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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Manual line break

A manual line break ends the current line and continues the text on the next line

Insertion point

an indicator for a point where input is inserted into a display device

Insert Mode

Where the cursor inserts a character at its current position, forcing all characters past it one position further.

Indent

The placement of text farther to the right to separate it from surrounding text.

Style of paragraph composing in which the first line of a text is aligned with the left-margin, and all other lines are indented (moved toward right) by an equal amount of space. Used rarely, except in displaying lists of data. Also called out-denting

Format Painter

lists other pages on the Web where you can find additional information.

Format

When you change something the layout of an electronic file.

Font

Different ways to style your writing.

folders

A place that you can store your documents on your computer.

First line indent

When you tab your first sentence in a paragraph.

File Extention

filename extension is a suffix to the name of a computer file applied to indicate

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

DO NOW 4/6/11

The importance of a header and footer is that it appears at the top of every page document it contians info like the date or the title or the name of the author. Theyr useful for keeping documents intact.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

File Compatiblity

File Compatibility refers to whether or not the file is compatible with the program you want to open it with.

File

A File is a related collection of record.

Edit

Editing is when you correct or redo something thats already been done to fix or make better in some way.

Drag-And-Drop Editing.

Drag-And-Drop Editing allows you to drag objects to specific locations on the screen to perform actions on them

Document Workspace

A Document Workspace provides a document library for storing primary documents and their supporting files.

Document Window

Document windows are the graphical boxes that pop-up on the screen when the user clicks on a program icon on the desktop.

Dialog Box Launcher

A Dialog box launcher is a small icon that appears in a group.

Default Settings

Default Settings are the settings that are automatically assigned to a software application

Clipboard

A Clipboard is a section of computer memory that temporarily stores data.

Application Window

An Application Window is a rectangular-shaped viewing area on screen that you are working in.

Alignment

Alignment is the adjusment of an object in relation with other objects, or a static orientation of some object or set of objects in relation to others.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

frangmentation

when you break something into fragments

flowchart

A flowchart is a chart that shows steps and progression.

ergonomic keyboard

is a computer keyboard designed with ergonomic considerations to minimize muscle strain and a host of related problems

encryption

is the process of transforming information using an algorithm to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as a key

driver

A piece of software that enables a computer to communicate with a peripheral device.

defragmentations

a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation in file systems

Data theft

A pretty big problem, when someone has access to technology such as desktop computers and hand-held devices capable of storing digital information such as USB flash drives, iPods and even digital cameras.

Corona Wires

a field of positive charges must be generated on the surface of both the drum and the copy paper.

cookie

also known as a web cookie, browser cookie, and HTTP cookie, is a piece of text stored on a user's computer by their web browser

Cable Management

Cable management refers to an important step during the installation of building services

bundleware

Bundled software is any software that includes other software with the installation.

beta testing

is an investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the product or service under test.

backup

a backup or the process of backing up refers to making copies of data so that these additional copies may be used to restore the original after a data loss event.

application software

also known as an application or an "app", is computer software designed to help the user to perform singular or multiple related specific tasks. It helps to solve problems in the real world.