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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Acronym | An abbreviation for something, usually the first letter of each word such as PWL and PAL (public application launcher) |
| Address Bar | The box where you can type an internet address—usually ending with a .net, .com or .org (many others such as .gov) |
| Auto Sum | the shortcut in Excel that will allow a column or row of numbers to be added. The symbol is the Greek letter "Sigma" and looks like a sideways M. |
| Back Browser Button | The button that lets you return to the previous page that was loaded. |
| Body | The actual letter. |
| Browser | program for the World Wide Web that allows users to read hypertext documents and navigate between them. |
| Closing | What you say before you sign your name. "sincerely, from, love, your friend etc." |
| Competency | What you must do before you can go on to the next level. |
| Complimentary Closing | Yours truly, etc. |
| Format Cells | To change the way the cells look and/or behave. Example: changing the numbers to $ or adding decimal places. |
| Formulas | .In Excel, using the cells in mathematic equations = sum (A1 + B1) allows the numbers in the cells to be changed without rewriting the formulas of the operation. |
| Gross WPM | Your words per minute without subtracting for errors. |
| Home row | On the keyboard, where your fingers should hover- asdf jkl; |
| Hypertext | Text that is linked by an internet address to other documents on the internet. (Often called a link). |
| Inside Address | Who the letter is to: their address. |
| Merge | expression shows that all the cells from A1-A7 are to be used.and Center—To make one cell out of several highlighted cells and then center the content of that cell |
| Netiquette | Being polite in email and while using the Internet. Following 'protocol' for the internet. |
| Net WPM | Your words per minute after the errors have been subtracted. |
| Protocol | Following the rules: for email, using the computers at school and using the Internet. |
| Range of Cells | A1:A7 |
| Ribbon | Microsoft's organization of 'like' tools in Microsoft office. |
| Salutation | Greeting in an email and letter. |
| Tabs | The way to open a page in a 'new window' so that you do not have to navigate away from your previous page. |
| 'Text speak' | Shortened, non-real words like U R and LOL for you are and 'laugh out loud'—used when texting, but should not be used in any formal writing. |
| Sheet tab | Switching between two excell file is done by clicking the tab at the bottom of the screen |
| Active Cell | In a worksheet, the cell with the black outline. |
| Column Letter | Columns run vertically on a worksheet. |
| Format | The way something looks, or Verb to format is to change the way something looks or behaves |
| Format Bar | Located above the worksheet |
| Merge and Center | To make one cell out of several highlighted cells and then center the content of that cell |
| Row number | Rows run horizantally in an Excel worksheet |
| Perfect fit | double clicking the line between the columns to get the column to expand or contract to include all the data. |
| Formula view | shows the formula |
| Spread sheet or data sheet view | Shows the answers instead of the formula |
| Tilde key | Above tjhe tab key when control key is held down |
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