A Groups of Related Paragraphs with a Special System

a group of related paragraphs with a special system such as a dot, dash, or other character, that appears to the left of each paragraph.

for a group of related paragraphs that have a particular order (such as steps in a procedure).

offers a variety of bullet styles, is shown below the recently used bullets.

bullets button, numbering button

consecutive numbers appear in front of each item in the list.

One of the most useful features of a word processing program is the ability to move text easily. word provides several ways to move text: drag and drop, cut and paste, and copy and paste.

To move text with drag and drop, you select the text you want to move, press and hold the mouse button while you drag the text to a new location, and then release the the mouse button.

shows where the selected text will be inserted

cut, copy, and paste text using the Clipboard

is a temporary storage area on your computer that holds objects such as text or graphics until you need them. the buttons for cutting, copying, and pasting are located in the Clipboard group on the Home tab. When the clipboard is not displayed, the clipboard can only hold one item at a time. When it is displayed, it can store up to 24 text items.

to cut means to remove something from a document and place it on the Clipboard.

to copy means to copy a selected item to the Clipboard, leaving the item in it's original location.

to paste means to insert a copy of whatever is on the Clipboard into the document; it gets pasted at the insertion point.

allows you to search for text in the document, with the results highlighted in yellow in the document. a list containing each instance of the search items(known as search results) appears in the navigation pane. To open the navigation pane, click the find button in the editing group on the home tab.

double click the gray space. double click the gray line.

round bullets, but after you select a new bullets style, the bullets button applies the last bullets style you used.

when you need to keep track of multiple pieces of cut or copied text, it's helpful to open the clipboard task pane which displays the contents of a clipboard. you open the clipboard by clicking the dialog box launcher in the clipboard group on the home tab.the last item copied or cut to the clipboard is the first item listed in the clipboard task pane.

to cut selected text

to paste the most recent copied item

copy selected text

click the paste item arrow in the clipboard group on the home tab, and then click the paste option you want.

Find specific text and replace it with other text. This dialog box contains three tabs, with the replace tab displayed by default. The replace tab provides options for finding a specific word or phrase in the document and replacing it with another word or phrase. the find tab includes options that allow you to fine tune your search for specific characters, a word, or phrase. The go to tab has options for moving the cursor to specific parts in the document, such as a page, line, or section. You can click the more button on the replace tab to expand the dialog box to display the Search Options section, where you can choose options for narrowing your search.Once you have specified the search text and specified any search options, you can click the find next button to find the next occurance of the search text. If you want to find a specific word, it's a good idea to select the find whole words only check box. Also, select the match case check box before beginning a search, so you be certain word inserts the replacement text exactly as you typed it.

checks a document word-by-word for a variety of errors. located in the review tab under the proofing group. make sure spell check is at the beginning of the document. If you want to check only for spelling errors, you can deselect the check grammar box.

you can use the find and replace dialog box for this.

Spelling and grammar checker cannot pinpoint inaccurate phrases or poorly chosen words. You should always proofread 1-2 times after using the spelling checker. to produce a professional document, you must read it carefully several times.

allow you to apply a set of formatting options with one click

is a set of formatting options that you can apply by clicking it's icon in the Quick Styles gallery on the Home tab. Each style is designed for a particular use, with a name that reflects that use. By default text is formatted in the normal style, which applies 11 point calibri font, left alignment, line spacing set to 1.15, and a small amount of extra space between paragraphs.

Set up to format an entire paragraph, including changing the paragraph and line spacing.

Set up to format only a few characters or words.

highest level, Heading 1 is used for the major headings in a document and applies the most noticeable formatting, with a larger font than all other heading styles(in heading styles, the highest level has the lowest number.) the heading 2 style is used for headings that are subordinate to the highest level headings; it applies slightly less dramatic formatting than the heading 1 style.

on most computers you can press the f4 key to undo your most recent action.

by default, the quick style gallery offers 16 styles, each designed for a specific purpose. Heading styles allow you to reorganize a document or generate a table of contents with the click of the mouse. Also, the heading styles are set up to keep a heading and the body text that follows it together, so a heading is never separated from it's body text by a page break. Each word document includes nine levels of heading styles although, only the heading 1 and 2 styles are avaiable by default in the quick styles gallery.

controls the variety of fonts, colors, and other visual effects as you format a document. 44 different themes are included in word, with each offering a coordinated assortment of fonts, colors and text effects. Created by Professional designers, themes ensure that a document has a polished coherent look. When making formatting decisions, you often have the option of choosing a design element created for a current theme. when you pen a new blank document in word, the office theme is applied by default. to change a documents theme, click the themes button, located in the themes group on the page layout tab.

divided into theme colors and standard colors.

Heading font, Cambria Body font, Calibri this theme is designed to be appropriate for standard buisiness documents.

is a set of rules that describe the preferred format and style for a certain type of writing.

designed to help readers scan a article quickly for key points and emphasizes the date of publications in citations.

was designed to ensure consistency in documents so all research papers look alike. Also it was developed to simplify the process of transforming a manuscript into a journal article or a chapter of a book.

Double space the entire document. Remove paragraph spacing from the entire document. Increase the font size for the entire document to 12 points. Indent the first line of each body paragraph .5 inch from the left margin. Add the page number(preceded by your last name) in the upper-right corner of each page. If you prefer, you can omit this from the first page.

All lines except the first line of the paragraph are indented from the left margin. bottom half of an hour glass.

top half of an hour glass.

the square below the hourglass and is used to indent an entire paragraph.

click the paragraph you want to indent, or select multiple paragraphs, click the dialog box launcher in the paragraph group, and then adjust the indentation settings.

an instruction that tells word to insert a page number on each page, no matter how many pages you eventually add to the document. Word inserts page number fields in the top margin and the bottom margin known as the header and footer.

blank area in the top margin.

blank area in the bottom margin known as the footer

an alphabetical list of all the books, magazines, Web sites, movies, and other works that you refer to in your research paper.

the items listed in a bibliography. the entry for each source includes information such as the author, title of the work, the publication date and the publisher.

parenthetical reference. A citation should include enough information to identify the quote or referenced material, so that the reader can easily locate the source in the accompanying works-cited list. the exact form for a citation varies, depending on the style guide you are using and the type of material you are referencing. for books or journals, the ciatation itself usaully includes the author's last name and a page number. the first step in creating a ciatation is selecting a citation and bibliography style.

click the citation to display the citation options, click the citations options arrow, click edit citations, type the page number in the pages box and then click the ok button.

Although citations look like oridanary text it is contained inside content control. a special feature used to display information that is inserted automatically and that may need to be updated later. you can only see content control itself when it is selected.

an instruction that tells word to display the source information for all the other citations in a document. Because it is a field, and not actual text you can update the bibliography later to reflect any new citations you might add.

is one you insert at a specific location; to insert a manual page break, use the page break button in the pages group on the insert tab. inserts a new blank page.

1. Format the works cited heading to match the formatting of the rest of the text in the document. 2.Center the title of the works cited list. 3. change the formatting of the titles in the entries from underlined to italics. 4. for each item in the list that is a print publication, type print at the end of the entry. 5. double-space the entire works cited list, including the heading, with no extra space after the paragraphs. 6. change the font size for the entire works cited list to 12 point.first you need to change the text to static text. after you convert the text to static text, you can no longer update it to reflect changes to the documents citations.