Office And Windows Key Terms

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Action Center

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Provides important messages about critical security and maintenance
components on your computer, such as the firewall, antivirus protection, and spyware
protection

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Address bar

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Identifies the path for the currently open folder

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Backstage view

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By clicking this, you choose a command and give the program instructions about what you want to do

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Close button

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Used to close a window

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Computer folder

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Where you access hard disk drives, removable drives and media, CD and
DVD drives, network locations, and other removable media such as cameras and scanners

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Contextual tab

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Appears on the Ribbon only when you select certain items in a file, and contains commands related to that item

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Control Panel

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The command center for configuring Windows settings

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Desktop

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The main work area in Windows

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Explorer windows

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Used to navigate to items on your computer

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Favorites

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Link to folders containing the items you use the most

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Gallery

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Shows the options available for a command

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Home page

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The first page that opens when you start your browser

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Internet

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A vast network of computers located all over the world and linked to one another

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Jump list

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On the Start menu, you can right-click the icon to view recently used files in a jump
list

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Libraries

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Provide a view of related files and folders by assembling them in a single location

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Link

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Text, often colored and underlined, or a graphic that you click to “jump” to another
location or Web page

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Live Preview

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Lets you see how a gallery option affects your file without making the change

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Microsoft Office 2010 (Office)

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A collection of software programs

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Mini toolbar

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Appears in the work area after you drag the pointer over text while holding down
the left mouse button

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Notification area

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Notification area task icons run in the background; you can use these to
check the time and date, adjust speaker volume, and access other network or system features

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Operating system

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Software that controls the basic operations of your computer

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Pin

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To easily access programs, you can attach, or pin a program icon directly to the taskbar or Start menu

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Pointer

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Appears as an arrow on the screen, indicates the position of the pointing device

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Pointing device

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Allows you to interact and communicate with your computer such as with a
mouse, trackball, or touchpad

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Recycle Bin

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Stores the files you want to delete and allows you to restore them if needed

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Ribbon

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“Command central” for the office programs

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ScreenTip

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A box that appears when you point to a button

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SharePoint

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Shifts other areas of the file into the work area

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Shortcut menu

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Appears when you right-click something in the program window

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SkyDrive

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Changes the size of the program window and exits the program

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Start button

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Brings up menus that give you a variety of options, such as starting a program,
opening a document, searching for items on your computer, finding help, or shutting down the computer

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Tab

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Appears on the Ribbon and organizes the commands into related tasks

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Task pane

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A pane that opens on the right or left side of the program window

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Toolbar

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Contains buttons that you can click to perform common tasks

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Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

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The address of a Web page on the Web

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Web browser

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Software used to view Web pages

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World Wide Web (Web)

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A system of computers that share information by means of links on Web pages

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Taskbar

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Appears at the bottom of the screen and displays icons of the programs that you can access

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Draft view

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Displays only the text of a document without showing the arrangement of the text; pictures do not appear

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Full Screen Reading view

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View that removes the Ribbon and the status from the screen; leaves document and a small toolbar containing buttons for performing commands

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Insertion point

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Text appears in a document at this point

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Landscape orientation

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Documents appear wider then they are long

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Outline view

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Displays headings and text in outline form so you can see the structures of your document nad reorganize easily

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Portrait orientation

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Documents appear longer then they are wide

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Print Layout view

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Shows how a document will look when it is printed

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Quick Access Toolbar

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Use the save button on this toolbar to save a document for the first time

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Ribbon

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Contains commands for working with the document, organized by tabs

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Status bar

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Displays information about the current document and process

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Toolbar

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A small bar that appears in Full Screen Reading view that contains buttons for performing commands

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View buttons

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Used to switch between views

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Web Layout view

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Stimulates the way a document will look when it is viewed as a Web page

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Word processing

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The use of computer software to enter and edit text

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Word wrap

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If the text you are typing extends beyond the right margin, it automatically moves to the next line

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Zoom

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Feature used to magnify and reduce your document on the screen

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Clipboard

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Temporary storage place in the computer's memory

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Copy

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The text remains in its orginal location and a copy of it is placed on the Clipboard

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Cut

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Text is removed from the document and placed on the Clipboard

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Drag

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To select multiple text with the mouse

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Drag'n'Drop

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Position the pointer on top of the selected text, and then drag the selected text to the new location

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Format

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Change the appearance of a document

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Office Clipboard

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Special clipboard on which you can collect up to 24 selections

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Paste

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Placing whatever is stored on the Clipboard in the document

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Select

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Highlight a block of text

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Toggle

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Switching between two options by clicking the same button