Word Lesson 1-8
Draft view: Shows only the text of a document; headers and footers, margins, columns, and graphics are not visible (WD 5).
Full Screen Reading view: Shows text on the screen in a format that is easy to read (WD 5).
Insertion point: Shows where text will appear when you begin typing (WD 5).
Landscape orientation: Documents printed in landscape orientation are wider than they are long (WD 14).
Office button: Click it to open a menu, which contains commands for working with files (WD 5).
Outline view: Displays headings and text in outline form so you can see the structure of your document and reorganize easily (WD 5).
Portrait orientation: Documents printed in portrait orientation are longer than they are wide (WD 14).
Print Layout view: Shows how a document will look when it is printed (WD 5).
Print Preview: Enables you to look at a document as it will appear when printed (WD 14).
Quick Access Toolbar: Contains buttons for three common commands; you can add additional Toolbar buttons to it (WD 5).
Ribbon: Contains commands for working with the document, organized by tabs (WD 5).
Status bar: Displays information about the current document and process (WD 5).
Toolbar: A small bar that contains buttons for performing commands (WD 12).
View buttons: Allow you to change views quickly (WD 5).
Web Layout view: Simulates the way a document will look when it is viewed as a Web page (WD 5).
Word processing: The use of computer software to enter and edit text (WD 3).
Word wrap: If the text you are typing extends beyond the right margin, it automatically moves to the next line (WD 6).
Zoom: Use the zoom feature to magnify and reduce your document on the screen (WD 12).
Zoom slider: Allows you to increase or decrease the size of the document on-screen (WD 5).
Clipboard (system Clipboard): Temporary storage place in the computer’s memory (WD 34).
Copy: When you copy selected text, it remains in its original location and a copy of it is placed on the Clipboard (WD 34).
Cut: When you cut selected text, it is removed from the document and placed on the Clipboard (WD 34).
Drag: To select text with the mouse, position the I-beam pointer to the left of the first character of the text you want to select. Hold down the left button on the mouse, drag the pointer to the end of the text you want to select, and release the button. This is called dragging (WD 25).
Drag-and-drop: The easiest way to move text is to select it, position the pointer on top of the selected text, and then drag the selected text to the new location (WD 32).
Find: Using the Find command, you can quickly search a document for every occurrence of a specific word or phrase you type in the Find what box (WD 38).
Format: The appearance of text (WD 34).
Go To: Allows you to jump to a specific part of a document (WD 42).
Office Clipboard: A special clipboard on which you can collect up to 24 selections (WD 36).
Paste: Once you have placed text on the Clipboard, you can then paste into the document whatever is stored on the Clipboard (WD 34).
Paste Options: When you use the Paste command, the Paste Options button appears below and to the right of the pasted text. This button offers you a variety of formatting options (WD 34).
Quick Style: Settings that affect the way text looks in the document and that you can apply by clicking a button on the Ribbon (WD 29).
Redo: The Redo command reverses an Undo action (WD 31).
Repeat: Repeats the most recent action (WD 31).
Replace: Allows you to replace a word or phrase in the Find what box with another word or phrase you key in the Replace with box (WD 40).
Select: To select text means to highlight a block of text (WD 25).
Show/Hide ¶: Command allows you to see these hidden formatting marks (WD 26).
Toggle: Switching between two options using the keyboard (WD 27).
Undo: Reverses recent actions (WD 30).
Wildcards: Special characters that represent other characters (WD 39).
AutoComplete: Feature in Word that automatically completes the spelling of days of the week and months of the year that have more than five letters in their names (WD 61).
AutoCorrect: Corrects common capitalization, spelling, grammar, and typing errors as you type (WD 51).
AutoFormat As You Type: Automatically applies built-in formats to text as you type (WD 56).
Automatic grammar checking: Checks your document for grammatical errors (WD 64).
Automatic spell checking: Flags words that might be misspelled by underlining them with a red or blue wavy line immediately after you type them (WD 63-64).
Building block: Document part that you can create, store, and reuse (WD 58).
Contextual spell checking: Word identifies possible misusage by examining the context in which the word is used (WD 64).
Format: Changes the look of text (WD 55).
Quick Part: Building block you create from frequently used text, such as a name, address, or slogan, and then save so that you can easily access them (WD 58).
Quick Style: Built-in formats for both text and paragraphs that you can apply by clicking a button in the Styles group on the Home tab (WD 55).
Superscript: Text that is formatted much smaller than the rest of the text and raised up to the top of the line (WD 57).
Thesaurus: Useful feature for finding a synonym for a word in your document (WD 70).
Attribute: The appearance of text. For example, the size of the text or whether or not it is in bold type (WD 82).
Color palette: A coordinated set of colors available for use in the document (WD 84).
Font: Designs of type (WD 80).
Font effect: Helps you enhance or clarify your text by using effects such as shadows and superscripts (WD 88).
Font size: The height of characters in units called points (WD 82).
Font style: Formatting feature you can apply to a font to change its appearance (WD 85).
Format Painter: Allows you to copy the format of selected text to other text (WD 91).
Point: Unit of measure for font characters (WD 82).
Style: A set of formatting options that have been named and saved (WD 92).
Theme: A coordinated set of fonts, styles, and colors (WD 94).
Alignment: Refers to the position of text between the margins (WD 108).
Bullet: Any small character that appears before an item (WD 123).
Center: One of the positions you can align your text is to center the text (WD 108).
First-line indent: When the first line of your paragraph is indented (WD 111).
Hanging indent: The first full line of text is not indented, but the following lines are indented (WD 112).
Indent: The space between text and a document’s margin (WD 109).
Inside margin (gutter margin): The right margin on a left page and the left margin on the right page—the margins closest to the inside of the page, near the binding (WD 107).
Justify: The text is aligned at both the right and left margins (WD 108).
Leader: Solid, dotted, or dashed lines that fill the blank space before a tab setting (WD 122).
Left-align: You can align your text to the left margin (WD 108).
Margin: Blank areas around the top, bottom, and sides of a page (WD 106).
Mirrored margins: Books and magazines are often formatted with mirrored margins, where instead of left and right margins, the page has inside and outside margins (WD 107).
Multilevel list: A list with two or more levels of bullets or numbering (WD 128).
Negative indent (outdent): You can also create a negative indent, sometimes called an outdent, by dragging the indent markers on the ruler to the left past the left margin (WD 112).
Outline numbered list: A numbered multilevel list (WD 128).
Outside margin: The left margin on the left page and the right margin on the right page (WD 107).
Right-align: You can align your text to the right margin (WD 108).
Tab stop (tab): Marks the place where the insertion point will stop when you press the Tab key (WD 119).
Vertical alignment: Positioning text between the top and bottom margins of a document (WD 118).
Aspect Ratio: The relationship of an object’s height to its width (WD 151).
Callout: A textbox with an attached line pointing to something in the drawing (WD 168).
Chart: Visual representations of data; other than diagram (WD 169).
Clip art: Graphics that are already drawn or photographed and available for use in documents (WD 148).
Crop: Cut off (WD 152).
Diagram: Visual representations of data; other than chart (WD 169).
Floating object: An object that acts as if it is sitting on a separate layer on the page (WD 154).
Graphic: Pictures that help illustrate the meaning of the text and make the page more attractive (WD 141).
Inline object: An object that is inserted into text and then treated as if it were a character in a line of text (WD 153).
Keyword: Word or words that describe the type of clip art you wish to insert (WD 148).
Object: Anything that can be manipulated as a whole (WD 148).
Pull quote: Text copied from the document and set off in a text box (WD 166).
Rotation handle: The green circle on the selection rectangle that you drag to rotate an object (WD 150).
Selection rectangle: The box that appears when an item is selected (WD 150).
Sidebar: Text that does not appear in a document but adds extra information for the reader and is set off in a text box (WD 166).
Sizing handle: The square or circle on the selection rectangle that you drag to resize an object (WD 150).
SmartArt: Predesigned drawings that allow you to quickly insert diagrams and charts (WD 169).
Text box: A shape specifically designed to hold text (WD 166).
WordArt: Stylized text that is treated like an object (WD 172).
Cell: The intersection of a row and a column (WD 198).
Content control: Special placeholdes designed to contain a specific type of text, such as a date or a page number (WD 183).
Document Information Panel: Use to view or add properties to a document; appears at the top of the document window (WD 189).
Footer: Text that is printed at the bottom of each page (WD 184).
Gridline: Form the structure of the table, the outline of the rows and columns (WD 202).
Header: Text that is printed at the top of each page (WD 184).
Orphan: The last line of a paragraph at the top of a page (WD 183).
Page break: The place where one page ends and another begins (WD 181).
Property: Identifying information about the file that is saved along with it (WD 189).
Section: A part of a document where you can create a different layout from the rest of the document (WD 193).
Sort: Arranges a list in ascending or descending order (WD 205).
Table: An arrangement of text or numbers in rows and columns (WD 198).
Widow: The first line of a paragraph at the top of a page (WD 183).
Data source: File containing the information that varies in each document (WD 217).
Mail merge: Combines a document with information that personalizes it (WD 217).
Main document: The document with the information that does not change (WD 217).
Merge fields: Placeholders that are replaced with data from the data source when you perform the merge (WD 217).
Template: A file that already contains the basic elements of a document, such as page and paragraph formatting, fonts, and text (WD 211).
Track Changes: Keeps a record of any changes you or a reviewer makes in a document (WD 228).
Workgroup collaboration: The process of working together in teams, sharing comments, and exchanging ideas for a common purpose (WD 224).