Header: text or graphics that are printed on every page or section, usually at the top but can be anywhere on a page.
Footnotes: comments or references that appear at the end of each page.
Footer: text or graphics that are printed on every page or section, usually at the bottom but can be anywhere on a page.
Font Size: the size of a font, usually expressed as a number of points.
Font Effects: a way to change the appearance of text such as bold, italics, underline etc.
Font: a set of characters that all use the same basic design.
Fill Effect: the pattern, colour, or texture in a graphic object or chart.
Endnotes: notes or references that appear at the end of the document.
Embedded Object: an object that becomes part of the destination file and is no longer a part of the source file.
Drawing Canvas: an area that contains drawing shapes and pictures.
Digital Signature: a secure electronic stamp of authentication on a document.
Desktop Publishing: the ‘big brother’ of word processing, the process of using a word processor type package to create things such as newsletters, flyers, brochures etc.
Data Source: a document that is combined with the main document in a mail merge operation.
Charts: graphs that use lines, columns, and pie shapes to represent numbers and data.
Character Style: a style for selected words and lines of text within a paragraph.
Bullet: a small graphic, commonly a large dot, that starts each item in a list.
Bookmark: a method to mark locations within a document so that they can be easily returned to later.
AutoCorrect: a feature that corrects commonly misspelled words automatically as they are typed.
Attribute: a characteristic of a text or graphic object that can be altered, such as bold, italic, shadowed etc.
If you come across a word or phrase that you either don’t understand, or that you think should be in this glossary, please let us know and we will add it. We have attempted to list as many of the terms you are likely to come across below. Like most programs, Microsoft Word has certain terms and phrases that are specific to it.
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