Microsoft Word

• Word-processing

  The process of using computer to create, edit and print documents
• Microsoft Word

  Used to "create beautiful documents, easily work with others, and enjoy the read"
• Alignment

  The position of lines in a paragraph in relation to the documents left and right margins
• Backspace


  Deletes data to the left of the insertion point
• Bold


  Characters in bold appear on the screen in a higher intensity
• Bullets


  Special characters or symbols that are used to set off a paragraph
• Centering


  The placement of a line of text in the center of the screen or page where the left-most and right-most characters in the line are the same distance from the left and right margins
• Clip Art


  Pre-designed images that can be placed within a document
• Close


  Closes the document and offers to save the changes you made to the document without exiting the program
• Copy


  Creates a duplicate of highlighted/selected text and saves to the clipboard to be pasted elsewhere
• Cut


  Removes highlighted/selected text and saves to the clipboard to be pasted elsewhere
• Default


  A preset option for a particular command or function that can be changed
• Document


  Another name for a file created using Microsoft Word
• Font


  A style of typeface, such as: Times New Roman, Arial Black, Arial, and Freestyle Script
• Font Formatting


  Changes the appearance of the text, including font style, point size, and font typeface
• Format Painter


  Enables you to copy the formatting of one word or paragraph and apply it to another word or paragraph
• Hard Return


  The "hidden" command that forces Word to end a paragraph and move to the next line when you press the enter key
• I-beam Mouse Pointer

  The mouse pointer that turns into an I-beam when it is within the document area, used to place the insertion point
• Indentation


  The amount of space measured from the page margin that is applied to a paragraph or an area of a document
• Insertion Point


  The point at which the cursor is blinking on the document screen
• Italics


  Italicized characters appear on the screen slightly tilted to the right
• Line Spacing


  The number of lines used by each line of text
• Margin


  The amount of blank space, usually measured in inches or characters, above and below and to the right and left of the main body of a document
• Paragraph


  Any amount of text separated by a hard return
• Paste


  Adds previously copied or cut text at the insertion point
• Print Preview


  Lets you see how your document will look on the page before it is printed
• Wrapping


  Text automatically wraps to the next line when typing in Microsoft Word