Word Processing Vocabulary

A paragraph formatting attribute that determines the appearance of the text in relation to the margins.

• font

• alignment

• italics

Left, Center, Right, Full Justification

• Alignment Positions

• Styles

• Format

A reference to a source

• Font

• Plagiarism

• Citation

text that is separated from the body text and appears at the top of a printed page

• Full Justification

• Footer

• Header

a line or block of text appearing at the bottom of each page of a book or document

• Header

• Footer

• Bibliography

a list of sources used in an essay or research paper written in MLA (Modern Language Association) style

• Table of Contents

• Works Cited

• Glossary

the part of a page outside the main body of printed or written matter; the edge of the paper that remains blank; also known as white space

• Margin

• Border

• Header

Normal margins are this size

• 75'

• 1"

• 2"

Narrow margins are this size

• 2'

• 2"

• .5"

taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as your own.

• typing

• plagiarism

• table of contents