Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Zoom

Increase the view of windows that are being used.

x-y scatter chart

has 2 value axes showing sets of numerical data.

Worksheet

working area in excel.

works cited

citation to publish source of where information was gotten from .

Workbook

The working are in Microsoft excel.


 

Work area

The area that is mainly in used in software like Microsoft office.

WordArt

Special text that have different kinds of styles and themes.

word warp

feature in excel that helps position text.

windows based applications

programs that are are compatible with windows and can run.

wildcard

symbol that stands for one or more characters.
 

Views

section that shows different tabs.

vertical axis

axis going up and down in excel.

Undo

a feature in applications that delete the change that was currently made.

Trendline

a line on a graph indicating a statistical trend and shows the difference between data. 

Transitions

feature in PowerPoint that helps display a slide in a special way.

Track changes

editing command that is commonly used when you create an original document and want to make changes and keep track.  


Toggle

toggle is switching from one setting to another.
 

title bar

bar on top of a window that contains the name of the file.

thesaurus

a source that helps get different ways of saying the same word.
 

Theme

A set of special designed color schemes,

text box controls

they are used for text that is editable.

Text

it is a set of symbols, letters and numbers that show a message.

templates

A standard document containing layout and styles used to configure word processing software. 

Taskbar

a toolbar in windows that helps open and organize software and applications.

Tabs

feature for paragraph formatting that helps align text

Table

A table in excel that shows data and the way they alter.

tag stop

It is a stop point for tabbing.

syntax

Refers to the spelling and grammar of a programming language. 

synonyms

they are words that have similar meanings.

Monday, November 29, 2010

superscript

a symbol that appears above a line or phrase.

Sum

A function in excel that adds up values.

subscript

a symbol that is used to identify elements.

Style sheet

a file or a from the explains the documents layout.

Status bar

is the information bar area on the bottom of windows.

spreadsheet

It is the main working area in graphing software like Microsoft excel.

speaker notes

they are notes that are added to presentation slides as a guide to the presenter.

spacing after

the spacing after a phrase or a punctuation point.

Friday, November 26, 2010

smart art

smart art is a feature that lets you add diagrams to your PowerPoint slides. 

small caps

small caps are Capital letters shown in the same form but in small size. 

slope

slope is like the distance between two distances.

slides/outline pane

thee tab on the top of the slideshow pane that says slides.

slide show view

option that allows the slides to be viewed in a short video form.

slide pane

the bar on the left of power point that contains all the slides made by the user.

slide masters

It controls the overall formatting and object placement for the presentation. 

slide master view

 The top slide in a hierarchy of slides that stores information about the theme and slide layouts of a presentation.  

sizing handle

little boxes appearing on the corners and edges of a selected control that let you change the size of the control. 

Single-spaced

normal style of text that doesn't have much spacing between the lines.

simple payback period

A period of time required for the return on an investment to repay the sum of the original investment. 


 

Sigma

It is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. 

shortcut menu

the menu that pops up when the user clicks something with the right mouse button.

serif fonts

Different kinds of fonts that have similar styles.

selection

It is one of the three basic logic structures that make up a computer.

select query

it retrieves information that you want from one or more tables in a database.  

section

is an amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.