Microsoft Office Program Vocabulary
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A collection of information, such as a Microsoft Word document, stored on a computer under a single name is a:
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File
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A Container where files are stored is a:
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Folder
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The File Explorer Program enables you to______ the organizing structure of Windows.
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Navigate
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The Screen in Windows that stimulates a work area is called the:
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Desktop
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A visual indication of the status of a task such as download or a file transfer is called a :
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Progress Bar
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A _____ Window Displays the contents of the current location.
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Folder (Window)
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A _____ is a separate area of a window.
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Pane
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The term that commonly refers to a computer program installed on your computer that requires a computer operating system to run is a:
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Desktop app.
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The ____ displays Microsoft Office Backstage view.
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File Tab
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The _____ displays buttons to perform frequently used commands.
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Quick Access Toolbar
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The _____ feature is the fastest way to search for an app on your computer.
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Start Search
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The primary method of entering information into your computer is the:
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Keyboard
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A blinking vertical line that indicates where a text will be inserted is called the:
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Insertion Point
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A shortcut menu displays:
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Context-sensitive Commands
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A keyboard ____ is a key or combination of keys that performs a task that would otherwise require a mouse.
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Shortcut
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The _____ displays commands that are commonly used with the selected object and fades from view when the mouse pointer is moved away.
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Mini Toolbar
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A _____ is a small window that contains options for completing a task.
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Dialog Box
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A round button that enables you to make one selection from among several choices is called a:
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Option Button
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An Office feature that displays a list of potential results is a:
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Gallery
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Microsoft Office's centralized space for tasks related to file management is called:
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Backstage View
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Details about a file that describe or identify it are called:
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Document Properties
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_____ dialog boxes are provided by the windows programming interface and appears in the same manner in all office programs.
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Common
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A file that is marked as _____ cannot be modified or deleted.
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Read-Only
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Using the _____ dialog box, you can navigate to and open an existing file created using the same program.
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Open
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The term that refers to working with others as a team in an intellectual endeavor to complete a shared task or achieve goal is called:
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Collaborate
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Screen Tip that displays additional useful and descriptive information about a command called:
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Enchanced
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The _____ dialog box enables you to select program settings and set other preferences.
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Options
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The _____ enables you to copy the formatting of specific text and apply it to other locations in the document.
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Format Painter
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The Word feature that determines whether the next word in the line will fit within the established right margin is called:
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Wordwrap
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Which of the following is the default font in Word 2013:
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Calibri
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Which of the following is a correct statement about rotation handles:
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A rotation handle rotates a graphic to any angle
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Which of the following best describes an inline object:
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An object that acts like a character in a sentence
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The feature that reflows text as you move or size an object so that you view the placement of surrounding text is:
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Live Layout
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Which of the following is a small movable container for text or graphics:
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Text Box
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Lines, arrows, callouts, and banners are examples of:
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Shapes
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Which of the following refers to a graphic that can be moved independently of the surrounding text:
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Floating object
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To set the first line indent at the beginning of a paragraph, a user should:
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Use the First Line Indent in the Paragraph dialog box
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Which of the following refers to the placement of paragraph text relative to the left and right margins:
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Alignment
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Which of the following is the default line spacing in Microsoft Word 2013:
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1.08pt
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Which of the following is the default paragraph alignment in Word:
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Align left
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Which keyboard shortcut is used to select the entire document:
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Ctrl+Alt
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In order to change the spacing before or after a paragraph, use the spin boxes located:
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In the paragraph group on the Page Layout Tab
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Which of the following is the distance between lines of text in a paragraph:
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Line spacing
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Text symbols such as small circles or check marks that introduce each item in a list are referred to as:
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Bullets
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The Formatting mark that represents a tab is a:
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Arrow
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A character that creates a solid, dotted, or dashed line that fills the space to the left of a tab character is referred to as a :
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Leader Character
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The Primary editing view in PowerPoint where the user can write and design presentation:
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Normal View
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When PowerPoint displays a new presentation, the user is presented with one slide, the ____ slide.
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Title
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PowerPoint's _____ is displayed below the slide pane and provides an are for the user to enter information concerning the active slide:
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Notes Page
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`A larger image of the active slide is displayed is the:
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Slide Pane
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The PowerPoint _____ allows you to control the look of the presentation window with a set of commands:
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View Buttons
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The Zoom_____ zooms the slide displayed in the Slide pane:
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Slider
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A _____ is a box on a slide with dashed or dotted borders that holds titles and body text, or other content such as charts, tables, or pictures:
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Place Holder
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A set of unified design elements that provides a look for a presentation by applying colors, fonts, and effects is called:
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Theme
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A _____ is the arrangement of elements, such as a title and subtitle text, lists, pictures, tables, charts, shapes, and movies on a slide:
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Layout
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_____ are used to organize text and are identified by the bullet style, indentation, and the size of the text:
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List Levels
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Increasing the list level of a bullet point:
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Increases its indent and decreases the text size
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When _____ surround a picture, the user knows that the picture is selected and can be modified or formatted:
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Sizing Handles
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The ____ displays above the selected picture and provides a way to rotate the image:
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Rotation handle
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Pictures can be made to look like sketches or paintings by applying:
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Artistic effects
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A _____ is displayed after the last slide of the presentation and indicates that the presentation is over:
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Black slide
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The feature in which the full-screen slide show displays on one monitor while simultaneously enabling the presenter to view a preview of the next slide is _____ view:
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Presenter
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Printed images of slides on a piece of paper are called:
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Slide handouts
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_____ are printouts that show the slide image on the top of the page and the notes that have been created on the bottom of the page:
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Notes pages
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The default aspect ratio in PowerPoint 2013 is 16:9, resulting in a _____:
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Widescreen
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Changing the appearance of the text, layout, and design of a slide is called:
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Formatting
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Each PowerPoint theme includes several _____, variations on the theme style and color:
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Variants
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The horizontal placement of text within a placeholder is called:
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Text alignment
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Left, right, centered, and justified are examples of:
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Text alignments
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A title slide contains two placeholder elements:
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The title and the subtitle
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_____ displays thumbnails of all the slides and presentation:
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Slide Sorter View
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_____ can be used to rearrange and delete slides and to apply formatting to multiple slides at one time:
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Slide Sorter View
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The motion effects that occur when moving from one slide to the next during a presentation are called:
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Slide transitions
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PowerPoint's _____ displays a presentation in a similar manner to a slide show, but the taskbar, title bar, and status bar remain visible in the presentation window:
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Reading View
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An Excel document is called a:
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Workbook
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The individual pages of an Excel document are called
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Worksheets
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A _____ is formatted as a pattern of uniformly spaced horizontal rows and vertical columns:
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Worksheet
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In the _____ you can enter a value or a formula or edit a value or formula in the active cell:
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Formula Bar
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A _____ identifies a worksheet in a workbook:
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Sheet Tab
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The _____ displays the name of the selected cell, table, chart, or object:
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Name Box
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The current cell mode, the page number, and the view and zoom button display on the:
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Status Bar
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A text value is also referred to as a:
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Label
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The _____, when outlined in black, indicates it is ready to accept data:
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Active cell
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_____ generates and extends a series of values into adjacent cells based on the value of other cells:
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Auto Complete
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The small black square in the lower right corner or a selected cell is called the:
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Fill handle
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A group of items that come one after another in succession is called:
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A series
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Two or more cells that Excel treats as a single unit is called a:
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Range
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The data you see in a cell is called the:
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Displayed value
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The Formula Bar displays the data known as the:
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Underlying value
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A prewritten formula known as a _____ looks at one or more values, performs an operation, and returns a value:
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Function
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All Excel formulas begin with:
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=
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Excel's _____ command creates one cell form the selected cells and centers the contents within the new cell:
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Merge and center
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The _____ inserts a thousand comma separator when appropriate, inserts a fixed U.S. dollar sign aligned to the left edge of the cell, applies two decimal places, and provides space for negative numbers to be displayed inside of parentheses:
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Accounting number format
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Tiny charts embedded in cells that show a visual trend alongside the data are called:
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Sparklines
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On an Excel chart, the _____ identifies the patterns or colors that are assigned to all the categories in the chart:
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Legend
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Charted values that originate in a worksheet are called:
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Data Points
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A data marker, such as a column, dot, or pie slice on a chart, represents a single:
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Data point
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In an Excel chart, a _____ is made up of related data points:
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Data series
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To widen a column to fir the cell content of the widest cell in the column, use:
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Autofit
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To center worksheet data horizontally and vertically on a page, use the _____:
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Page setup
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Which is the Excel operator for exponentiation:
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^
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Absolute cell references are indicated by using what symbol in the cell address:
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$
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In a cell that contains a formula, the _____ visually indicates which workbook cells are included in a formula calculation:
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Range finder