Word Chapter 3 Key Terms

Mail merge

A Microsoft Word feature that joins a main document and data source to create customized letters or labels.

Page break indicator

A dotted line with the text Page Break that indicates where a manual page break was inserted.

Section break

A double dotted line that indicates the end of one section and the beginning of another section.

Small caps

A font effect, usually used in titles, that changes lowercase text into capital(uppercase) letters using a reduced font size.

Style

A group of formatting commands, such as font, font size, font color, paragraph alignment, and line spacing that scan be applied to a paragraph with one command.

Bibliography

A list of cited works in a report of research paper also referred to as Works Cited, Sources, or References, depending upon the repost style.

Data source

A list of variable information, such as names and addresses, that is merged with a main document to create customized form letters or labels.

Style guide

A manual that contains standards for the design and writing of documents.

Citation

A note inserted into the text of a research paper that refers the reader to a source in the bibliography.

Section

A portion of a document that can be formatted differently from the rest of the document.

Column break indicator

A single dotted line with the text Column Break that indicates where a manual column break was inserted.

Line break indicator

A small nonprinting bent arrow that displays where a manual line break was inserted.

Record

All of the categories of date pertaining to one person, place, thing, event, or idea, and which is formatted as a row in a database table.

Manual column break

An artificial end to a column to balance columns or to provide space for the insertion of other objects.

Screenshot

An image of an active window on your computer that you can paste into a document.

Hanging indent

An indent style in which the first line of a paragraph extends to the left of the remaining lines, and that is commonly used for bibliographic entries.

Fields

In a mail merge, the column headings in the data source.

Main document

In a mail merge, the document that contains the text or formatting that remains constant.

Footnote

In a research paper, a note place at the bottom of the page.

Endnote

In a research paper, a note placed at the end of a document or chapter.

Note

In a research paper, information that expands on the topic, but that does not fit well in the document text.

Parenthetical reference

In the MLA style, a citation that refers to items on the Works Cited page, and which is place in parentheses; the citation includes the last name of the author or authors, and the page number in the referenced source.

Works Cited

In the MLA style, a list of cited works placed at the end of a research paper or report.

American Psychological Association

One of the two commonly used style guides for formatting research papers.

Modern Language Association

One of two commonly used style guides for formatting research papers.

Clip Art

Predefined graphics included with Microsoft Office or downloaded from the Web.

Manual line break

The action of ending a line, before the normal end of the line, without creating a new paragraph.

Manual page break

The action of forcing a page to end and placing subsequent text at the top of the next page.

Nameplate

The banner on the front page of a newsletter that identifies the publication; also referred to as a banner, flag, or masthead.