New Perspectives Word 2013
Tutorial 2: Navigating and Formatting a Document
Key Terms
APA (American Psychological Association) style A set of formatting and content guidelines for publications and student research papers in the social and behavioral sciences. (WD 94)
bibliography An alphabetical list of all the sources, including books, journals, websites, movies, and other works, referred to in a research paper. (WD 93)
bullet A black circle or other graphic that appears before each paragraph in a bulleted list. (WD 62)
Bullet Library The portion of the Bullets menu that gives you access to a variety of bulleted list styles. (WD 71)
bulleted list A group of related paragraphs in which each paragraph is preceded by a black circle or other paragraph. (WD 70)
character-level formatting See character formatting
citation Within a research paper, a formal reference to a source, typically in parentheses at the end of a sentence. (WD 94)
Clipboard task pane A task pane that displays the contents of the Clipboard.(WD 75)
comment A note attached by a reviewer to a word, phrase, or paragraph in a document; like an electronic sticky note. (WD 65)
content control A special feature used to display information that is inserted automatically into a document and that may need to be updated later. (WD 93)
copying Placing a copy of selected text or other item onto the Clipboard, leaving the text or item in its original location. (WD 75)
cutting Removing selected text or other item from a document and place it on the Clipboard. (WD 75)
dragging and dropping Selecting text or other item and then use the mouse pointer to drag it to a new location. (WD 73)
field A category of information; in a typical table, each column is a field. Also, an instruction that tells Word to display a specific piece of information, such as the current date or a bibliography. (WD 108)
Find and Replace dialog box A dialog box used to find an instance of text, formatting, or graphics in a document and replace it with something else. (WD 82)
First Line Indent marker A moveable icon on the horizontal ruler that looks like the top half of an hour glass and that can be dragged left or right to change the indent for the first line of one or more paragraphs. (WD 96)
footer Text, date, or other information that is printed below the bottom page margin; also, the blank area at the bottom of a page where such information can be inserted. (WD 98)
hanging indent A type of paragraph indent in which all lines except the first line of the paragraph are indented from the left margin. (WD 96)
Hanging Indent marker A moveable icon on the horizontal ruler that looks like the bottom half of an hour glass and that can be dragged left or right to change the indent for all of a paragraph except the first line. (WD 96)
header Text, date, or other information that is printed above the top page margin; also, the blank area at the top of a page where such information can be inserted. (WD 98)
Left Indent marker A square, moveable icon on the horizontal ruler that can be dragged left or right to indent an entire paragraph from the left side of the document. (WD 96)
manual page break A page break inserted by the user that starts a new page at the insertion point, whether or not the previous page is full. (WD 108)
MLA (Modern Language Association) style A set of formatting and content guidelines for publications and student research papers in the humanities and other fields. (WD 94)
Navigation pane A window in Word used to search a document for specific items, with the results highlighted in yellow in the document. (WD 62)
numbered list A group of paragraphs in which each paragraph is preceded by a number, with the paragraphs numbered consecutively. (WD 70)
Office Clipboard A temporary storage area on a computer that holds copied text, graphics, or other objects until you need them. (WD 75)
page number field An instruction that tells Word to insert a page number on each page of a document, no matter how many pages you eventually add to the document. (WD 98)
paragraph-level formatting See paragraph formatting
pasting Placing a copy of the contents of the Clipboard into the document at the insertion point. (WD 75)
Right Indent marker A moveable icon on the horizontal ruler that looks like the bottom half of an hour glass and that can be dragged left or right to indent an entire paragraph from the right side of the document. (WD 96)
Search for more things button A button in the Navigation pane that you can click to access advanced search tools, or to select something to search for besides text. (WD 62)
search results In the Navigation pane, a list containing each instance of the search item. (WD 78)
search text In the Navigation pane, the text you type in the Search document box. (WD 78)
source A book, journal article, CD, video, or other work referred to in a research paper and included in a bibliography. (WD 100)
style A set of formatting options that you can apply by clicking its icon in the Quick Style gallery on the HOME tab. (WD 63)
style guide A set of rules that describe the preferred format and style for a certain type of writing. The Modern Language Association (MLA) style guide and the American Psychological Association (APA) style guide are commonly used for academic research papers. (WD 94)
theme A coordinated collection of fonts, colors, and other visual effects designed to give a document a cohesive, polished look; the Office theme is applied to a new Word document by default. (WD 87)
works cited list In the MLA style, term used to refer to a bibliography. (WD 93)