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  1. 3. space In computer science, white space is any character or series of characters that represent horizontal or vertical space in typography. When rendered, a whitespace character does not correspond to a visible mark, but typically does occupy an area on a page.
  2. 7. view The Office Backstage view is where you manage your files and the data about them — creating, saving, inspecting for hidden metadata or personal information, and setting options.
  3. 9. Definition of: tab (1) (TABlet) See tablet computer. (2) To move the cursor on a display screen or the print head on a printer to a specified column (the tab stop). Pressing the Tab key on a keyboard moves the screen cursor horizontally to the right. Pressing Shift-Tab moves it to the left.
  4. 11. box launcher A dialog box launcher is a small icon that appears in a group. Users click this icon to open related dialog boxes or task panes that provide more options that relate to the group.
  5. 13. In computing and telecommunications, a menu or menubar is graphical control element. It is a list of options or commands presented to an operator by a computer or communications system. Choices given from a menu may be selected by the operator by a number of methods (called interfaces):
  6. 14. command allows you to undo the last action you performed in the program.
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  1. 1. in computing, the term group generally refers to a grouping of users. In principle, users may belong to none, one, or many groups (although in practice some systems place limits on this.) The primary purpose of user groups is to simplify access control to computer systems.
  2. 2. tips Key tip. In Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 applications, like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, a keytip is a keyboard shortcut to use a function on a ribbon, also called a ribbon control.
  3. 4. point In graphics-based programs, the insertion point is the point where the next characters typed from the keyboard will appear on the display screen. The insertion point is usually represented by a blinking vertical line. You can reposition the insertion point by pressing arrow keys or by moving the I-beam pointer.
  4. 5. Alternatively referred to as the I-cursor, the I-beam pointer is a mouse cursor shaped similar to the capital letter "I" that indicates that the text can be highlighted, inserted, or changed. In the picture is an example of how the I-cursor may appear.
  5. 6. keys An access key is a key—sometimes called a hot key or mnemonic that users can use instead of a pointing device to activate interactive controls. With a few standard exceptions, an access key correlates to a designated character in a control label.
  6. 8. The term template, when used in the context of word processing software, refers to a sample document that has already some details in place; those can be adapted (that is added/completed, removed or changed, differently from a fill-in-the-blank approach as in a form) either by hand or through an automated iterative
  7. 10. wrap word wrap - Computer Definition. A word processing feature that moves words to the next line automatically as you type based on the current right margin setting. Some word processing programs allow word wrap to be turned off for writing source code.
  8. 12. complete a software function that gives users the option of completing words or forms by a shorthand method on the basis of what has been typed before