Microsoft Word

software produced by the microsoft compnay to

produce text document such as letters,essays,
resumes, reports etc.

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.

blank document
A new blank document opens each time you start
word. The word document has a temporary name,
such as document 1. When you finish typing in the
document, you can save it with a new name

cursor/insertion point
point on a display screen where the next character
or space is entered.

red underline
Means the flagged text is not in Word's dictionary

green underline
Indicates the text may be incorrect grammatically

blue underline
correctly spelled word used inappropriately

Home Tab
called the primary tab, contains the more frequently
used commands

groups
vertical columns in a table

Font Group
Under the Home tab; contains the buttons to format
appearance of font in text. (Example: Type face can
be easily changed from standard to bold, italic or
underlined using this group).

Styles
sets of formatting specifications

Default page margins

1" top and bottom, 1 1/4" left and Right, this refers
to the amount of non-printable space on a page.

Scroll Bar
appears at the bottom and/or right side of a window
to allow a user to view another part of the window

Formatting Marks
special symbols that represent spaces, tabs, and
paragraphs, that do not appear on paper when a
document is printed

Microsoft Office Clipboard

allows you to copy up to 24 multiple texts, and
graphical items from Office documents or other
programs and paste them into another Office
document

Undo button
A button on the Quick Access toolbar that you can
click to undo (or reverse) your last action.

Quick Access Toolbar

A toolbar located in the upper-left corner of the
program window, which displays the Save, Undo,
and Repeat buttons by default but can be
customized to include any command.

American Psychological Association (APA)

a popular documentation style for reseach papers

Antonym
two words that express opposing concepts

Word AutoCorrect Options

An automatic feature in software that corrects
common spelling and capitalization errors, and can
replace certain designated characters with special
symbols

automatic page breaks

automatically inserted by Word whe you type a
document that exceeds one page

background repagination
automatic page break task. Word performs between
the keystrokes, that is, in between the pauses in
your typing

bibliography
a list of writings with time and place of publication
(such as the writings of a single author or the works
referred to in preparing a document etc.)

Microsoft Clipboard
It allows you to copy up to 24 multiple text and
graphical items from Office documents or other
programs and paste them into another Office
document. By using it, you can arrange the copied
items the way that you want in the document.

double-space
Pressing the enter key twice (2) leaving one blank
line. This can also refer to line spacing using the
word processing feature to leave one blank line
between each line of text.

endnote
a note at the end of the document or section that is
used to cite references or to give more information

footer
a printed note placed below the text on a printed
page

footnote
A printed note or definition placed below the text at
the bottom of the page

Hanging Indent
a paragraph format in which the first full line of text
is not indented but the following lines are indented

header
text that is printed at the top of each page

line spacing
The amount of space between lines of text

Modern Language Association of America (MLA)

A popular documentation style used for research
papers

paragraph spacing
the amount of space above and below a paragraph

parenthetical citations
In a piece of research writing, this is information
given in parenthesis ( ) that identifies the author
and page number(s) of the work that is being
discussed or quoted.

plagiarize
take without referencing from someone else's
writing or speech

proofreading
Correcting grammar, spelling, and punctuation

research paper
a document you can use to communicate the
results of research findings

right-aligned
flush with right margin with ragged left edge

synonym
two words that can be interchanged in a context are
said to be synonymous relative to that context

thesaurus
A feature that allows the user to view synonyms
and antonyms, and automatically replace words for
enhanced writing

works cited
a complete listing of references cited
parenthetically in the report and keyed on a
separate page

works cited page

a list of all the sources cited in a research paper
(sources you acknowledge by including
parenthetical citations/internal citation)

resume
a summary of your academic and work history

template
a feature that includes pre-made documents that
allow the user to fill-in-the blanks to create new
documents, such as calendars, invoices, reports,

resumes, etc.; enhances user's efficiency and

creativity

letterhead
the area on a sheet of stationery where the name,
address and other information is printed

content controls
automated features such as a pop-up calendar or
drop-down list that make it easier to enter or format
information.

building blocks
items that are saved using the Quick Part tool so
they can be reused in documents

Quick parts
items you can insert include fields, such as current
date, author, title, will update automatically

character formatting
The space between characters, which can be
expanded or contracted so that characters are
pushed apart or pulled together.

paragraph formatting
the process of changing the appearance of a
paragrap