Microsoft Word 2010

Building Block - Frequently used text saved in a gallery, from which it can be inserted quickly into a document.

Clipboard - A storage area shared by all Office programs where cut or copied items are stored.

Navigation task pane - A task pane that displays an outline of a document’s headings, or thumbnails of a document’s pages, and allows you to jump to a heading or page in the document by clicking it. Also provides content search capabilities.

Wildcard Character - A keyboard character that can be used to represent one or many characters when conducting a search. The question mark (?) represents a single character, and the asterisk (*) represents one or more characters.

Font Size - The height (in points) of a collection of characters, where one point is equal to approximately 1/72 of an inch.

Font Style - The emphasis placed on a font by using formatting such as bold, italic, underline, or color.

Indent Marker - A marker on the horizontal ruler that controls the indentation of text from the left or right margin of a document.

Justifying - Making all lines of text in a paragraph or column fit the width of the document or column, with even margins on each side.

Line Break - A manual break that forces the text that follows it to the next line. Also called a text wrapping break.

Paragraph - In word processing, a block of text of any length that ends when you press the Enter key.

Paragraph Formatting - Formatting that controls the appearance of a paragraph. Examples include indentation, alignment, line spacing, and pagination.

Paragraph Style - A combination of character formatting and paragraph formatting that is named and stored as a set. Applying the style to a paragraph applies all the formatting characteristics at one time.

Point - The unit of measure for expressing the size of characters in a font, where 72 points equals 1 inch.

Text wrapping - The way text wraps around an object on the page.

Text wrapping break - A manual break that forces the text that follows it to the next line. Also known as a line break.

Theme - A set of unified design elements that combine color, fonts, and graphics to provide a professional look for a document.