Microsoft Word 2010
 Building Block - Frequently used text saved in a gallery, from which it
can be inserted quickly into a document.
 Clipboard - A storage area shared by all Office programs where cut or
copied items are stored.
 Navigation task pane - A task pane that displays an outline of a
document’s headings, or thumbnails of a document’s pages, and allows
you to jump to a heading or page in the document by clicking it. Also
provides content search capabilities.
 Wildcard Character - A keyboard character that can be used to
represent one or many characters when conducting a search. The
question mark (?) represents a single character, and the asterisk (*)
represents one or more characters.
 Font Size - The height (in points) of a collection of characters,
where one point is equal to approximately 1/72 of an inch.
 Font Style - The emphasis placed on a font by using formatting
such as bold, italic, underline, or color.
 Indent Marker - A marker on the horizontal ruler that controls
the indentation of text from the left or right margin of a
document.
 Justifying - Making all lines of text in a paragraph or column fit
the width of the document or column, with even margins on
each side.
 Line Break - A manual break that forces the text that follows it to
the next line. Also called a text wrapping break.
 Paragraph - In word processing, a block of text of any length that
ends when you press the Enter key.
 Paragraph Formatting - Formatting that controls the appearance
of a paragraph. Examples include indentation, alignment, line
spacing, and pagination.
 Paragraph Style - A combination of character formatting and
paragraph formatting that is named and stored as a set. Applying
the style to a paragraph applies all the formatting characteristics
at one time.
 Point - The unit of measure for expressing the size of
characters in a font, where 72 points equals 1 inch.
 Text wrapping - The way text wraps around an object on
the page.
 Text wrapping break - A manual break that forces the text
that follows it to the next line. Also known as a line break.
 Theme - A set of unified design elements that combine
color, fonts, and graphics to provide a professional look for
a document.