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Microsoft Word 2007
Review Word Terminology
Question | Answer |
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Ribbon | An area across the top of the screen that makes almost all of the capabilities of Word available in a single area |
Office Button | A button that provides access to a menu that contains commands such as open, save and print. This menu takes the place of the file menu in previous versions of Word. |
Header | Content that appears at the top of each page. |
Field | A placeholder that tells Word to supply the specified information in the specified way. (Example: date, time, page) |
Font | A complete set of characters that all have the same design. |
Font Color | One of a range of colors that can be applied to text. |
Font Size | The size of the characters in a font, in points. |
Document Window | The window that provides a workspace for an open document. |
Dialog Box Launcher | A button that launches a dialog box containing options for refining a command. |
Deselect | Clicking away from selected data or controls to release the selection. |
Clipboard | A storage area shared by all Office programs where cut or copied items are stored. |
Column | In page layout, the area between margins where text is allowed to flow. |
Group | A category of buttons on a tab. |
Hover | To pause the pointer over an object, such as a menu name or button, for a second or two to display more information. |
Justify | To make all lines of text in a paragraph or column fit the width of the document or column, with even margins on each side. |
Live preview | A feature of a thumbnail that displays what an option will look like if applied to a document. |
Margin | Blank space around the column in which text can flow on the page. |
Mini Toolbar | A toolbar of formatting commands that appears when you select text. |
Orientation | The direction – horizontal or vertical – in which a page is laid out. |
Paragraph | A block of text of any length that ends when you press the Enter key. |
Point | The unit of measure for expressing the size of characters in a font, where 72 points equals 1 inch. |
Print Layout view | A view that shows how a document will look when it is printed. |
Select | To make an object, graphic or text active, usually by clicking it once with the mouse. |
SmartArt | A technology in Microsoft Office 2007 where you can easily create professional business graphics within documents, spreadsheets, presentations and messages. |
Tab | An area on the Ribbon that contains buttons organized in groups. |
Tab stop | A location in the text column where text will align after you press the Tab key. |
Text Box | A box drawn to contain text. |
Word Wrap | The automatic breaking of a line of text when it reaches the page margin. |
Ruler | Allows you to change tab and indent settings for documents. |
Format Painter | Copy document formatting from one area to another. |
Thesaurus | Suggests other words with similar meanings to the word selected. |
Bold | Ctrl+B |
Cut | Ctrl+X |
Copy | Ctrl+C |
Paste | Ctrl+V |
Undo | Ctrl+Z |
Redo | Ctrl+Y |
Italics | Ctrl+I |
Underline | Ctrl+U |
Align Left | Ctrl+L |
Center | Ctrl+E |
Align Right | Ctrl+R |
To Select a Word | Double click the word |
To Select a Sentence | Press and hold CTRL and click anywhere in the sentence. |
To select a line | Click in the selection bar next to the line. |
To select a paragraph | Triple click the paragraph. |
To select everything | Ctrl+A |