Essential Vocabulary

3. allows you to line up text at a certain point.
7. Check used to check the spelling of a document after keying.
11. causes the insertion point to move to the left margin and down to the next line.
13. capitalizes all letters while locked down.
16. the number of standard words keyed in one minute.
17. makes capital letters and symbols when used with those keys.
18. insertion point in a document in the form of a blinking vertical line on the screen.
19. removes characters to the right of the cursor.
20. page orientation in which data prints across the wider portion of the page.

1. blank spaces between the edge of the paper and the printed text.
2. text that is slanted to the right.
4. a print enhancement used to make characters appear darker than other text to add emphasis
5. to make a hard copy of something.
6. the keys where you place your fingers to begin keying; a s d f for the left hand and j k l ; for the right hand.
8. page orientation in which data prints across the narrower portion of the page.
9. deletes the characters to the left.
10. machinery and equipment (CPU, keyboard, monitor, printer).
12. a feature that underlines text with new text as it is keyed.
14. causes text to move automatically to a new line when the current line is full.
15. instructions for the computer; a series of instructions that perform a particular task is called a program.
21. settings preset by the operating system or program.