WORD PROCESSING

Keyboarding and Applications

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS

KEYBOARDING

COMPUTER HARDWARE
100

a specific typeface or the way the text looks

Font

100

Where is the best place for you to find information about the features and functions of a program you are using?

Help menu

100

vertical sections of text separated by blank space

Columns

100

BONUS: What are the five parts of a memo?

reader's name, your name, the date, the subject, and the body of the memo

100

 a blinking line that indicates where the next letter, number, or character will appear

Cursor

200

Bonus: What are the arrows pointing to for number 8, 9, and 10?

Zoom Control, View Button and Status Bar

200

 an instruction for a computer to perform a specific task

Command

200

BONUS: a special combination of keys that tells the computer to perform a command

Shortcut

200

 the original setting or a selection automatically used by a computer program before the user makes a selection.

default setting

200

BONUS: The Save command is located _____.

in the File menu

300

To prevent computer errors, which of the following characters should not be used in a filename?

a) * (asterisk)* (asterisk) - not selected, this is the correct answer

 b) (hyphen)– (hyphen) - no response given

 c) (underscore)_ (underscore) - no response given

d) % (percent

300

BONUS: sometimes called font, style is the way the text looks and includes bold, italic, underlined, or regular

Style

300

 to use your mouse to drag the cursor across text, which causes the text and background to change color and become selected

Highligh

300

an image or picture on a computer screen or printed on paper

Graphic

300

When you open a browser window, it opens in a _____.

window

400

a brief communication that provides information, directions, or advice

Memorandum

400

Which file extension indicates a text document?

.txt

400

What type of application software is featured on the screen?

Microsoft Word Document

400

the horizontal placement of text on the page

Alignment

400

What symbol following a menu command lets you know that a dialog box will be displayed?

an ellipse ...

500

GUIs provides _______, _________. ________.

icons, desktops, and menus

500

The print feature is located in the _______.

File Menu

500

Components inside a computer such as CPU and motherboard are all examples of _____.

hardware

500

The software used to help run the computer hardware is the _____.

system software

500

 a paper copy or printout of a document

hard copy