Microsoft Office/Create and Edit a Flier

Vocabulary

Mouse Pointer
Scroll Bar
Status Bar
Ribbon
Home Tab
Active Tab
Groups
Gallery
Live Preview
Screen tip
Dialog Box Launcher
Task pane
Mini Toolbar
Shortcut menu
Quick Access Toolbar
Office Button
Menu
Submenu
Key Tip Badge
Formatting marks
Wordwrap
File
Folder
File name
Font
Style
Theme
Underline
Italicize
Quick Style
Color Scheme
Font Set
Picture Style
Resizing
Page Boarder
Document Properties
Keywords
Hard Copy

Word Document Window

SCROLL BAR - Bar along the side or bottom of your window that allows you to display different portions of a document.

STATUS BAR - Bar at the bottom of the Word window that displays number of pages, words, and other document information.

RIBBON - At the top of the Word Window and proves easy central access to the tasks you perform.

HOME TAB - The primary tab that contains the most frequently used commands.

ACTIVE TAB - The tab that you are currently on.

GROUPS - A set of commands that are all related.

GALLERY - A set of graphic choices that display in a grid, like the picture styles.

LIVE PREVIEW - When you hover over a command it it shows what the change would look like.

SCREEN TIP - Note that appears and gives the name of the command.

DIALOG BOX LAUNCHER - A small arrow in the bottom right corner of a group that displays more options in a separate window.

TASK PANE - A window containing controls that can remain open while you work on your document. (like the "find and replace" box)

MINI TOOLBAR - Automatically appears based on the task you are performing.

SHORTCUT MENU - Menu displayed when you right click an object.

QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR - Above the ribbon and contains save, undo, redo commands

OFFICE BUTTON - In the upper-left of the Word window, it displays the document management commands.

MENU - Anything you can click on that will drop down a list of commands.

SUBMENU - Menu commands with a triangle next to them that list additional commands.

KEY TIP BADGE - Appears by pressing the ALT key, gives the code you press with ALT to access it.

FORMATTING MARKS - Character that does not print, but shows what keys have been used (ENTER, TAB).

WORDWRAP - Type characters in a paragraph continually and the automatically flow to the next line.

Saving a Document

FILE -A saved document

FOLDER - A place in storage to save an organize your documents.

FILE NAME - What you called a document when you save it.

File names can not contain:

more than 260 characters
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\
:
*
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|

Formatting a Document

FONT - Appearance and shape of letters and numbers.

STYLE -Grouping of fonts, sizes, and spacing.

THEME - A set of unified formats for fonts, colors and graphics.

UNDERLINE - An emphasis placing an underscore below each character.

ITALICIZE - An emphasis causing a slanted appearance.

BOLD - An emphasis displaying characters thicker and darker.

QUICK STYLE -Predefined formatting or style set, such as: Normal, No Spacing, and Heading 1.

COLOR SCHEME - A set of 12 complementary colors used for text, background, accents and links.

FONT SET - Defines formats for two sets of text: headings, and body.

Creating a Bulleted List

A bullet is a dot or other character (or picture) that is at the beginning of a paragraph used to highlight something of importance.

Working With Graphics

PICTURE STYLE - Formatting to make more visually appealing.

RESIZING - To make bigger or smaller.

Creating Page Borders

PAGE BORDER - Framing the contents of a document to give it a finished look.

Setting Document Properties

DOCUMENT PROPERTIES - metadata - details about a file: author, title, subject, when created, when modified, ...

KEYWORDS - Words or phrases that further describe the document.

HARD COPY - The printed out document.