TestOut - Microsoft Word Vocab - Part 1

Question 1

A tool used by Microsoft Office applications to align text, tables, graphics, indents, and margins in a document.

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Ruler

Question 2

Particular styles applied to a font. Ex: Arial font can have Bold, Regular, Italic, or Bold Italic styles applied to it.

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Font Style

Question 3

A feature that searches a document for a series of characters and replaces them with another series of characters.

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Find and Replace

Question 4

A faint background image added to each page of a document

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Watermark

Question 5

A visual effect that can be applied to text, including shadow, outline, reflection, and glow.

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Text Effects

Question 6

Long quotation (typically 4 lines or more) whose lines are all indented from the left margin in a formal academic paper.

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Block Quote

Question 7

A tool in Microsoft Office applications that identifies and corrects misspelled words and grammatical mistakes.

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Spelling & Grammar Checker

Question 8

Identifies where the next character that is typed is displayed, (insertion point), and current place of mouse pointer.

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Cursor

Question 9

A code inserted into a multiple column layout that forces text to appear in the next column.

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Column Break

Question 10

A command that duplicates selected data and stores it in the clipboard. This data can then be placed in another location

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Copy

Question 11

A software feature that automatically corrects perceived errors in user input.

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Autocorrect

Question 12

A command that moves copied material from the clipboard to a user-determined location in a document.

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Paste

Question 13

A font that uses a typeface without serifs. Examples include Arial and Century Gothic.

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Sans Serif Font

Question 14

A font that uses small lines or decorative strokes at the ends of each character. Examples = Times New Roman & Garamond.

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Serif Font

Question 15

An alignment option that spaces text equally between the bottom and top edges of the page.

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Vertical Page Alignment

Question 16

A designated word or image in a document that links to another location in the document or another electronic document.

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Hyperlink

Question 17

A formatting option that uses a line of periods, or dots, between characters & tabs to align information in a document.

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Dot Leader

Question 18

Combination of various attributes that dictate how text characters appear & defined by character spacing size pitch etc.

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Font

Question 19

A distinguishing character that is written slightly below other characters

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Subscript

Question 20

An unordered list of items that are set apart by symbols that are referred to as bullets.

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Bulleted List

Question 21

The case in which letters are displayed. Two types are uppercase & lowercase. ABC = uppercase letters & abc = lowercase

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Font Case

Question 22

A special indentation setting that indents only the first line of a paragraph.

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First Line Indent

Question 23

The amount of vertical space between lines of text within the same paragraph in a document.

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Line Spacing

Question 24

A code inserted into a document that signals where one page ends and the next begins.

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Page Break

Question 25

Options within Microsoft Office that let you modify what is automatically corrected as you type

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AutoCorrect Options

Question 26

Include two options, Portrait & Landscape

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Page Orientation

Question 27

The amount of vertical space between one paragraph and another paragraph in a document.

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Paragraph Spacing

Question 28

A command that removes selected data and stores it in the clipboard. This data can then be placed in another location

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Cut

Question 29

A distinguishing character that is written slightly above other characters.

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Superscript

Question 30

Locations on each line of a document where the cursor stops when the Tab key is pressed.

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Tab Stop

Question 31

A tool in Microsoft Office applications for finding multiple synonyms for a word.

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Thesaurus

Question 32

A list of items that are set apart by numbers, rather than bullets or letters.

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Numbered List

Question 33

A command that removes the last update or change made to a document, spreadsheet, presentation, or database.

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Undo

Question 34

A setting for multi lined paragraphs that prevents the first line from appearing by itself at the bottom of a page

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Widow/Orphan Control

Question 35

A font formatting option that adds a bright color behind the text. it can be useful in marking up notes or drawings.

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Text Highlight Color

Question 36

A location where cut or copied material is temporarily stored. Material can be transferred to other docs using paste.

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Clipboard

Question 37

A special indentation setting that indents all lines except the first line of a paragraph

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Hanging Indent

Question 38

A setting that specifies whether the lines in a paragraph are aligned to the left, right, center, or justified

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Paragraph Alignment

Question 39

The distance between the left margin of a page and where a paragraph or other element begins.

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Indentation

Question 40

A group of words or sentences separated by a paragraph mark, which is created by pressing Enter on the keyboard

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Paragraph

TestOut - Microsoft Word Vocab - Part 1

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TestOut - Microsoft Word Vocab - Part 1

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