Computer quiz
7. Keyboard
- A device used to enter data and issue commands to the computer.
33. Serif
- A font face that has lines, curves, or edges extending from the ends of a letter. We use Times New Roman as our default font.
1. Browser
- A program like Internet Explorer or Safari which is used to view or browse the Internet.
10. Monitor
- A screen that displays the information in the computer.
13. Password
- A sequence of characters required to gain access to a computer system.
31. Font
- A set of characters with a specific face, style and size. Font size is determined by measuring the height of characters in units called points.
4. Desktop
- A simple opening screen in Windows that contains the start button and a taskbar.
11. Mouse
- A small, hand-held device used to control the pointer on the screen.
45. Clipboard
- A temporary storage area that can hold up to 24 selections at a time.
3. Computer
- An electronic device that performs complex tasks at high speed with great accuracy.
17. Bullets
- Bullets are special characters or symbols that are used to set off a paragraph.
14. Phishing
- Is a dishonest activity in which people send you fraudulent Web sites to gather your personal information for possible illegal purposes.
6. Hyperlink
- These let you navigate to, or open, another location on the same Web page or jump to an entirely different Web page.
27. Ribbon
- This contains the names of the Word tabs. It is designed to help you quickly find a button or command.
48. Copy
- To create a duplicate of a selection and move it to the Clipboard.
46. Cut
- To delete a selection from its original location and move it to the Clipboard.
47. Paste
- To insert a selection from the Clipboard into a document.
5. Download
- To transfer a file from a remote computer to your computer through a modem and a telephone line, cable, or wirelessly.
40. AutoCorrect
-This feature automatically replaces common spelling errors and mistyped words with the proper text as soon as you press the spacebar. ("Htis" becomes "This.")
26. Quick
Access toolbar - This contains buttons for saving a document and for undoing, redoing, and repeating a change. You can modify it to include the commands you use most frequently.
12. Moue
Pad- is on a laptop
37. Format
Painter - This allows you to copy such things as font face, style and size, from one part of text to another.
2. Central
Processing Unit (CPU) - The part of the computer that processes the instructions in the memory (the brain).
35. Screen
Tip- A label that identifies the name of a button or feature, briefly describes it function, conveys any keyboard shortcut for the command, and includes a link to associated help topics, if any.
38. Screen
Views - There are five styles for viewing your document in Microsoft Word XP. They are:
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42. Horizontal
alignment - The position of text in relation to the left and right page margins. There are four horizontal alignments: left, right, center, and justify.
39. Selection
bar - A narrow unmarked strip along the left margin of a page that you can use to automatically select text.
30. Title
bar - Displays the name of the current document or file. Until you give a new document a different name, its default name is Document 1.
29. Status
bar - Located at the bottom left of the window; it tells you the page you are on and the total page count. It also gives you a word count.
28. Scroll
bars - Horizontal and vertical. Used to move the screen views left and right or up and down.
23. Non-printing
characters - Paragraph marks, space marks, and tab symbols that are not printed in a document but can be displayed on the screen.
22. Hard
copy - A document that has been printed on paper.
18. Ctrl
key - used with arrow keys to move the cursor. Also used to select command from a menu. (ex. Ctrl + P = Print, Ctrl + X = Cut)
16. Arrow
keys - Four keys that move the cursor up, down, right, and left in the window without changing any text.
Web
layout view - allows you to accurately format Web documents that will be viewed on a computer screen.
layout view -- default view which displays how a document will look on a printed page.
36. Zoom
level button and Zoom slider - These provide quick ways to enlarge and decrease the size of a document in the document window. (Located at the far right of the status bar.)
44. Overtype
mode - Enables you to replace existing text with new text.
43. Insert
mode - default setting for Word. Enables you to insert letters between existing text.
8. Log
off - To terminate a session with a computer accessed through a communications line—usually a computer that is both distant and open to many users.
9. Log
on - To identify oneself to a computer after connecting to it over a communications line.
20. Dimmed
options - Indicates that under current circumstances these options are not available.
24. Insertion
point - This is the blinking vertical line that appears in the document window when Word is started.
25. Horizontal
ruler - displays left and right document margins as well as the tab setting and paragraph indents, if any.
Full
screen reading view - displays document text so that it is easy to read and annotate.
32. Sans
serif - A font face that has straight edges. Default is Calibri.
19. Default
settings -Preset conditions within the program which control features such as margins, line spacing, font and font sizes. Example: The default left, right, top and bottom margin settings of a Word document are 1 inch.
41. Automatic
spell check - This feature underlines spelling errors with a red wavy line as you type.
34. Word
tabs - Each tab on the ribbon includes buttons for commands, which are organized in groups. For example, the Home tab includes the Clipboard, Font, Paragraph, Styles, and Editing groups, each containing buttons related to editing and formatting text.
21. Document
text area - The blank workspace for typing text.
Draft
view - shows a simplified layout of a document, without margins, headers and footers, or graphics.
Outline
view - useful for editing and formatting longer documents that include multiple listings.
15. Word
wrap/wraparound feature - As text is typed, the insertion point automatically advances to the next line. It is only necessary to use the enter key to begin a new paragraph.