WordProcessing Glossary

Terms relating to word-processing

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Alignment
The position of an item relative to the left and right margins;
the possibilities are left, right, centred, justified
Bullet
A symbol positioned at the beginning of individual items in a list
Column
One or more vertical areas of text on a page
Copy
Duplicate a portion of text or an item in another area
Edit
Make structural changes to a document
Auto complete
a feature of the program which, based on what users have begun to type, makes word/term suggestions to the user which can be accepted and thus reduce the need for further typing
Automatic page break
a page break automatically generated by the word processor based on the length of the document
Block
To select a portion of text (letter, word, line, paragraph, etc) by highlighting it;
also called selecting or highlighting
Check box
a small box used to indicate a yes or no for an option. A tick indicates that the option is on, the absence of a tick means that it is not selected.
Default settings
the built in settings that will be in effect unless the user changes them
Document window
Text area
End marker
an underscore sign that appears at the end of every document indicating that there is no more text after this mark.
Endnote
a source citation in a document, appears at the end of the entire document
Font
The appearance and shape of letters, numbers and special characters
Format
make changes to the appearance of text/objects