Unit 5 - Glossary
- Alignment: the arrangement of text and images on a page
- Bold: the type format in which the letter is made to appear extra thick and dark
- Buffer: portion of computer memory that temporarily holds data
- Bullet: a character or symbol used to itemize lists or emphasize points
- Clip Art: collection of ready-made drawings and illustrations available in different topics
- Clipboard: a temporary storage area that holds text and graphics
- Copy: to duplicate data or text
- Crop: the act of “cutting” part of a graphic image
- Cut: removing text from one location in a document with the intention of inserting it at another
- Default: a preset condition of the software that the software uses if no other option is selected
- Delete: to remove an item or value from a document
- Desktop Publishing: the ability to make the printed word more attractive using the computer and specialized software
- Enter: key that, when pressed, moves the text insertion point to the start of the next line
- Find: command that initiates a search for a specific item in a document
- Font: a print typeface or style of characters displayed on the screen or printed to paper
- Format: to put selected text or an entire document into a given form; the form itself
- Gutter: the white space between columns
- Handles: the “dots” surrounding a selected object indicating that it is in edit mode
- I-Beam: indicates current position where text will be inserted or corrections can be made
- Import: the process of bringing text or graphics into an application from another source
- Insert: to place characters in between existing characters
- Italics: text format in which characters take on a slanted appearance
- Justification: the placement of text relative to the margins
- Layout: the overall appearance of a publication
- Margin: border on the left, right, top, or bottom of a document
- Masthead: the information included in the top portion of a newsletter
- Orphan: a single line of a paragraph which appears at the top of a page or column
- Paste: the process of returning text or graphics to the page after they have been cut or copied
- Replace: a command that exchanges one word or symbol for another
- Ruler: graphic device from which a user can set tabs and margins and perform other functions
- Sans Serif: plain font, without hooks or lines, used for headlines
- Save As: command that stores the document currently in memory to disk under a new name
- Serif: font that adds hooks or lines to the shape of the letter
- Spacebar: oblong key at the bottom of a keyboard which, when pressed, adds a space at the text insertion point
- Spacing: distance between characters, lines, fields, or cells in a document
- Spell Checker: word processing option that checks a document for spelling errors and offers correcting alternatives
- Tab: key that, when pressed, moves the text insertion point to a different place in the current line
- Type (Font) Size: height of a text character measured in points or pixels
- Underline: text format in which selected text is underlined
- White Space: the blank space between text and graphics on a page
- Widow: a single line of a paragraph which appears at the bottom of a page or column
- Word Wrap: a word processing feature in which text is automatically continued from one line of the text to the next