Word Chapter 2 Definitons
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46 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 American Psychological Association | scientific and professional society of psychologists and educators; world's largest association of psychologists; founded in 1892; made up of 53 divisions, each representing a specific area |
| antonym | two words that express opposing concepts |
| AutoCorrect | this feature detects and CORRECTS some typographical errors, MISSPELLED WORDS, and incorrect capitalizations. |
| AutoCorrect | Options button word displays a menu that allows you to undo a correction |
| automatic page breaks | as a document exceeds one page word inserts a |
| background repagination | the automatic page break task |
| bibliographic list | word can format the list of sources and a alphabetize them |
| 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.) |
| Click and Type | used to format and enter text, graphics, and other items |
| Clipboard | a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers |
| cutting | the act of shortening something by cutting off the ends |
| double | space- When 1 blank line is left between lines of text; striking the Enter key 2 times |
| drag | and-drop editing- A way of moving or copying selected text by dragging it with the mouse pointer. |
| endnote | a note at the end of the document or section that is used to cite references or to give more information |
| field | a piece of land prepared for playing a game |
| First Line Indent marker | The top triangle at the 0" mark on the ruler |
| first | line indent- first line of paragraph is indented but not the others |
| footer | a printed note placed below the text on a printed page |
| footnote | a printed note placed below the text on a printed page |
| hanging indent | the first line of a paragraph is flush left, but all remaining lines are indented |
| Hanging Indent marker | the bottom triangle at the 0" mark on the ruler |
| hard page break | A marker inserted manually in a document to indicate where a page ends |
| header | A specially designated area of a document to place information such as name, date, assignment. |
| horizontal ruler | provides features for setting tabs, margins, and indentions |
| Left Indent marker | allows you to change the entire left margin |
| line spacing | the vertical distance between two lines of type |
| manual page break | A page break the end user forces into a document, creating a new page at a specific location; also known as a Hard Page Break |
| Modern Language Association of America | What does MLA stand for? |
| note reference mark | signals that an explanatory note exists either at the bottom of the page as a footnote at the end of the document as an endnote |
| note text | The text of the footnote or endnote citation |
| 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. |
| Paste Options button | displayed after a paste operation to allow you to make this choice |
| pasting | process of copying an item from the Clipboard into the document at the location of the insertion point |
| plagiarize | take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech |
| proofreading | comparing keyed text to the original copy, and correcting errors; one of the editing steps |
| research paper | a document you can use to communicate the results of research findings |
| right | aligned -flush with right margin with ragged left edge |
| ruler | measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths |
| right | aligned- flush with right margin with ragged left edge |
| soft page breaks | When the amount of text in a document fills a page, Word automatically places any remaining text at the start of a new page by creating a ____. |
| synonym | two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context |
| thesaurus | classified list of synonyms |
| vertical ruler | measures the height of the document page |
| work cited | a page inserted at th end of a research paper that lists all or only the sources used in the body of the paper. |
| work cited page | the written list of all the books used in a report or book |
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