Microsoft Introductory Unit and Word Lessons 1-4 Test Review

Status bar

A bar at the bottom of the program window that provides information about the current file and process.

Insertion point

A blinking vertical line that shows where text will appear when you begin typing.

ScreenTip

A box that appears when you point to a button; contains the button's name and a description of its function as well as a link to more information and a keyboard shortcut if available.

Quick Part

A building block stored in the Quick Parts gallery and available when you click the Quick Parts button in the Text group on the Insert tab.

Thesaurus

A built-in reference for finding synonyms for words in a document.

Microsoft Office 2010 (Office)

A collection of software programs, including Word (word-processing), Excel (spreadsheets), PowerPoint (presentations), Access (databases), Outlook (e-mail) and Publisher (desktop publishing).

Style

A combination of formatting characteristics such as alignment, font, font size, font color, fill color, and borders that are applied simultaneously.

Color palette

A coordinated set of colors available for use in a document.

Pointing device

A device that allow users to navigate and interact with a computer.

AutoFormat As You Type

A feature in Word that applies built-in formats as you type.

Word wrap

A feature in Word that automatically wraps words around to the next line when they will not fit on the current line.

Automatic grammar checking

A feature in Word that checks your document for grammatical errors as you type, and flags them with a green, wavy underline.

Automatic spell checking

A feature in Word that checks your document for spelling errors as you type, and flags them with a red or blue wavy underline.

Contextual spell checking

A feature in Word that checks your document for words that are spelled correctly, but that might be misused, and flags them with a blue, wavy underline.

AutoCorrect

A feature in Word that corrects errors as you type.

AutoComplete

A feature in Word that guesses names of calendar items, such as the days of the week and months, as you type them, and then suggests the complete word.

Format Painter

A feature that copies format attributes such as colors, borders, and fill effects from an object, text, or cell in order to apply the same formatting to another object, text, or cell.

Mini toolbar

A floating toolbar that appears in the work area after you drag the pointer over text while holding down the left mouse button.

Attribute

A formatting feature that affects how a font looks, such as a style, the color, or an effect.

Font style

A formatting feature you can apply to a font to change its appearance. Bold, italic, and underlining are the most common.

Gallery

A list of options available for a command.

Jump list

A list of recently used files that appears on the Start menu when you right-click an icon.

Shortcut menu

A menu that appears when you right-click something in the program window; it contains a list of commands you are most likely to use with the item or text you right-clicked.

Portrait orientation

A page or worksheet rotated so it is longer than it is wide.

Landscape orientation

A page or worksheet rotated so it is wider than it is long.

Quick Style

A predefined format that you can apply by clicking a button in the Styles group on the Home tab.

Theme

A preset collection of design elements, including fonts, colors, and other effects.

SharePoint

A site set up by an organization, such as a school, business, or nonprofit group.

Toolbar

A small bar that appears at the top or bottom of a window instead of the Ribbon; it displays buttons you can click to quickly choose a command.

Quick Access Toolbar

A small customizable toolbar at the top of the screen with buttons for common commands such as Save and Print.

Office Clipboard

A special clipboard available only to Microsoft Office programs.

World Wide Web (Web)

A system of computers that share information by means of links on Web pages.

Contextual tab

A tab that appears on the Ribbon only when you select certain items in a file, and they contain commands related to that item.

Clipboard

A temporary storage place in the computer's memory, available to all the programs on your computer, which can hold only one selection at a time.

Internet

A vast network of computers located all over the world and linked to one another.

Outline view

A way of viewing a document on screen that displays headings and text in outline form so you can see the structure of your document and reorganize easily; headers and footers, page boundaries, graphics and backgrounds do not appear.

Draft view

A way of viewing a document on screen that shows only the text of a document; you don't see headers and footers, margins, columns, or graphics.

Full Screen Reading view

A way of viewing a document on screen that shows text on the screen in a form that is easy to read; the Ribbon is replaced by a small bar called a toolbar that contains only a few relevant commands.

Web Layout view

A way of viewing a document on screen that simulates the way a document will look when it is viewed as a Web page; text and graphics appear the way they would in a Web browser, and backgrounds are visible.

Task pane

A window along the left side of the program window that contains options and commands.

Window

A work area in Windows containing a user interface.

Ribbon

An area at the top of an Office program window that contains commands for working with the open file; the commands are organized under tabs.

Address bar

An area in a window that contains the path to the current folder.

Action Center

An area in a window that displays important messages about critical security and maintenance components on a computer, such as the firewall, antivirus protection, and spyware protection.

SkyDrive

An online storage and file sharing service provided by Microsoft.

Favorites

Area in the Navigation Pane that contains links to folders for commonly used items, including the desktop, downloads, and recently opened files and folders.

Start button

Centralized starting point that brings up menus and other options.

Building block

Document parts that you can store in Word and reuse.

Font effect or Text effect

Formatting for text that is similar to font styles and that can help enhance or clarify text.

Computer folder

In Windows, provides access to hard drives, removable drives and media, CD and DVD drives, network locations, and other removable media such as flash storage, cameras, and scanners.

View buttons

In an Office program window, buttons that you can click to change views quickly.

Tab

Part of the ribbon and include buttons arranged by groups of categories.

Notification area

Program icons on the taskbar that provide status and notifications about programs and features, such as speaker volume or new mail.

Operating system

Software such as Windows 7 or Windows 10 or Mac OS X that controls the basic operations of your computer.

Web browser

Special software, such as Google Chrome, used to view Web pages

Link or hyperlink

Text, cell, or an object that when clicked "jumps to" another location, such as another file location or a Web site.

Live Preview

The Office 2010 feature that lets you point to the various choices in a gallery or palette and see the results before applying.

Backstage view

The Ribbon tab where you do "behind the scenes" tasks such as getting information about the current file, creating new files, printing the current file, sharing files with others, and defining file properties.

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

The address of a Web page on the Web.

Taskbar

The area at the bottom of the Windows screen that contains the Start button as well as program or window buttons for open programs.

Control Panel

The command center for configuring Windows settings.

Font

The design of text.

Home page

The first page that opens when you start your browser.

Font size

The height of characters in points.

Desktop

The main screen and workspace that opens when Windows is started.

Print Layout view

The most common way of viewing a document on screen; it shows how a document will look when it is printed, and you can work with headers and footers, margins, columns, and graphics, which are all displayed.

Zoom

The percentage the file is magnified or reduced on the screen; 100% zoom represents the normal size; percentages higher than that mean the document appears larger on screen; percentages lower than that mean the document appears smaller on screen.

Pointer

The tip of a pointing device as it appears on the screen.

Point

The unit of measurement for fonts.

Word processing

The use of a computer and software to enter and edit text and produce documents such as letters, memos, forms, and reports.

Close button

The window button that closes the open window or application.

Pin

To attach a program icon directly to the Start menu or taskbar for easy access.

Format

To change the appearance or look of text.

Paste

To copy an item stored on the Clipboard or the Office Clipboard to a location in a file.

Drag-and-drop

To drag selected text from one place in a file to another.

Select

To highlight a block of text.

Copy

To place a copy of selected text on the Clipboard or the Office Clipboard.

Cut

To remove selected text and place it on the Clipboard or the Office Clipboard.

Drag

To select text by positioning the I-beam pointer to the left of the first character of the text you want to select, holding down the left button on the mouse, dragging the pointer to the end of the text you want to select, and then releasing the button.

Toggle

To switch between two options or to turn a feature on or off.

Libraries

Virtual folders that contain links to files and folders throughout your computer.

Explorer window

Vista windows that explore a computer and navigate to items.

Recycle Bin

Wastebasket icon on the Windows desktop where items are deleted and from which they can be restored before it is emptied.

Windows Aero

Windows Vista graphic interface that includes transparency for windows and dialog boxes.