Word Chapter 2

Bibliography

A Bibliography is an alphabetical list of sources referenced in a paper.

Field

A Field is a placeholder for data whose contents can change.

Header

A Header is text/and or graphics that print at the bottom of every page.

Manual Page Break

A Manual Page Break, or hard page break, is one that you force into the document at a specific location.

Research Paper

A Research Paper is a document you can use to communicate the results of research findings.

Style

A Style is a named group of formatting characteristics, including font and font size.

Thesaurus

A Thesaurus Is a book of synonyms.

Hard Page Break

A manual page break, or Hard Page Break, is one that you force into the document at a specific location.

Horizontal Ruler

Although you can use a dialog box to indent paragraphs, Word provides a quicker way through the Horizontal Ruler.

Automatic Page Breaks

As you type documents that exceed one page, Word automatically inserts page breaks, called Automatic Page Breaks or soft page breaks, when it determines the text has filled one page according to paper size, margin settings, line spacing, and other settings.

Soft Page Breaks

As you type documents that exceed one page, Word automatically inserts page breaks, called Automatic Page Breaks or soft page breaks, when it determines the text has filled one page according to paper size, margin settings, line spacing, and other settings.

Copying

Copying is the process of placing items on the Office Clipboard, leaving the item in the document.

Cutting

Cutting removes the item from the document before placing it on the Office Clipboard

Plagiarize

Do not use someone else's work and claim it to be your own or Plagiarize.

First-Line Indent

If you are using a mouse, you can use the horizontal ruler, usually simply called the ruler, to indent just the first line of a paragraph, which is called a First-Line Indent.

Ruler

If you are using a mouse, you can use the horizontal ruler, usually simply called the ruler, to indent just the first line of a paragraph, which is called a First-Line Indent.

Note Text

In Word, Note Text can be any length and format.

Hanging Indent

In essence, the first line hangs to the left of the rest of the paragraph; thus, this type of paragraph formatting is called a Hanging Indent.

Line Spacing

Line Spacing is the amount of vertical space between lines of text in a paragraph.

Paragraph Spacing

Paragraph Spacing is the amount of space above and below a paragraph.

Pasting

Pasting is the process of copying an item from the Office Clipboard into the document at the location of the insertion point.

Right-aligned

Right-aligned; that is, they should print at the right margin, according to the MLA documentation style.

Footer

Similarly, a Footer is text and/or graphics that print at the bottom of every page.

Synonym

Synonym, or a word similar in meaning, to duplicate or inappropriate word.

First Line Indent Marker

The First Line Indent Marker is the top triangle at the 0" mark on the ruler.

Left Indent Marker

The Left Indent Marker allows you to change the entire left margin, whereas the first line indent marker indents only the first line of the paragraph

Double-Space

The MLA documentation style requires that you Double-Space the entire line height to accommodate various font sizes and graphics

Footnote

The MLA documentation style specifies that a superscript (raised number) be used for a note reference mark to signal that a note exists either at the bottom of the page as a Footnote or at the end of the document as an end note.

Endnote

The MLA documentation style specifies that a superscript (raised number) be used for a note reference mark to signal that a note exists either at the bottom of the page as a footnote or at the end of the document as an End Note.

Note Reference Mark

The MLA documentation style specifies that a superscript (raised number) be used for a note reference mark to signal that a note exists either at the bottom of the page as a footnote or at the end of the document as an End Note.

Parenthetical References

The MLA documentation style uses in-text Parenthetical References instead of noting each souse at the bottom of the page or at the end of the paper.

Navigation Pane

The Navigation Pane is a window that enables you to browse through headings in a document, browse through pages in a document, or search for text in a document.

Office Clipboard

The Office Clipboard is a temporary storage area that holds up to 24 items (text or graphics) copied from any Office program.

Works Cited Page

The Works Cited Page is a list of sources that are referenced directly in a research paper

Normal Style

The default style in Word is called the Normal Style, which most likely uses an 11 - Calibri font.

Bibliographical List

The next task is to use Word to format the list of sources and alphabetize them in a Bibliographical List.

Background Repagination

Thus, Word refers to the automatic page break task as Background Repagination.

Modern Language Association of America (MLA)

Two popular documentation styles for research papers are the modern language association of America (MLA) and American Psychological Association (APA) styles.

Psychological Association (APA)

Two popular documentation styles for research papers are the modern language association of America (MLA) and American Psychological Association (APA) styles.

AutoCorrect Options Button

When you tap or click the AutoCorrect Options Button, Word displays a menu that allows you to undo a correction or change how Word handles future automatic corrections of this type.

Proofreading

While Proofreading, ensure all the source information is correct and look for grammatical errors and spelling errors.

Click and Type

With Click and Type, you can double-click a blank area of the document window and Word automatically formats the item you type or insert according to the location where you double-clicked.

Hanging Indent Marker

With the insertion point in the paragraph to format, drag the Hanging Indent Marker (the bottom triangle) on the ruler to the desired mark on the ruler to set the hanging indent at that location from the left margin.

Vertical Ruler

Word also provides a Vertical Ruler that is displayed along the left edge of the Word window

Keyboard Shortcuts

Word has many Keyboard Shortcuts, sometimes called short keys or keyboard key combinations, for you convenience while typing

AutoCorrect

Word's AutoCorrect feature automatically corrects these kinds of errors as you type them in the document.

Orphan

Word, by default will not allow the first line of a paragraph to be by itself at the bottom of a page (an Orphan) or the last line of a paragraph to be by itself at the top of a page ( a widow).

Widow

Word, by default will not allow the first line of a paragraph to be by itself at the bottom of a page (an Orphan) or the last line of a paragraph to be by itself at the top of a page ( a widow).

Works Cited

Works Cited, to refer to the bibliographic list of sources at the end of the paper.

Antonym

You also can look up an Antonym, or word with an opposite meaning.