New Perspectives Word 2010
Tutorial 2: Editing and Formatting a Document
Key Terms
APA (American Psychological Association) Style A set of formatting and content guidelines for publications and student research papers in the social sciences. (WD 82)
bibliography An alphabetical list of all the sources, including books, magazines, Web sites, movies, and other works, referred to in a research paper. (WD 88)
bullet A black circle or other graphic symbol that appears before each paragraph in a bulleted list. (WD 54)
bulleted list A group of paragraphs in which each paragraph is preceded by a bullet. (WD 56)
character-level formatting Formatting, such as italics, that affects only individual characters or words, and that is not necessarily applied to an entire paragraph. (WD 74)
citation Within a research paper, a parenthetical reference to a source. (WD 88)
Clipboard A temporary storage area on a Windows computer that holds copied text or graphics until you are ready to paste them. (WD 62)
Clipboard task pane A task pane that displays the contents of the Clipboard. (WD 63)
content control A special feature used to display information that is inserted automatically into a document and that may need to be updated later. (WD 81)
copy To place a copy of selected text or other item onto the Clipboard, leaving the text or item in its original location. (WD 62)
cut To remove selected text or other item from a document and place it on the Clipboard. (WD 62)
drag and drop To select a text or object and then use the mouse pointer to drag it to a new location. (WD 61)
field A column in a Word table or mail merge data source. More generally, a category of information, such as “phone number” or “zip code.” Also, an instruction that tells Word to display a specific piece of information, such as the current date. (WD 95)
Find and Replace dialog box A dialog box used to find a instance of text, formatting or graphics in a document and replace it with something else. (WD 67)
First Line Indent marker A moveable icon on the horizontal ruler that looks like the top half of an hour glass and that can be dragged left or right to change the indent for the first line of one or more paragraphs. (WD 84)
footer Text, date, or other information that is printed below the bottom page margin; also, the blank area at the bottom of a page where such information can be inserted. (WD 86)
Hanging Indent marker A moveable icon on the horizontal ruler that looks like the bottom half of an hour glass and that can be dragged left or right to change the indent for all the lines of a paragraph except the first line. (WD 84)
hanging indent A type of paragraph indent in which all lines except the first line of the paragraph are indented from the left margin. (WD 83)
headerText, date or other information that is printed above the top page margin; also, the blank area at the top of a page where such information can be inserted. (WD 86)
Left Indent marker A square, moveable icon on the horizontal ruler that can be dragged left or right to indent an entire paragraph from the left side of the document. (WD 84)
list of works cited In the MLA style guide, a list of all sources cited in a document. Seealso bibliography. (WD 88)
manual page break A page break that starts a new page at the insertion point, whether or not the previous page is full. (WD 95)
MLA (Modern Language Association) A set of formatting and content guidelines for publications and student research papers in the humanities and other fields. (WD 82)
Navigation pane A window in Word used to search a document for specific items, with the results highlighted in yellow in the document. (WD 54)
numbered list A group of paragraphs in which each paragraph is preceded by a number, with the paragraphs numbered consecutively. (WD 58)
page number field An instruction that tells Word to insert a page number. (WD 86)
paragraph-level formatting Formatting that affects an entire paragraph, including paragraph and line spacing. (WD 73)
paste To place a copy of the contents of the Clipboard into the document at the insertion point. (WD 62)
Right Indent marker A moveable icon on the horizontal ruler that looks like the bottom half of an hour glass and that can be dragged left or right to indent an entire paragraph from the right side of the document. (WD 84)
search results In the Navigation pane, a list containing each instance of the search item. (WD 67)
search text In the Replace tab of the Find and Replace dialog box, the text you type in the Find what box. (WD 68)
sources Books, journal articles, CDs, videos, or other works referred to in a research paper and included in a bibliography. (WD 88)
Spelling and Grammar Checker A Word feature that checks a document word by word for a variety of errors. (WD 71)
style A set of formatting options that you can apply to selected text by clicking its icon in the Quick Style gallery on the Home tab. (WD 55)
theme Word feature that controls the variety of fonts, colors, and other visual effects available as you format a document. (WD 76)