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Backup Copy: A copy of an original document stored in another location
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Character: A single mark produced by a keyboard entry, usually takes the form of a letter, number, or symbol
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Copy & Paste: A word processing features that allows the user to highlight text at on location and duplicate it in another location
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Default Settings: An option that will automatically be selected by a computer if the user does not choose one
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Document: A general term that refers to any formal piece of writing that provides information. Reports, resumes, and business letters are all types of documents
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Editing: To arrange, change, and correct existing text; editing includes proofreading
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File Server: A device that is used in conjunction with a computer network that allows multiple users to save or retrieve computer files from a common memory location
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Font: A full set of printed or screen characters of the same design
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Format: The way in which something is presented, organized, or arranged
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Hard Copy: A copy of your document printed on paper, rather than read from the computer screen
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Hardware: The physical equipment that makes up a computer system
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Header/Footer: Text keyed at the top (header) or bottom (footer) of the first page of a multi-page document. This information will automatically appear on each page
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Help Screen: An on-screen list of instructions for using the features of a computer program
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Indent: To start a line or row of text in some distance from the margin
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Justify: A word processing feature that inserts extra spaces within and between words, causing printed copy to have an even left and right margin, like a newspaper column
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Margins: A blank space on the left, right, top or bottom of a printed document, usually measured in inches
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Memory: The capacity or amount of data that can be stored in a computer
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Menu: A list on a computer screen of the various options available to the user of a program
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Mouse Pointer: A moveable indicator on your computer screen that allows you to perform operations such as moving the cursor, highlighting text or clicking on icons
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Netiquette: A set of commonly accepted rules for getting along harmoniously in the world of electronic communication (email and chat rooms)
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Network: To link a group of computers so that information can be mutually accessed or exchanged. The Internet is an example of a large network
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Orphan: The first line of a paragraph appearing alone at the bottom of a page-should try to avoid this
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Piracy: The copying and using of copyrighted or patented material without the legal right to do so. Ex. Copying a computer program
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Processor: The computed chip that serves as the "brains" of a computer system. The processor will control the speed that your computer can think
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Prompt: A message displayed on a computer screen informing the user that the machine is waiting a specific response
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Proofreaders Marks: Notations used to indicate changes and corrections made to a document
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Software: Computer programs and applications that can be run on a computer system
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Text Size: Refers to the height and width of characters, measured in "points."
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Text Style: Refers to the special appearance of characters by using special effects such as bold, italics or underline
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Undo: A word processing function that cancels the effect of the last command or action
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Widow: The last line of a paragraph appearing at the top of a page- should try to avoid this
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Word Wrap: A word processing feature that permits information to be keyed on successive lines of a paragraph without having to strike the return key at the end of each line
