COMMON APPLICATION FUNCTIONS
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Bullets
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Symbols used to organize data into a list.
This
Is
An
Example
Of
A
Bullet
List
Center Line Alignment
Text that is centered on the line
This is an example of center line alignment.
Click and drag
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Using the mouse to select text or pictures.
Clipboard
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Computer memory that is used to temporarily save
information.
Copy
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Make a duplicate of text or graphics (picture).
Templates
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Using the premade file templates in an application
program.
Crop multimedia
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Taking out unwanted sections of a picture.
Black top and bottom borders removed.
Delete multimedia
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Removing a picture from the document.
Draft View
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Displaying the
document in a
simple view
where margins
and formatting
have been
removed.
Exit
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Leaving an application program
using the exit methods provided in
the program.
Find
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Using the program to look for words or commands.
Font Attributes
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Bold, Italics, and Underline
Font Color
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Changing the color of text in the document.
Font Size
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The size of the text in the document.
Font Style
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The type of font used for the text portions of a
document.
Footers
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Text that appears at
the bottom of a page
and repeats on every
page.
Format Picture
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Menu for editing multimedia (pictures).
GUI
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Graphical User Interface – using pictures for access
points to programs and tools.
Icons are shortcuts to programs.
Header
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Text that appears at
the top of a page and
repeats on every
page.
Help Menu
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Tool to access the programs online help.
Hyperlink
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Access point to a section of the Internet that contains
documents for the topic of the file.
Multimedia
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Pictures, video, and audio
Justified Line Alignment
Setting text to line up on both the left margin and the
right margin. Newspaper columns are examples of
this. Full justification sometimes creates large spaces
between words.
The paragraph above has been justified. Notice the
extra spaces between some of the words?
Landscape Orientation
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Asking the computer to turn the paper sideways in
the display and when printing the document.
Left Line Alignment
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All lines of text line up at the left margin.
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The normal default setting for most application
programs is left line alignment.
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The bullet items on this slide are using left line
alignment.
Line Numbering
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Organizing data into a list and using numbers to
keep it organized and/or prioritized.
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Lesson 1 Basics: Speedback Quiz
Lesson 2 Operating Systems: Speedback Quiz
Lesson 3 Application Software: Speedback Quiz
Lesson 4 Networks: Speedback Quiz
Lesson 5 Common Application Functions: Speedback Quiz
Line Spacing
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The amount of spacing between lines of text.
Single spacing
Some documents should be single spaced like business letters. Some
documents should be double spaced like school reports. Line spacing
allows you to set the spacing between the lines of text like you see in this
paragraph which has been single spaced.
Double spacing
Some documents should be single spaced like business letters. Some
documents should be double spaced like school reports. Line spacing allows
you to set the spacing between the lines of text like you see in this paragraph
which has been double spaced.
Margins
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The white space around the edge of the paper.
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Anything outside the red line is the margin area.
Open
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Calling a document from storage to open on the
screen.
Outline View
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Placing the document in a different view. This does
not affect how the document prints.
Page Numbering
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Inserting a number for each page in the document.
Paper Size
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The size of paper the printer
will print on.
Paste
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Taking something out of
memory and inserting it
into the document.
Usually performed after
the ‘copy’ command has
been used.
Portrait Orientation
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The default view for a document and for printed
documents.