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     1.   The ¶ character is an example of a nonprinting character.

 

     2.   AutoComplete is a feature that automatically inserts dates and other regularly used items.

 

 

     3.   You can only undo the very last action that you took.

 

 

     4.   The Clipboard is a file that contains instructions for changing the appearance of text and graphics, and often sample content, to guide you as you develop your own content.

 

 

     5.   The ordinary text in a document is known as body text.

 

 

     6.   Kerning refers to the space that appears directly above and below a paragraph.

 

 

     7.   A tab is also known as a tab stop.

 

 

     8.   A hanging indent shifts all the lines of a paragraph from the left margin except the first line.

 

 

     9.   Keep Source Formatting and Keep Text Only are two buttons on a menu that you will find by clicking the Paste Options button.

 

 

   10.   The Help and Information pane is a feature that allows you to explore information in an encyclopedia, look up a definition, find a synonym, or translate a word.

 

 

MODIFIED TRUE/FALSE

 

     1.   The word-processing program used in this chapter is Microsoft Word 2010.

 

 

     2.   Symbolic characters are special characters not included on the standard keyboard and that appear in professionally prepared documents.

 

 

 

     3.   Sometimes the Redo button does not appear; instead, the Recall button appears in its place.

 

 

 

     4.   The Save as command opens a copy of the current document as a new document.

 

 

 

 

     5.   In the figure above, box E represents selecting a line.

 

 

     6.   The purpose of formatting a document is to make it attractive, emphasize certain points in it, and make the organization and flow clear to readers.

 

 

     7.   Paragraphs formatted with the 3.0 setting are called double spaced.

 

 

     8.   A(n) bulleted list is a group of related paragraphs with a symbol that appears to the left of each paragraph.

 

 

     9.   The Format Painter is a tool that lets you copy formatting from one location to another.

 

 

   10.   You open the Navigation Pane by clicking the Find button in the Search group on the Home tab.

 

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

     1.   Microsoft Word 2010 is a(n) ____ program.

a.	word-processing	c.	desktop publishing
b.	data manipulation	d.	entertainment

 

 

 

     2.   Word includes special preset zoom settings, such as ____.

a.	One Page	c.	both a and b
b.	Page Width	d.	neither a nor b

 

 

     3.   In a ____ style business letter, each line of text is left-aligned. New paragraphs are indicated by blank lines.

a.	traditional	c.	memo
b.	formal	d.	block

 

 

 

     4.   The ____ feature automatically corrects certain misspelled words and typing errors as you type.

a.	AutoComplete	c.	MS Edit
b.	AutoSpell	d.	none of the above

 

 

 

     5.   © is an example of a(n) ____ character.

a.	typographic	c.	Malthusian
b.	Euclidian	d.	nonprinting

 

 

 

     6.   You can find the Symbol button in the ____ group on the ____ tab.

a.	Insert, Home	c.	Extras, Insert
b.	Symbols, Insert	d.	Typographic, Symbols

 

 

 

     7.   The ____ button will reverse the action of the Undo button.

a.	Repeat	c.	Undo All
b.	Redo	d.	Revert to Previous

 

 

 

     8.   To quickly undo the most recent action, press the ____ key combination.

a.	Alt+U	c.	Ctrl+Z
b.	Tab+F1	d.	Ctrl+X

 

 

 

     9.   To quickly redo the most recently undone action, press the ____ key combination.

a.	Alt+R	c.	Ctrl+Y
b.	Shift+F2	d.	Windows+R

 

 

 

   10.   The New from existing command is safer than the Save as command because ____.

a.	it has gone through more rigorous testing	c.	it opens a saved document and lets you overwrite it or save it
b.	it leaves the original document closed and unchanged	d.	both a and b

 

 

 

   11.   The white space in the left margin of a document is an area known as the ____.

a.	selection bar	c.	tab stop
b.	gutter	d.	hanging indent

 

 

 

   12.   In the figure above, the actions to select a word are represented by box ____.

a.	A	c.	C
b.	B	d.	D

 

 

   13.   In the figure above, the actions to select an entire document are represented by box ____.

a.	D	c.	F
b.	E	d.	G

 

   14.   The figure above shows actions for selecting all of the following EXCEPT ____.

a.	a line	c.	a sentence
b.	multiple lines	d.	a paragraph

 

 

   15.   The ____ indicates where text will be inserted in a document.

a.	left and right margin	c.	tab stop
b.	Insert panel	d.	insertion point

 

   16.   The key combination for moving to the beginning of a document is ____.

a.	Ctrl+Home	c.	Shift+8
b.	Ctrl+PgUp	d.	Alt+Backspace

 

 

   17.   To copy text using drag and drop, you use the ____ key.

a.	Alt	c.	Shift
b.	Ctrl	d.	none of the above

 

 

   18.   The Office Clipboard collects up to ____ item(s) cut or copied from Office programs.

a.	1	c.	8
b.	3	d.	24

 

 

   19.   One ____ equals 1/72 of an inch.

a.	point	c.	em
b.	font	d.	dot

 

 

   20.   ____ refers to format attributes applied to text, such as bold and italics.

a.	Format labeling	c.	Gamut
b.	Font style	d.	Format code

 

 

 

   21.   The top row of colors in the color palette are known as ____.

a.	Web-safe colors	c.	the Color Wheel
b.	theme colors	d.	symbiotic colors

 

 

   22.   Paragraph spacing is measured in ____.

a.	inches	c.	points
b.	cm	d.	lpi

 

 

 

   23.   ____ is the amount of space that appears between lines of text within a paragraph.

a.	Dot pitch	c.	Leading
b.	Paragraph spacing	d.	Line spacing

 

 

 

   24.   Microsoft Word 2010 uses a default line spacing of ____.

a.	1.15	c.	1.0
b.	1.5	d.	2.0

 

 

 

   25.   ____ paragraphs are flush with both the left and right margins.

a.	Justified	c.	Ragged
b.	Centered	d.	Block

 

 

 

   26.   All of the following are types of Word tab stops EXCEPT ____.

a.	Center	c.	Decimal
b.	Right	d.	Concentric

 

 

 

   27.   In the figure above, box C represents a(n) ____ tab stop.

a.	Concentric	c.	Decimal
b.	Right	d.	Bar

 

 

   28.   In the figure above, inserting the tab stop marked by box ____ will NOT automatically remove all of the default tab stops to its left.

a.	A	c.	D
b.	B	d.	E

 

 

 

   29.   The items in a bulleted list each begin with a(n) ____.

a.	bullet symbol	c.	asterisk
b.	dash	d.	any of the above

 

 

   30.   A paragraph ____ is an outline that appears around one or more paragraphs in a document.

a.	bound	c.	pullout
b.	border	d.	shade

 

 

   31.   All of the following are Word indent markers EXCEPT ____.

a.	First Line	c.	Right
b.	Hanging	d.	Center

 

 

 

   32.   In research papers formatted with the MLA style, all the body paragraphs must have a(n) ____ indent.

a.	first line	c.	right
b.	hanging	d.	center

 

 

 

   33.   You find the Format Painter in the ____ group of the ____ tab.

a.	Styles, Insert	c.	Font, Edit
b.	Clipboard, Home	d.	Styles, Home

 

 

   34.   The ____ paste option inserts text using the formatting of the surrounding text in the new location.

a.	Keep Text Only	c.	Best Fit
b.	Keep Source Formatting	d.	Dither into Current

 

 

 

   35.   To find specific text in a document, you first open the ____ by clicking Find in the Editing group on the Home tab.

a.	Search box	c.	Reading Pane
b.	Navigation Pane	d.	Index

 

 

   36.   You open the ____ by clicking the Replace button in the Editing group on the Home tab.

a.	Navigation Pane	c.	Index
b.	Find and Replace dialog box	d.	Reading pane

 

 

 

   37.   A red, wavy line that appears under a word indicates ____.

a.	a misspelled word	c.	a word that was used twice in a row
b.	a word not found in the dictionary	d.	any of the above are possibilities

 

 

   38.   The text lists ____ way(s) to correct misspelled words.

a.	one	c.	three
b.	two	d.	six

 

 

 

   39.   The Research Pane makes available all of the following research tools EXCEPT ____.

a.	Encarta Dictionary	c.	Thesaurus
b.	Google Deep Web Search	d.	MSN Money Stock Quotes

 

 

 

   40.   You use the Print tab in ____ view to preview a document prior to printing it.

a.	Doc	c.	Live
b.	Backstage	d.	Web Layout

 

 

 

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions

 

Case 10-1

You live in Maine; you are sending a letter to a company named Orange Widgets, located in New Jersey. Each of the following questions involves a section of a block style business letter from you to Mr. Smith at Orange Widgets. For each question, choose the answer that best identifies the section or completes the thought.

 

   41.   “Dear Mr. Smith:”

a.	complimentary	c.	salutation
b.	signature line	d.	“To:” line

 

 

 

   42.   “555 Pleasant Drive

Portland, ME 04101”

a.	inside address	c.	complimentary address
b.	return address	d.	none of the above

 

 

 

   43.   “Cordially yours,”

a.	salutation	c.	complimentary enclosure
b.	complimentary close	d.	signature line

 

 

 

   44.   At the bottom of the letter, there are no initials. This indicates that ____.

a.	nothing is enclosed in the letter	c.	the letter was typed by you, not a different typist
b.	the letter is the final version, not a draft	d.	none of the above

 

 

 

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions

 

Case 10-2

Learning to use key combinations when working with computers will save you a good deal of time, both in navigating documents and in editing them. You take a few minutes to practice some typical combinations.

 

   45.   You have pressed the Ctrl+Up Arrow key combination. This has ____.

a.	copied whatever text was selected in the document	c.	selected all of the text in the document
b.	cut whatever text was selected in the document	d.	moved the insertion point up one paragraph

 

 

 

   46.   You started out with a page-long document. Nothing was selected. You pressed a key combination, then suddenly everything was selected. What did you press?

a.	Ctrl+Alt+Tab	c.	Windows+Up Arrow
b.	Ctrl+A	d.	Shift+E

 

 

   47.   You have pressed the Ctrl+Y key combination, but nothing happened. This is because ____.

a.	you have not undone anything, so there is nothing to redo	c.	you are already at the end of the document, so you cannot go any farther down
b.	you have not cut anything, so there is nothing to copy	d.	you have not selected any text to move

 

 

 

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions

 

Case 10-3

You are experimenting with the more advanced Word techniques and options described in the chapter. For each of the following questions, choose the most appropriate answer.

 

   48.   You have created a leader line. You are using the ____.

a.	Borders & Shading dialog box	c.	Format Painter
b.	Tabs dialog box	d.	Research Pane

 

 

 

   49.   You have automatically applied the same font style and paragraph spacing that you used in one part of your document to another part with one click. You have used the ____.

a.	Format Painter	c.	Eyedropper
b.	Paragraph Tab	d.	New from Existing dialog box

 

 

 

   50.   You just discovered that your formerly clean text now has weird misspellings in it: the word missing is now Mistering, and the word submission is now subMisterion! Clearly you’ve misused the ____.

a.	Format Painter	c.	Paste Options button
b.	spell checker	d.	Replace All command

 

 

COMPLETION

 

     1.   In Word, when you press the Enter key, a new ____ is created.

 

 

     2.   If you type teh instead of the, the ____ feature automatically fixes it for you.

 

 

     3.   The standard copyright symbol is an example of a(n) ____ character.

 

 

     4.   Sometimes the ____ button appears in place of the Redo button.

 

 

     5.   The ____ bar is the white space in the left margin of an open document.

 

     6.   Unlike the Cut or Copy commands, when you drag and drop, the text you drag is not placed on the ____.

 

 

     7.   You can change how a document looks—that is, you can ____ it.

 

 

     8.   A(n) ____ is the design of a set of characters.

 

 

     9.   The default setting for paragraph spacing in Word is ____ point(s) before each paragraph and ____ point(s) after each paragraph.

 

 

   10.   Left-aligned text paragraphs are flush with the left margin and ____, or uneven, along the right margin.

 

 

   11.   The ____ style is probably the tab style you will use most often.

 

 

   12.   A(n) ____ indent shifts the first line of a paragraph from the left margin.

 

 

   13.   The ____ paste option allows you to retain the formatting that the copied or cut item had in its original location.

 

 

   14.   The ____ dialog box has three tabs, with the Replace tab selected by default.

 

 

   15.   You find the Research button in the ____ group on the ____ tab.

 

MATCHING

 

 

a.	redo	g.	Delete key
b.	bulleted list	h.	undo
c.	hanging	i.	single spaced
d.	Backspace key	j.	Symbol dialog box
e.	blue, wavy line	k.	Navigation Pane
f.	point	l.	insertion point

 

 

     1.   appears if a correctly spelled word might be used incorrectly

 

     2.   deletes characters and spaces to the right of the insertion point

 

     3.   restores your original change

 

     4.   paragraphs formatted with the 1.0 setting

 

     5.   used for finding and inserting typographic characters

 

     6.   used for searching text; contains the Search Document box

 

     7.   related paragraphs, each with a symbol appearing to the left of the paragraph

 

     8.   indent that shifts all lines of a paragraph except the first line

 

     9.   indicates where text will be inserted in a document

 

   10.   deletes characters and spaces to the left of the insertion point

 

   11.   1/72 inch

 

   12.   reverses the last thing you did in a document

ESSAY

 

     1.   Explain the difference between the system Clipboard and the Office Clipboard. Include a brief discussion of how to access the Office Clipboard as well as the similarities and differences in how each Clipboard works.

 

 

     2.   Explain how the spell checker works, including the three different kinds of lines it uses and what each means.

 

 

     3.   The text lists eight research tools available from within Word. Name and briefly describe at least six of them.