| Word Processing Vocabulary Bold/Boldface: a heavier typestyle used for emphasis and appearance Bullets: symbols used at the beginning of each line to highlight a list of items Character: the letters, numbers, symbols, punctuation mark sthat appear in a word processing document Clip art: a collection of picture files Clipboard: a special part of memory that temporarily holds the contents of a cut or copy function Copy: to make a duplicate of a highlighted section of a document Cursor: a blinking line or other mark showing where the next letter or character will be keyed, sometimes the cursor is an arrow or icon Cut: to remove a highlighted section of a document Editing: changing or making corrections in a document File: a word processing document Folder: a place to store a file, also known as a directory or subdirectory Font: a specific design for a complete set of letters, numbers, and symbols Format: the way the text/page appears Grammar Check: a word processing tool that checks for grammatical errors Hard copy: the printed copy Highlighting: to display in reverse type part of a word or a section of a document Italics: typestyle that is evenly slanted towards the right for emphasis and appearance Line Spacing: the vertical distance between lines of text, the default setting is usually single spacing Load/Launch: to enter a program or file into a computer's memory (RAM) Paste: to put the clipboard contents into another part of a document, used in conjunction with cut and copy Point: a unit of measurement of type, the larger the point size, the larger the type Print: to make a hard copy of a document Retrieve: to load a file that has been previously saved onto a disk Save: to store a file on diskette or hard drive for future use Search & Replace: a function that locates words or character strings and allows the user to replace the selected words with a replacement Soft copy: display of a document on a computer monitor or screen Spell Check: a tool that compares words in a document to its own disk-based dictionary to help identify and to correct misspellings Text: the words Thesaurus: a word processing tool that identifies synonyms for a selected word Typestyle: features such as bold, italics, and underline, featues that enhance text Underline: a horizontal line used for emphasis Wordwrap: when the words automatically wrap down to the next line without you hitting the enter key |