A B

Alignment How text is positioned between the

margins
Ascending order A to Z for letters or smallest to
largest for numbers
AutoComplete This feature guesses certain words
you are keying from the first few
letters and then suggests the entire
word.
AutoCorrect A feature that automatically corrects
errors as you type.
AutoFormat as you type Word automatically applies built-in
formats to text as you type.
Automatic Grammar Checking Checks your document for
grammatical errors.
Automatic Spell Checking Identifies misspellings and words that
are not in Word's dictionary by
underlining them with a wavy red
line immediately after you key them.
AutoText Using this feature you can store
frequently used text, such as a
name, address, or slogan, so you
don't have to rekey it each time.
Bullets Any small character that appears
before a listed item.
Bullets & Numbering A feature that allows the user to
create bulleted or numbered
paragraphs.
Case It refers to whether letters are
capitalized or not.
Click and type A useful feature that you can use to
quickly insert text or other items into
a blank area of a document.
Clip Art Pictures and drawings that can be
inserted into a document.
Clipboard A temporary storage place in
memory.
Columns Appear vertically in a worksheet and
are identified by letters at the top of
the worksheet window.
Copy Copies text or graphic from a
 document and places it on the
clipboard.
Copy & Paste A method of copying text or a
graphic
Cut Deletes text or graphic from a
document and places it on the
clipboard.
Cut & Paste A method of moving text or a
graphic.
Descending order Z to A for letters or largest to
smallest for numbers.
Desktop Publishing Using graphics and page design
programs for publishing purposes.
Document A written or printed paper that
contains information.
Double Spacing This has a full blank line between
each line of text.
Double-clicking Clicking the left mouse button twice
rapidly
Drag and Drop A quick method to copy or move text
a short distance.
Edit To add, delete, or modifiy text or
other elements of a file.
Find and Replace Useful editing commands that let you
find specific words in a document
and replace them if you wish.
Font Size Determined by measuring the height
of characteres in units called points.
Font Style Certain standard changes in the
appearance of a font.
Fonts The appearance of a character
distinguished by typeface and size.
Format The way text appears on a page.
Formatting Toolbar Contains buttons for changing
character and paragraph formatting,
such as alignment and type styles.
Graphics A line, circle, or box that has been
created, or an image or illustration
that is imported into the publication.
Hanging Indent The first full line of ext is followed by
 indented lines.
Headers & Footers The same text appearing at the top
or bottom of every page or every
other page in a document.
Icons Small pictures to remind you of each
button's function.
Indent A feature that sets a temporary left
or right margin for paragraph text.
Insertion Point It shows where text will appear when
you begin keying.
Landscape Orientation Documents are wider than they are
long
Line Spacing The amount of space between lines
of text.
Margins The distance between the edge of
the text in the document and top,
bottom, or side edges or the page.
Menu List of options from which to choose.
Menu Bar Located directly below the title bar,
contains menu titles from which you
can choose a variety of word
processing commands.
Merge A feature that combines a data
document with a main document to
mass-produce personalized letters or
other documents.
Nonbreaking Hyphen Use this if you want to make sure
that text separated by a hyphen
doesn't divide over two lines.
Optional Hyphen Use this if you want to control where
a word or phrase breaks if it falls at
the end of a line.
Overtype Mode The text you key replaces existing
text.
Page Break The location in a document where
one page ends and another begins.
Paste Procedure that retrieves text or
graphic from the clipboard and
allows the user to place it in another
location in a document.
Point Size Measures the height of characters.
Points Height of characters in units.
Portrait Orientation Documents are longer than they are
wide
Right-clicking Clicking the right mouse button one
time.
Ruler Located beneath the toolbar, you can
quickly change indentions, tabs, and
margins.
Scroll Bars Located at the bottom and right sides
of the window, allows you to move
quickly to other areas of the
document.
Selecting Highlighting blocks of text
Shift-clicking Holding down the shift key while
clicking the mouse
Single Spacing The default line spacing in Word.
Sorting Arranges a list of words in ascending
or descending order.
Standard Toolbar Located below the Menu bar,
contains buttons you can use to
perfrom common tasks, such as
printing and opening documents.
Status Bar Located at the bottom of the window,
it tells you what portion of the
document is shown on the screen
and the location of the insertion
point, as well as displays the status
of certain Word features.
Table A series of columns and rows in
which data is entered, formatted,
and organized.
Tabs It marks the place where the
insertion point will stop when you
press the Tab key.
Taskbar Located at the bottom of the screen.
It shows the Start button, and all
open programs.
Template A designed and formatted document
on which new documents are based.
Thesaurus A feature that provides the user with
synonyms for selected words.
Title Bar Located at the very top of the screen
it is where the names of the program
and the current file are located.
Triple-clicking Clicking the left mouse button three
times rapidly
View Buttons Located at the lower left corner of
the document window, it allows you
to quickly change views.
Wavy Green Line Indicates a possible grammar or
spacing error.
Wavy Red Line Indicates a possible spelling error.
Word Art Text created as a graphic image.
Word Processing A software application that users a
computer and software to create,
edit, and print text-based
documentation such as letters,
reports, and memos.
Word Wrap A feature that automatically
advances text to the next line
without pressing the Enter key.