WP Key Terms Document Assessment

/50 (K&U)

List all of the key terms and a definition / explanation of your understanding of
each of the terms
Your finished product should not only include the definitions/explanations but also
demonstrate your understanding and ability to use the various tools available in
word processing, for example:
page numbers

margins, line spacing

headers/footers

inserting & formatting images

bullet/numbered lists

borders

font attributes

etc., etc., etc.,

page orientation

1. Insertion Point
the Insertion point is what
the cursor looks like in a word
document, It allows you to select
where to start typing or editing

A template is a preset
document with fill in the blanks to
make your document look more
professional
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3. Word Wrap
Word wrap
allows
text to wrap
around the outside of a photo in
the text file

Placeholder text is a blank

for adding pictures, graphs, and
text
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Alignment is where your

text is justified to, center, left and
right.

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7. Delete
Delete deletes whatever
you select to delete
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9. Template

Alignment

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5. Backspace
Backspace is a key on the
keyboard which deletes the most
recent character you had typed

Placeholder Text

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Font

Font is different styles that

your characters look like
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Serif

Serif is a font with the little

tails at the edges of the letters
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Sans Serif

21. Sans Serif is a font without the

little tails at the edges of the

letters

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Script

Script is a font that appears

to look like someones handwriting
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Baseline

Baseline is where the text

rest to stay in line
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Superscript

Superscript is the small font

above a word mostly used in
equations x2+3
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Subscript

Subscript is the same as

superscript except it goes down
below x2
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Hanging Indent

Its a shortcut option for

making every line of text after the
first line so that it is tabbed over
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Format Painter

Format painter is a way to

copy and paste items, its like a
crappy CTRL+C
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Margin

The margin is the grey

areas in the ruler
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Promote (within
your outline)
Promoting is where you add
a space to the line of text you are
working with, similar to the tab
key
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Demote (within
your outline)
43. Demoting is where you add a

space to the line of text you are

working with, similar to the tab
key except it moves in the other
direction

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Thesaurus

Thesaurus is a setting which

allows you to add synonyms
opposed to using the same word
repeatedly
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Page Break

Page break adds a new

page wherever your cursor
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Section Break

A section break is when you

press CTRL+Return where your
cursor is
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Header
51. A header is the space at the
top of a page where you can add
text, pictures, etc.

Footer

Drag and Drop

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Drag and drop allows you to

drag and drop selected text and
place it somewhere else

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Footnote

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Outline View

Outline view allows you to

edit bulleted lists and
promote/demote items easier
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A footer is the space at the

bottom of a page where you can
add text, pictures, etc.
Add a note at the bottom of
the page providing more
information about the document
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Endnote

Add a note, like a comment

or a citation providing more
information about your document
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Portrait Page
Orientation
Thats when the page is
vertical oriented
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Landscape Page
Orientation

61. Thats when the page is horizontal

oriented

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Column Gutter

A column gutter is the

space between columns
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