This is to help you study for your quiz over Chapter 3
Do not only memorize this guide word for word, you should be prepared to show that you understand the terms and ideas listed below.
There will be 2 questions on the quiz that will not be in the study guide, but that will be in the book and will have been highlighted in class.
The reveal formatting task pane is found by using Format -> Reveal Formatting and shows all the formatting used on selected text.
Margins are the white region around a text on the page. Margins are set in File -> Page Setup
Pagination is how a document is divided into pages.
Manual Page Breaks (or a Hard Page Break) can be made by going to Insert->Break->Page Break
Standard letter size paper is 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches tall.
A header is a special area at the top of a page, while the footer is a special area at the bottom.
Autotext, inserted with buttons such as the Insert Page Number button, or the Insert Date button, is text that automatically updates.
Tabs are used to position text within a line.
The four tab stops are:
Left - aligns to the left
Right - aligns to the right
Center - aligns to the center
Decimal - aligns by the decimal in a number
Tabs are selected by using the tab selection button
A vertical column of text is selected by holding the Alt key down while clicking and dragging.
Single spacing is default, while double spacing adds more space between the lines.
The right and left indentation button are used to indent a paragraph
Hanging indents are most often used in references in reports and are created by moving the hanging indent marker.
Footnotes are created by using Insert -> Reference -> Footnote
When resizing an image, using the side handles can result in a distorted image.
HTML documents can be created in word by File -> Save As Web Page
Ch. 6
A row is horizontal, a column is is horizontal, and the cell is the intersection of a row and a column.
Styles are a set of formats that make it easy to keep a consistent set of formats in a document.
Hyphenating a document ads hyphens so part of a word wraps to the next line
Outline view allows you to create an outline based on the headings.
A TOC or Table of Contents can be created by going to Insert -> Reference -> Index and Tables, and uses the outline to automatically create the TOC
A section break (Insert->Break->Section Break) is used to create separate sections used to create different areas of formatting.
A two-fold brochure has 6 panels of information.
When creating a brochure, it's important to consider the purpose and audience, so the brochure will be effective.