40. controls

controls- an element of a (GUI) that displays an information arrangement changeable by the user, such as a window or a text box.

39. contextual tabs

contextual tabs- A tab on the ribbon that displays commands related to the active selection or object.

38. context sensitive

context sensitive- a program feature that changes depending on what you do in the program.

37. conditional formatting

conditional formatting- lets you apply formatting that shows up only when the value in a cell meets conditions that you specify.

36. compatibility mode

compatibility mode- a software mechanism in which a computer's OS emulates an older processor, operating system, and/or hardware platform in order to let obsolete software to remain compatible with the computer's newer hardware or software.

35. comparison operators

comparison operators- Operators like == (equals) and > (greater than) that compare two expressions, giving a result of true or false.

34. comment

comment- a programming language construct used to embed programmer-readable annotations in the source code of a computer program.

33. column chart

column chart- Data graphed as a series of vertical bars.

32. clustered column chart

clustered column chart- a column which is made, or appears to be made, of several columns collected together.

31. close button

close button- A window control also known as the red button that appears in the upper left that users can click to close the window.

30. clipboard

clipboard- a software facility that could be used for short-term data storage and/or data transfer between documents or applications, via copy and paste operations.

29. clip art

clip art- ready-made pieces of computerized graphic art that could be used to beautify a document.

28. citation

citation- a reference to a published or unpublished source which is not always the original source.

27. circular reference

circular reference- a group of references where the last object references the first, resulting in a closed loop.

26. center

center- a button that places your paragraph in the middle of the page.

25. cell address

cell address- A combination of a letter and a number that specifies the column and row in which a cell is located on a spreadsheet.

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24. cell

cell- a microprocessor architecture jointly developed by Sony Corporation Sony Computer Entertainment,IBM, and Toshiba an alliance known as "STI".

23. cash flow analysis

cash flow analysis- An analysis of the cash inflows and outflows of a business.

22. bulleted list

bulleted list- a list whose items begin with the typographical symbol of bullet, that is •, or with other symbols other than numbers.

21. bullet point

bullet point- a typographical symbol or glyph used to introduce items in a list.

20. bullet

bullet- A tiny graphical element used to highlight or itemize a list.

19. borders

borders- a session passes from one network to another and can be defined as the edge of a carrier's network or the point between an enterprise and its carrier.

Do Now 10-27-10

Home Tab:
Font                             Grow Font                        Increase Indent                 Bottom Border
Font size                       Shrink Font                       Sort                                 Normal
Bold                             Clear Formatting               Show/Hide                       No Spacing
Italic                             Text Highlight Color          Align Text Left                 Heading 1
Underline                      Font Color                       Center                              Heading 2
Strikethrough                Bullets                              Align Text Right                Change Styles         
Subscript                      Numbering                       Justify                               Find
Superscript                   Multilevel List                   Line Spacing                    Replace
Changecase                  Decrease Indent               Shading                           Select

18. bibliography

bibliography- a list of writings with time and place of publication (like the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.)

17. bar chart

bar chart- A graph in the form of boxes of different heights, with each box signifying a different value or category of data, and the heights representing frequencies.

16. backwardly compatible

backwardly compatible- a device or technology is said to be backward or downward compatible if it can work with input produced by an (older) device.

15. autorecover

autorecover- a function in many computer apps which saves an opened document automatically, helping to limit the risk or impact of data loss in case of a crash or freeze.

14. autoform

autoform- Software for filling in paper forms on your computer.

13. autofit

autofit- an automatic determination of the best width for a column or best height for a row, based on its content.

12. autocomplete

autocomplete- a feature provided by many web browsers, e-mail programs, source code editors, word processors, and command line interpreters.

11. attachment

attachment- A file sent with an email.

Lab 3 word art

Today for Lab 3, I went to Microsoft Word. After that I clicked on the insert tab and clicked word art. That's when I chose the style. I typed in my name and switched the color to red.

10. argument

argument- a parameter is a special type of variable, used in a subroutine to stand for one of the pieces of data provided as input to the subroutine. These pieces of data are called arguments.

9. Application software

application software- Software made to accomplish a specific task, such as desktop publishing/word processing.

8. animations

animations- The speedy display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork in order to make an illusion of movement.

7. Anchor

Anchor- To repair a graphical object so that its position relative to some other object remains the same during re-pagination.

6. American Psychological Association (APA)

American Psychological Association (APA)- the biggest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the U.S.

5. alignment

alignment- the setting of text flow or image placement relative to a page, column, table cell or tab.

4. ActiveX controls

ActiveX controls- a component program object that can be used again by more than one application program within a computer or among computers in a network.

3. Active cell

Active cell- the cell that is currently chosen and ready to receive or control data.

2. Absolute cell reference

Absolute cell reference- In Excel and other spreadsheets, an absolute cell reference finds the location of a cell or group of cells.

1. 3-D pie chart

3-D pie chart- A circular graph having radii dividing the circle into sectors proportional in angle and area to the relative size of the quantities represented.

158. Word-processing software

Word-processing software- Computer software used to create and alter text documents.

157. wizard

wizard- a user interface element that presents a user with a sequence of dialog boxes that lead the user through a series of well-explained steps.

156. windows explorer

windows explorer- a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows OS from Windows 95 onwards.

155. window

window- a square/rectangular part of a computer screen that has a display different from the rest of the screen.

154. wildcard characters

wildcard characters- a character that may be switched for any of a defined subset of all possible characters.

153. Wide area networks (WANs)

Wide area networks (WANs)- a computer network that covers any network whose communications links cross metropolitan, regional, or national boundaries.

152. virus

virus- a software program that can reproduce itself and can also cause greatly harm to files.

151. utility software

utility software- a kind of system software made to help analyze, configure, optimize and maintain the computer.

150. user interface

user interface- a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a monitor) and that lets the user to interact with the system.