Word 2010 Vocabulary List 1

Word 2010 Vocabulary List 1

• Click and Type - A feature that allows you to double-click a blank area of a document to position the cursor in that location, with the appropriate paragraph alignment already in place.

• Cursor - A representation on the screen of the mouse pointer location.

• Desktop publishing - A process that creates pages by combining text and objects, such as tables and graphics, in a visually appealing way.

• Dialog box launcher - On the ribbon, a button at the bottom of some groups that opens a dialog box with features related to the group.

Word 2010 Vocabulary List 1

• Draft view - A document view that displays the content of a document with a simplified layout.

• Drag-and-drop editing - A way of moving or copying selected text by dragging it with the mouse pointer.

• Dragging – A way of moving objects by pointing to them, holding down the mouse button, moving the mouse pointer to the desired location, and releasing the button.

• File format - The structure or organization of data in a file. The file format of a document is usually indicated by the file name extension.

Word 2010 Vocabulary List 1• Header - A line, or lines, of content in the top margin area of a

page in a document, that typically contain elements such as the title, page number, or name of the author.

• Keyboard shortcut - Any combination of keystrokes that can be used to perform a task that would otherwise require a mouse or other pointing device.

• Landscape - The orientation of a picture or page where the width is greater than the height.

• Live Preview - A feature that temporarily displays the effect of applying a specific format to the selected document element.

• Margin - The blank space outside the printing area on a page.

Word 2010 Vocabulary List 1• Object - An item, such as a graphic, video clip, sound file, or

worksheet that can be inserted into a document and then selected and modified.

• Orientation - The direction—horizontal or vertical—in which a page is laid out.

• Outline view - A view that shows the headings of a document indented to represent their level in the document’s structure. You can also use outline view to work with master documents.

• Paragraph - In word processing, a block of text of any length that ends when you press the Enter key.

• Portrait - The orientation of a picture or page where the page is taller than it is wide.

Word 2010 Vocabulary List 1• Print Layout view - A view of a document as it will appear

when printed; for example, items such as headers, footnotes, columns, and text boxes appear in their actual positions.

• Quick Access Toolbar - A small, customizable toolbar that displays frequently used commands.

• Ribbon - A user interface design that organizes commands into logical groups, which appear on separate tabs.

• ScreenTip - A note that appears on the screen to provide information about a button, tracked change, or comment, or to display a footnote or endnote. ScreenTips also display the text that will appear if you choose to insert a date or AutoText entry.

Word 2010 Vocabulary List 1• Selecting - Highlighting text or activating an object so that you

can manipulate or edit it in some way.• Selection area - An area in a document’s left margin in which

you can click and drag to select blocks of text.• Status bar - A row of information related to the current

program. The status bar is usually located at the bottom of a window. Not all windows have a status bar.

• Tab - A tabbed page on the ribbon that contains buttons organized in groups.

• Thumbnail - A small representation of an item, such as an image, a page of content, or a set of formatting, obtained by scaling a snapshot of it. Thumbnails are typically used to provide visual identifiers for related items.

Word 2010 Vocabulary List 1• View Shortcuts toolbar - A toolbar located at the right end of

the status bar that contains tools for switching between views of document content and changes the display magnification.

• Web Layout view - A view of a document as it will appear in a Web browser. In this view, a document appears as one long page (without page breaks), and text and tables wrap to fit the window.

• Word Help button - The button located at the right end of the ribbon and labeled with a question mark (?), that provides access to the Word Help system.

• Word processing - The writing, editing, and formatting of documents in a program designed for working primarily with text.

• Word wrap - The process of breaking lines of text automatically to stay within the page margins of a document or window boundaries.