2007 MicrosoftВ® Office System Step by Step

Collectively refers to the program windows displaying the forms in which you enter information about appointments, meetings, and events.

The capitalization (uppercase or lowercase) of a word or phrase. In title case, the first letter of all important words is capitalized. In sentence case, only the first letter of the first word is capitalized.

A box at the intersection of a column and row in a table or worksheet.

The location of a cell, expressed as its column letter and row number, as in A1.

A group of cells.

The collection of attributes applied to text.

The space between characters, which can be expanded or contracted so that characters are pushed apart or pulled together.

A variation of a font, such as bold or italic.

A feature that allows you to double-click a blank area of a document to position the insertion point in that location, with the appropriate paragraph alignment already in place.

A storage area shared by all Office programs where cut or copied items are stored.

A set of 12 complementary colors used for different elements of a PowerPoint slide. A color scheme consists of a background color, a color for lines and text, and additional colors balanced to provide a professional look.

In a chart, a vertical representation of plotted data from a table or worksheet. In page layout, the area between margins where text is allowed to flow. (Pages can have a single column or multiple columns.)

A break inserted in the text of a column to force the text below it to move to the next column.

A control that displays a list of choices when you click the arrow on its right side. It might also allow you to enter a different choice from those available on the list.

A control that appears as a button, which performs an action when clicked.

An operator that compares values: < (less than), > (greater than), and = (equal to). These operators can also be combined, as in <= (less than or equal to), >= (greater than or equal to), and <> (not equal to).

A formula that calculates a value using one of two different expressions, depending on whether a third expression is true or false.

A part of an expression that represents a constant value.

A setting, accessible through the Properties dialog box, that determines a control’s appearance, and what kind of data it can display.

The Access object, such as a field, table, or query, to which a control is bound. See also record source.

A query that calculates a sum, average, count, or other type of total for data that is grouped by two types of information. See also action query, parameter query, and select query.

A set of slides extracted from a presentation to create a slide show for an audience that doesn’t need to see the entire presentation.