Key Terms

Key Terms

action bar

toolbar, located beneath the menus, that contains the more frequently used tools in Docs

alignment

justification of text on the left, right, or both when formatting a document

comments

digital margin notes that collaborators can create, reply to, resolve, or delete

Editor

virtual editing tool that reviews several aspects of your document’s writing, and can be set for different styles

Explore command

unique feature in the Google suite of programs that uses machine learning to offer suggestions and predict what information you might need as you are creating files

heading

key term or phrase that describes the content in a section of the document; can be used to generate the table of contents

landscape

horizontal orientation of a page so that it is wider than it is tall

line spacing

spacing between lines of text in a document

margin

edges of the document page that are left blank

Navigation pane

Word feature that lets users view documents as thumbnail pages or outlines, or to search for specific text within a document

portrait

vertical orientation of a page so that it is taller than it is wide

proofreading

process of checking a document for spelling and grammar mistakes

sans serif

type of font that does not have short lines at the end of each part of a letter; considered easier to read in large blocks of text

section

partition of a document used to apply different formatting to different sections of text

serif

type of font that has short lines or embellishments on the ends of the parts of each letter

style

tool in Microsoft Office that is used in conjunction with the Themes tool; it lets the user customize a theme’s color, font, and font size

Suggesting mode

Google Docs’s version of the Track Changes tool in Word; it records the changes made by collaborators on a document

text wrapping

feature in Word that allows the user to insert an image or object, and have the text wrap around it in the way that the user decides

Theme

tool that lets the user change the color scheme of an entire document

Track Changes

feature in Word that records what changes different users make to a document, allowing a group of people to collaborate in writing and editing the same document

version restore

feature in cloud server services like Google Drive and OneDrive that allows the user to restore previous versions of their document

versioning

technology where programs store multiple iterations of files until they are approved and saved

watermark

text or image that is placed on the background of pages