Tuesday, November 30, 2010

237. Zoom

Zoom- increases rapidly the magnification of the image.

236. X-Y scatter chart

X-Y scatter chart- a scatter chart has two value axes, showing one set of numerical data along the x-axis and another along the y-axis.

235. Worksheet

Worksheet- A page in a Microsoft Excel workbook.

234. works cited

works cited- a listing of articles, books, dissertations and other works that are quoted or paraphrased in an article or paper.

233. Workbook

Workbook- an Excel 2000 file composed of one or more worksheets and additional Visual Basic for Applications code.

232. Work area

Work area- area or place in an OS in which you are working on.

Monday, November 29, 2010

231. WordArt

WordArt- A text-styling feature that's available in the Microsoft Office suite of products.

230. Word-wrap

Word-wrap- a word processing feature that lets information be keyed on successive lines without having to tap the return/enter key at the key of each line.

229. Windows-based applications

Windows-based applications- a program that's written to run under Microsoft's Windows OS.

228. Wildcard

Wildcard- a symbol that represents a character or series of characters.

227. Views

Views- a stored query accessible as a virtual table composed of the result set of a query.

226. Vertical (value) axis

Vertical (value) axis- The axis that runs up and down on the graph.

225. Undo

Undo- Undo will negate the last command done to the file being edited.

224. Trendline

Trendline- a line drawn across the bottom or top of a price chart indicating the direction or trend of price movement.

223. Transitions

Transitions- The visual movements as one slide changes to another.

222. Track Changes

Track Changes- the feature in Word with which you can monitor who adds and deletes what from a document.

221. Toggle

Toggle- to switch from one setting to another.

220. Title bar

Title bar- a horizontal label at the top of a window, bearing the name of the currently active document.

219. thesaurus

thesaurus- a book or software containing a classified list of synonyms.

218. Theme

Theme- A preset package containing graphical appearance details, used to customize the look and feel of (usually) an OS, widget set or window manager.

217. Text box controls

Text box controls- used for editable text, although it can also be made read-only.

216. Text

Text- a writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.

215. Templates

Templates- Predetermined and saved formats for page layouts.

214. Taskbar

Taskbar- A bar displayed on a full edge of a GUI desktop that is used to launch and monitor running apps.

213. Tabs

Tabs- a navigational widget for switching between sets of documents.

212. Table

Table- A set of data elements (values) that is organized using a model of vertical columns (which are identified by their name) and horizontal rows.

211. tab stop

tab stop- a location that you set along the horizontal ruler where you want text to align.

210. Syntax

Syntax- the set of rules that define the combinations of symbols that are considered to be correctly structured programs in that language.

209. Synonyms

Synonyms- two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context.

208. superscript

superscript- a number, figure, symbol, or indicator that appears smaller than the normal line of type and is set slightly below or above it.

207. Sum

Sum- the addition of a set of numbers.

206. subscript

subscript- a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character.

205. Style

Style- Editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display.

204. Status bar

Status bar- an information area usually found at the bottom of windows in a GUI.

203. Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet- A computer application that simulates a paper, accounting worksheet.

202. Speaker notes

Speaker notes- notes added to the presentation slides as a reference for the presenter.

201. Spacing after

Spacing after- after the spacing which is left.

Friday, November 26, 2010

200. SmartArt

SmartArt- smart shapes which can be inserted in a powerpoint presentation.

199. small caps

small caps- small capitals (usually abbreviated small caps) are uppercase (capital) characters set at the same height and weight as surrounding lowercase (small) letters or text figures.

198. Slope

Slope- describes the steepness, incline, or grade of a line.

197. Slides/Outline pane

Slides/Outline pane- pane on the left side of the screen.

196. Slide Show view

Slideshow view- button you can click to see the effects you have added to your slides.

195. Slide pane

Slide pane- software feature available in some programs that's found on the left-side of the screen and displays little preview images or thumbnails of available files or features available in the program.

194. Slide masters

Slide masters- the top slide in a hierarchy of slides that stores information about the theme and slide layouts of a presentation, including the background, color, fonts, effects, placeholder sizes, and positioning.

193. Slide Master view

Slide Master view- the view/scene of a master slide.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

192. Sizing handle

Sizing handle- the little boxes appearing on the corners and edges of a "selected control" that let you change the size and shape of the control.

191. Single-spaced

Single-spaced- Format where no blanks lines are left in-between lines of text.

190. Simple Payback Period

Simple Payback Period- the period of time required for the return on an investment to "repay" the sum of the original investment.

189. Sigma (å)

Sigma (å)- the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet, and carries the 'S' sound.

188. Shortcut menu

Shortcut menu- a menu in a GUI that appears upon user interaction, such as a right mouse click or middle click mouse operation.