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| an impact printer does a better job printing different fonts than a nonimpact printer and is quieter |
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| miniature mobile storage media are rewritable media usually in the form of a flash memory card, USB flash drive, or smart card |
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| a network that connects computers in a limited geographic area, such as a school computer laboratory, office, or group of buildings, is called a wide area network (WAN) |
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| an online service provides access to the internet, but it also offers a variety of other specialized content and services such as financial data, hardware and software guides, news, weather, and legal information |
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| the fees for using an online service usually are slightly lower than the fees for using an internet service provider |
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| web pages are stored on computers throughout the world |
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| most web page URL's begin with http://, which stands for hypertext transfer protocal, the communications standard used to transfer pages on the Web |
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| an increasing number of companies are taking trade-ins in old computers |
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| active matrix screens display high-quality color that is viewable from all angles |
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| because of the flexibility of its design, the tablet PC is a good match for every user |
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| microsoft powerpoint is a complete presentation graphics program that allows users to produce professional databases |
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| the basic unit of a powerpoint presentation is the template |
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| a screentip is one of the four corners of the screen, which you drag to resize the screen |
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| the colors used in design templates can be altered by using the slide design - color schemes task pane |
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| to create an outline using the outline tab, each heading and its subheadings are typed, and all graphics and visual works inserted, before advancing to the next heading |
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| the technique of using an outline to create a presentation is the same as creating a presentation in the slide pane in normal view |
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| once the outline of a presentation is typed on the outline tab, the presentation fundamentally is complete |
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| one way to add clip art to a powerpoint presentation is to select one of the slide layouts that includes a content placeholder with instructions to open the microsoft clip organizer to add content |
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| if a slide layout does not contain a clip art region or placeholder, clip art cannot be inserted on a slide using that layout |
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| when you run a slide show with slide transition effects, powerpoint displays the slide transition effect when you click the mouse button to advance to the next slide |
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| a user interface is the combination of hardware devices used to communicate with and control the compute |
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| a command followed my an ellipsis indicates information is required to execute the command |
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| the standard buttons toolbar is used to perform often-used tasks more quickly than with the menu bar |
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| underlined text, such as a task or folder names, is referred to as a hyperlink |
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| clicking a drive or folder icon in the my computer window displays the contents of the drive or folder in the left pane and details about the drive or folder in the areas in the right pane |
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| when the details area in the my documents window is collapsed, only the title and a double down arrow button appear in the area |
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| a web browser program is used to create graphic presentations for display on a computer |
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| the drive and folder to which the files are copied are called the source drive and source folder |
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| to display, click the menu name on the menu bar and then point to the arrows at the bottom |
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| two built in toolbars are the menu toolbar and the find toolbar`false |
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| as you enter text in the word document window, you must press the enter key when the insertion point reaches the right margin |
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| if the computer is turned off or electrical power is lost, the document remains stored in the computer's memory |
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| when a paragraph is right-aligned, the align right button on the formatting toolbar is selected |
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| if you want to print multiplr copes of a document, display the print dialogue box by clicking the print button on the standard toolbar |
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| to quit word, click the restore button on the right side of the toolbar |
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| to move from one panel to the next within the resume wizard's dialog box, click the next button or click the panel name on the left side of the dialog box |
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| the standard headings panel in the resume wizard dialog box requests the headings wanted on the resume |
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| word displays the resume created in resume wizard in normal view |
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| in normal view, word places the entire piece of paper in the document window, showing precisely the positioning of the text, margins, headers, footers, and footnotes |
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| to see exactly how a document will look when it is printed, it can be displayed in print preview |
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| borders may be added above or below a paragraph, to the left or right of a paragraph, or any combination of sides |
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| the column boundary, the border to the right of a column, can be dragged until a row is at a desired height |
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| when the insertion point is in a bulleted list, the bullets button on the formatting toolbar is selected |
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| although many different styles of documentation exist for report preparation, each style requires the same basic information |
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| using the MLA style of documentation, the title of the paper is centered one double-space below the writer's name and course information |
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| using the page numbers command, specify the location and alignment of the page numbers |
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| headers and footers do not display on the screen when the document window is in normal view because they block the text |
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| to decrease a font size, use the ctrl+shift+< shortcut keys |
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| when you drag the hanging indent marker, the left indent marker moves with it |
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| to move text, you first select the text to be moved and then use drag-and-drop editing or the cut-and-paste technique to move the selected text |
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