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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Bold | Used to emphasize a specific word |
| Italics | Used to indicate book titles and other published workds |
| Underline | Used to indicate links to web pages and should be reserved for that purpose in most cases |
| Accent Symbol | Used to indicate emphasis during pronunciation |
| Style | a format tool used to apply global font formats to text |
| Subscripts | Used in chemical definitions |
| Superscripts | Used for footnotes or reference purposes |
| Serif Font | Has small attributes at the tips of each letter, often used in the body of a report |
| Sans Serif Font | Commonly used in title text, straight letters |
| Font Formatting | appearance, siae, and attributes of text. |
| Paragraph Formatting | Arrangement of text within paragraphs on a page |
| Indents | Used to indicate a new paragraph and offset long quotes |
| Line Spacing | can be set for single, one and a half, double or triple |
| Borders and Shading | Used together or separately to emphasize a specific textual element in a document |
| Bullets | Used to list items when the items are non-sequential |
| Numbers | Used to list items for procedural lists that must be accomplished in a specific order |
| Hanging Indent | Most often used in reference materials, first line begins at left margin, all others are indented five spaces |
| Endnotes | source references placed on a notes page at the end of a document |
| Footnotes | Source references that are placed at the bottom of the same page indicated by a superscripted number |
| Cut and Paste | Tool used to allow user to move text from one location to another |
| Paragraph Headings | Keyed in bold and followed by a period at the beginning of a paragraph to give the reader a quick idea about the content of the paragraph |
| Tabs | Used to align and organize data into groups and subgroups |
| Left Justified | allows text to be aligned on the left margin |
| Right Justified | allows text to be aligned at the right margin |
| Dot Leader | places a series of periods between two sets of tabs or a tab and a margin |
| Tables | Used to arrange text in columns and rows and are helpful in presenting, organizing, and clarifying information |
| Page Formatting | Arrangement of text on a page |
| Margin | The amount of white space around the sides of a document |
| Page Orientation | landscape or portrait |
| Landscape | Wider than Tall |
| Portrait | Taller than Wide |
| Headers and Footers | Add global information to a document, such as page numbers and titles |
| Page Breaks | May be manual or automatic and are used to manage the content on a page |
| Soft Page Break | occurs automatically through the word wrap feature of word processing software |
| Hard Page Break | Is performed manually when a new page is needed for a break or change in content |
| Columns | used to format text for documents such as newspapers and newsletters |
| Borders | Used in page formatting to add lines around text or graphic images |
| Business Documents | Formats and methods of communication |
| Resume | A brief and accurate summary of educational, work experience and Interests |
| Email | Inform staff about an upcoming meeting |
| Minutes | summarize the discussion of the meeting |
| Agenda | Prepare a list of topics to be covered inthe upcoming meeting |
| Research Report | Prepare a detailed summary of current market trends |
| Personal Business Letter | Invite the major sponsor of your signature product to a luncheon in their honor |
| Memo | Used to notify staff of a change in attendance policy |
| Business Letter | Preprinted Letterhead Stationary |
| Parts of a Letter | Inside Address, Writer's Signature Block, Complimentary Closing |
| Parts of a Resume | Education, Employment, Objective, References |
| Parts of an Agenda | List of topics, location, speakers, time |
| Parts of a Report | Parenthetical Citations, Title Page, Works Cited,Endnotes, Footnotes |
| Parts of a Memo | TO, FROM, DATE, SUBJECT |
| Table of Contents | Topics and Subtopics included in a document |
| Message | The letter content |
| Reference initials | The initials of the typist |
| Mailmerge | A feature that allows a user to create mass mailings of letters, mailing labels, and other documents, personalized |
| Macros | Tool that allows the user to program repetitive tasks into the computer's memory so that they can be quickly accomplished |
| Track Changes | Feature used when editing documents that allows the user and other editors to view changes made to a document |
| Search and Replace | Feature that allows global edits to a document |
| Format Painter | Feature that allows a user to copy the format of text to other areas in a document |
| Comments | Feature used to add editorial remarks to a document |
| Templates | Used to automate the creation of documents, contains fields that are completed by the user |
| Wizards | Used to automate the creation oa documents, uses a template and adds helpful prompts for the user |
| Underline | Used to indicate links to web pages |
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