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MS Word Key Terms Insertion Point: To show where you have selected to input text, pictures, etc.

Word Wrap: When words reach the end of a line of text and run out of room, they will move down to the next line to not look awkward Backspace: To remove something BE !"# the insertion point Delete: To remove something !" $%&"T &$ the insertion point Template: ' starting point for you to (egin with, )remade (y someone else to fit your needs. Placeholder Text: Text used to display samples of the real written text, and is usually complete gi((erish. Alignment: To which side something is on, or aligned to. *i.e. Text aligned to the left side of the page.+ Font: The way text is displayed upon a page or screen. Seri : ,iving text curls and flourishes at their ends *-ade to look fancy+ Sans Seri . /ans, meaning without, removes said flourish. Script: ' font that resem(les cursive writing. Baseline: The invisi(le line that your text sits upon. S!perscript: /maller text raised a(ove the (aseline. S!"script: /maller text lowered (elow the (aseline. #anging Indent: how far from the aligned side the text appears 0the text that is "&T the first line of the paragraph.+ Format Painter: 1sed to copy formatting to another section of text

Margin: The space (etween the text and the (order of the page Drag and Drop: an a(ility for your cursor that lets you pick up files and drop them to new locations. 'lso works for text *and etc.+ within word documents $!tline %ie&: ' view within most word processors that lets you see the raw product, and scram(led together on one page. *What it looks like (efore it is set to fit the pages+ Promote '&ithin yo!r o!tline(: To shift words 1) on a multi2leveled list Demote '&ithin yo!r o!tline(: To shift words #&W" on a multi2leveled list Thesa!r!s: a type of dictionary used to find words that mean the same thing, (ut are spelled differently. 0usually to make something fancier than it really is+ Page Break: when text stops on a page and continues on the next Section Break: Text (etween two section (reaks can all (e formatted the same, allowing you to easily set up sectioned formatting. #eader: ' section at the top of the page usually set for the name3date. Footer: ' section at the (ottom of the page usually set for the page num(er3other information. Footnote: ' note for referencing something in the page set to the specific page. )ndnote: ' note for referencing something in the document set to the end of the document.

*itation: 1sually seen in footnotes, it4s a formal reference to another document. Portrait Page $rientation: )age set to (e tall2side up +and scape Page $rientation: )age set to (e think2 side up *ol!mn ,!tter: The space (etween columns

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