DIT Microsoft Word Unit Review
ribbon
Microsoft Word tool buttons are found here
backstage view
access file commands (e.g., open, save, save as, etc.)
borders
add or remove borders from your selection
set margins
adjust space around edges of page
center alignment
align text in center of page
left alignment
align text to left margin
right alignment
align text to right margin
shading
change color behind a document element
italic
change font to italic
close
close the currently open document
paste
copies the clipboard contents to the current location
format painter
copies the formatting from one part of a document to another
copy
copies the selected text or object to the clipboard
multilevel list
create a multilevel list to organize items or make an outline
new
create a new document
unordered list
creates a list with bullet points or symbols
ordered list
creates a numbered or lettered list in sequential order
bold
darken and thicken lines of text
subscript
drops letter down
justified alignment
extends each line of your text to the left and right margins
.docx
file extension for Microsoft Word documents
replace
find occurrences of text and replace with a different text string
text highlight
like a highlighter pen
change case
make all capital, lowercase, sentence case, etc.
increase font size
make letters incrementally bigger
decrease font size
make letters incrementally smaller
decrease indent
move your paragraph closer to margin
increase indent
move your paragraph farther from margin
open
open a previously saved document
templates
pre-formatted Word documents to make creating a document easier
print the currently opened document
strikethrough
put a line through text, as if "crossing out"
superscript
raises letter up
clear formatting
remove formatting rules
cut
removes the selected text or object and puts it on the clipboard
redo
repeat your last edit
find
search for occurrences of text within a document
select
select text or objects in a document
select all
selects all text in the document
line spacing
set the spacing between each line and/or paragraph
show/hide
show hidden formatting marks
sort
sort into alphabetical order
text effects
special text effects
font color
the color of the text
font size
the size of the text (measured in points)
font
the typeface or lettering style of the text
underline
underline text
undo
undo your last edit
save as
used when changing a file name or its location
save
used when saving changes that do not include location or filename
