Computer Applications

• Hanging indent


  A formatting style where the first line of a paragraph is aligned with the left margin, and all subsequent lines are indented
• Portrait orientation


  • The height of the page is greater than the width
• Landscape orientation


  • The width of the page is greater than the height
• Margins


  The blank spaces that surround the text on the edges of a document, used to ensure text does not touch the edges and provide space for binding and design elements
• Review tab


  Holds commands for proofing a document, including spell check, grammar check, and thesaurus
• Information found under the File tab

  • New, Open, Save, Save As, Print, Share, Export, Info (document properties and protection), Options
• Information found under the Home tab

  • Clipboard (cut, copy, paste), Font (text formatting), Paragraph (alignment, bullets, numbering), Styles, Editing (find, replace, select)
• Font Group


  • Font type, size, color, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, subscript, superscript, text effects, highlighting
• Ways to save as type

  • .docx, .pdf, .txt, .rtf, .html, .odt, various image formats
• Title Bar


  Displays the name of the document and application, includes minimize, maximize, close buttons, and Quick Access Toolbar
• File tab


  Contains the command to save the presentation as a different file type
• Text group on the Insert tab

  Contains the command to add a slide number
• File tab


  Contains the Backstage View
• Commands in the Backstage view

  • New, Open, Save, Save As, Print, Share, Export, Close, Account settings
• Exit animations


  Effect how the object or text is removed from a slide during a presentation
• Placeholder


  Box with dotted borders that contains content such as text, images, charts, or other objects
• Search bar


  Typically located on the right side of the title bar in Microsoft Office applications
• Commands in the Clipboard group

  • Cut, Copy, Paste, Format Painter
• Commands in the Editing group

  • Find, Replace, Select
• Status bar


  Displays information such as page number, word count, language, and may include view options
• Transitions


  Animation-like effects that occur when moving from one slide to another
• Design tab


  Contains the themes that can be applied to a presentation
• Format tab (or Drawing Tools/Format tab)

  Appears when WordArt, shapes, or text boxes are added or selected
• Review tab


  Holds the command for completing a spell check
• Animations tab


  Holds the commands for creating a motion path
• Layout


  Command on the Home tab or the slide sorter view that helps arrange the content of a slide
• AutoComplete


  Command that finishes an entry based on previous entries made in the column containing the active cell
• Cell reference


  • A1
• Formula


  • =A1+B1
• Function


  • =SUM(A1:A10)
• Absolute cell reference


  • $A$1
• Mixed cell reference


  • A$1 or $A1
• Equal sign (=)


  Must begin all functions/formulas
• Worksheet (or spreadsheet)


  Composed of a grid system of rows and columns which cross to make cells
• Name Box


  Shows the location of the selected cell
• Viewing options


  • Worksheet: Normal view, Page Layout view, Page Break Preview
  • Word document: Read Mode, Print Layout, Web Layout, Draft
  • PowerPoint presentation: Normal view, Slide Sorter view, Reading view, Slide Show
• First line indent


  When only the first line of a paragraph is indented from the left margin
• Hanging indent


  When all lines of a paragraph except the first one are indented from the left margin
• Paragraph group


  • Text alignment, line spacing, indentations, bullets, numbering, shading, borders
• Ways paragraphs can be formatted

  • Alignment (left, center, right, justify), line spacing, indentation (left, right, first line, hanging), bullets or numbering