Microsoft Word Flashcards
To be compatible with Microsoft Word 97–2003, a current Word document should be saved with this extension.
.doc
This set of tools allows a user to make a document more accessible to individual needs. The user can opt to view a document at different widths, with a different page color, to focus on a set number of lines at a time, and/or to adjust text spacing. These tools also allow the user to see the spaces between syllables in words and to use the Read Aloud feature.
Learning Tools
To open an existing document, what tab should you click to open the Backstage view?
File
What feature must be turned on for you to see paragraph breaks, line breaks, spaces, tabs, and other formatting symbols?
Show/Hide
This feature recognizes and corrects commonly misspelled words.
AutoCorrect
When Word breaks up words that you want to keep together on the same line, fix this by using a:
Non-breaking space
There are two methods you can use to move text—cut and paste or:
Drag and drop.
The Font group, which changes colors and styles of text, is found on this tab on the Ribbon.
Home
The default font for Microsoft Word is:
Calibri
To change letters that are uppercase to lowercase and lowercase letters to uppercase, use (the):
tOGGLE cASE
To find a synonym for a word in your document and add variety to your content, Word provides a:
Thesaurus
Title, Author, Comments, Subject, Company, Created, and Last Modified are examples of:
Document Properties
You can modify alignment, line spacing, and paragraph spacing in the:
Paragraph diaglogue box
The Editor button is found in this tab on the Ribbon.
Review
Footnotes and endnotes use a special font style for the numbers or letters used to reference them in a document; this font style is called:
Superscript
Page margin settings affect the readability of the page. Why might you choose wider margins?
To add white space
The paper size default in Microsoft Word is:
Letter
You need to see the width of your text in the Word document. On which tab do you find the ruler?
VIEW
You need to set a tab stop for a table of names. You can do this:
Ruler
If you need to add information outside of the left margin, use:
an outdent
If you create a Word document, page numbers can be added:
In the Header & Footer group
You want each page footer to show the current page number as well as the total number of pages, such as “1 of 4,” “2 of 4,” and so on. You do this by:
Selecting the Page Number button, in the Header & Footer group, and then selecting Format Page Numbers
You want to apply shading to an important paragraph to make it stand out. You do this by:
Going to Home tab > Paragraph group
You realize that you have used the word “their” in place of “there” throughout your research paper. The best way to correct this is to:
Use the Replace button on the Home tab