WP Key Terms

Mikayla Moretto

WP Key Terms Document Assessment

December 2014

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List all of the key terms and a definition / explanation of your understanding of each of the terms.
Your finished product should not only include the definitions/explanations but also demonstrate your understanding and ability
to
use
the
various
tools
available
in
word
processing,
for
example:

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page numbers
headers/footers
bullet/numbered lists
font attributes
page orientation

Insertion Point the place where your flashing cursor

is, where you will start typing
Word Wrap move a word to a new line in the
documents without interfering with the margins
Backspace - when you press the backspace on the
keyboard it deletes the last thing you typed
Delete deleting a letter starting at the beginning of
the word instead of the back
Template - a layout for you to use to help organize
your work in a specific style

margins, line spacing

inserting & formatting images
borders
etc., etc., etc.,

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Placeholder Text faded words that show where your

text will appear when you start typing
Alignment the positions of all the lines in the
document in relation to the margins
Font the different styles of the text
Serif a style of fonts (ex. Times New Roman,
Garamond, etc)
Sans Serif a style of fonts (ex. Arial, etc.)
Script a style of font, in cursive (ex. Script MT Bold,
Pristina, etc)
Baseline - the imaginary line that the text sits on
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Superscript a number or letter that appears slightly

above the text line (ex. X2)
Subscript a number or letter that appears slightly
below the text line (ex. X2)
Hanging Indent an indentation in the paragraph
format that indents all lines except for the first
Format Painter a tool that helps you apply the
features of one group of text to as many other as you
want just by clicking it
Margin the border around the text, where the text
will start and stop on all four sides of the page
Drag and Drop clicking on one item and dragging it
into another spot
Outline View an easy way to format your text into a
multi-level list
Promote (within your outline) Move your text up to
a larger place ( from heading to title)
Demote (within your outline) move your text down
to a smaller place (from heading to body)
Thesaurus of book of many groups of words that are
all synonyms or related
Page Break determine where to start a new page at
any point in the document
Section Break to end the section and continue the
document in a new section

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Header the space at the top of the page for things

such as your name, page numbers, etc.
Footer the space at the bottom of your page for
things such as pages numbers, initials, important
information etc.
Footnote a note at the bottom of the page,
referencing a piece of text in the document
Endnote a small note printed at the end of a
document
Portrait Page Orientation default format, longer
side of the page is vertical
Landscape Page Orientation the longer side of the
page is horizontal
Column Gutter the white space in between columns

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