComplete
feature which guesses the names of calendar items as they are typed and
then suggests the complete word
AutoCorrect
automatically makes corrections to a document such as capitalization,
spelling, grammar and typing errors
AutoFormat as You Type
tool which applies built-in formats as text is typed
spell check
tool which notifies the user of possible misspelled or misused words
grammar check
proofreading tool which automatically identifies grammatical problems
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thesaurus
built-in reference for finding synonyms
indent
space between the margin and where the text begins
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first-line indent
description of an indent in a paragraph when only the first line of the text in
the paragraph is indented
hanging indent
description of an indent when the first line is not indented but all of the
following lines are indented in a paragraph
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margins
blank areas around the sides of a page
alignment
position of the text between the margins
left align
positions text so it is aligned along the left margin
center align
positions text centered between the right and lift margins
right align
positions text so it is aligned along the right margin
justify
aligns text to both the left and right margins adding extra space between
words as necessary
page orientation
layout position of a piece of paper for printing
portrait orientation
page is rotated so it is longer than it is wide
landscape orientation
page is rotated so it is wider than it is long
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page breaks
divisions between the pages of a document
header
text which is printed at the top of each page of a document
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footer
text which is printed at the bottom of each page of a document
row
runs from left to right on a table
column
runs from top to bottom of a table
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cell
result of a row and column crossing; area where text and objects can be
inserted
SmartArt
graphic diagram which shows a process or list in a visual form
text wrap
ability of text to be around a graphic in a document
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