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Word Processing. A beginners Guide. Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist- ã. Vocabulary-Basics. Icon-a small box on the screen that represents available activities Buttons-a box or symbol to be clicked on in order to proceed through a program
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Word Processing A beginners Guide Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
Vocabulary-Basics • Icon-a small box on the screen that represents available activities • Buttons-a box or symbol to be clicked on in order to proceed through a program • Cursor-a highlighted mark that indicates your location on the screen • Clicking-pressing and releasing the mouse button Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
Vocabulary-Basics • Double-clicking-clicking the mouse buttons twice (quickly) • Dragging-moving the mouse with the mouse button held down • Highlighting-clicking and holding the mouse button down while dragging the cursor over desired data to be “selected” Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
Vocabulary-Basics • 3 mouse skills-point, click, drag • Menu bar-the line near the top of the screen that gives you your choices • Scroll bar-narrow strips along the sides of a window that allow you to move through the text • Dialogue box-a box displayed on the screen that you are asked to respond to Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
Vocabulary-Basics • Title Bar-the line at the top of the screen that gives the name of your file • Status Line-the line at the bottom of the screen that tells you the page you are on and give you other helpful information Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
Vocabulary-Basics • Be able to locate these items on a hand out • tool bar • pointer • drop down list • document Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
MENU BAR Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
TOOL BAR Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
TITLE BAR Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
STATUS LINE Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
SCROLL BAR Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
DROP DOWN LIST Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
PRINT Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
CUT Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
PASTE Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
LEFT ALIGN Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
CENTER ALIGN Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
RIGHT ALIGN Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
BOLD Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
ITALICS Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
UNDERLINE Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
SPELL CHECK Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
BUTTONS Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
DOCUMENT Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
HIGHLIGHTED TEXT Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
CURSOR Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
POINTER Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
Keyboard Shortcuts • <tab>-moves cursor 5 spaces at a time • <backspace>-erases all characters to the left of the cursor • <delete>-erases all characters to the right of the cursor • <caps lock>-causes all letters to be capitalized Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã
Keyboard Shortcuts • <shift>-capitalizes all letters while being held down • <enter>-begins a new line> • <ctrl>+B-bolds letters • <ctrl>+U-underlines letters • <ctrl>+I-italicizes letters • <ctrl>+S-saves to current location • <ctrl>+P-prints file Jeff Kautz-Instructional Technology Specialist-ã