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Basic Word; Quiz 1 (Ch2-3);Votaw

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This is the area located near the top of the screen that contains tabs with commands and options divided into groups. Ribbons
This bar, located near the bottom of the screen, displays the number of pages and words, view buttons, status of your insertion point, and Zoom slider bar. Status bar
This feature automatically corrects certain words as you type them. AutoCorrect
This feature inserts an entire item (date/day of the week) when you type a few identifying characters and then press the Enter key or F3 key. AutoComplete
This toolbar contains the Save button, Print button, Spellcheck button, Undo/Redo button, etc. Quick Access toolbar
Use this keyboard shortcut to display a new blank document. Ctrl + N
Use this keyboard command to move the insertion point to the end of the document. Ctrl + End
Press this key on the keyboard to delete the character left of the insertion point. Backspace key
Using the mouse, do this to select one word. Double-click the word
To select various amounts of text using the mouse, click this bar. Selection bar
Use this keyboard shortcut to display the Word Help window. F1
To move the insertion point to the end of line. End
To move the insertion point to the beginning of line. Home
To move the insertion point to the beginning of document. Ctrl + Home
To select the end of line. Shift + End
To select the beginning of line. Shift + Home
To select the entire document. Ctrl + A
Press this key on the keyboard to delete the character to the right of the insertion point. Delete key
Click this button in the Font group to remove all formatting from selected text. Clear All Formatting button
A font consist of three things: Typeface, Typestyle, and Type Size
Proportional typefaces are divided into two main categories: Serif and Sans serif
Use this keyboard shortcut to apply italic formatting to selected text. Ctrl + I
This term refers to text that is raised slightly above the regular text line. (Commonly used in exponents and ordinals) Superscript
Apply a heading style to a title or heading in a document, hover your mouse over the left side of the title or heading, and this displays. A collapse triangle
Typeface is divided into two main categories: Proportional and Monospaced
_____ is the same amount of horizontal space (width) for each character. Monospaced typeface
_____ is a varying amount of space for each character. Proportional typeface
_____ is a small line at the end of a character stroke; helps move the reader's eyes across the page; used for Body; the g is cursive. Serif
_____ is often used for headings, headlines, advertisements, and titles; the g is handwritten (ex: Arial) Sans serif
Use this keyboarding shortcut to apply bold formatting to selected text. Ctrl + B
Use this keyboarding shortcut to apply underline formatting to selected text. Ctrl + U
Click this button in the Paragraph group on the HOME tab to turn on the display of nonprinting characters. Show/Hide button
This is the default paragraph alignment. Left aligned
Text that is aligned at the right and not aligned/ragged on the left is aligned how? Right aligned
In this type of paragraph, the first line of text aligns at the left margin and the remaining lines of text indent to the first tab. (Used in works cited, references, and bibliographies) Hanging Indent
Repeat the last action by pressing this key. F4 key
Use this button in the Clipboard group on the HOME tab to copy paragraph and character formatting already applied to text to additional text at different locations in the document. Format Painter button
Change the line spacing to 1.5 with this keyboard shortcut. Ctrl + 5
A bulleted list with a hanging indent is automatically created when you begin a paragraph with an: Asterisk symbol (*), a Hyphen (-), or a Greater-than symbol (>)
_____ means preset settings. Default
What's the difference between repeat and format painter? Format painter does both paragraph and character formatting. Repeat action only does the very last action.
Change the line spacing to 1.0 (single) with this keyboard shortcut. Ctrl + 1
Change the line spacing to 2.0 (double) with this keyboard shortcut. Ctrl + 2
To apply Format Painter multiple times... Double-click the Format Painter button
The feature that will automatically create numbers and bullets for you is called... AutoFormat button
A printing of a document on paper is referred to as a ___ ___. hard copy
A document displayed on the screen is referred to as a ___ ___. soft copy
File names cannot include any of the following: forward slash (/), backslash (\), greater-than symbol (>) less-than symbol (<), asterisk (*), question mark (?), quotation mark (“), colon (:), semicolon (;), and pipe symbol (|)
Microsoft defines a ____ as any series of characters between spaces. word
Microsoft defines a ____ as any text that is followed by a stroke of the Enter key. paragraph
Microsoft defines a ____ as text that is set off by a soft or hard page break. page
Words default character formatting settings are:__-__ ___ font, line spacing of ____, __ points of spacing ____ each paragraph, and ___-aligned text. 11-point Calibri font, line spacing of 1.08, 8 points of spacing after each paragraph, and left-aligned text.


Which key do you press to delete a character to the left of the insertion point?

To delete text to the left of the insertion point, press the backspace key. Each time you press and release the backspace key the insertion point moves back one space. The space, or the character occupying it, is deleted.

What key deletes characters to the left?

The Delete key removes characters to the right of the cursor, whereas the Backspace key deletes to the left.

Which key removes the character to the right of the insertion point?

Both the Del or Delete key and Backspace key can delete text. However, when dealing with text, pressing the Del deletes text to the right of the cursor. Pressing Backspace deletes text to the left (backwards) of the cursor.