- data
The information you work with in an application, including text, numbers, and graphic images.
- datasheet
A grid of columns and rows that enables you to enter numeric data into a chart.
- data validation
The process of ensuring that data is accurately entered into a form for a data list.
- default
The assumed option, behavior, or formatting that remains in effect unless you specify otherwise.
- demote
To indent a line of text more than the previous line, indicating a lower level of importance.
- dialog box
An information box that appears during the installation or use of an application and requires input from the user.
- docked toolbar
A toolbar that is attached to one of the four sides of an application window.
- document
A file you create with a program; a document can be saved with a unique filename by which it can be retrieved.
- document map
A vertical display of the headings in a Word document. You can click an entry to move quickly to that part of the document.
- document window
The window that controls the individual documents in an application window.
- download
To transfer a file from the Internet to your computer from a Web page or an email attachment.
- drag-and-drop
To move an object (an icon, a selection of text, a cell in an Excel worksheet, and so on) by selecting it, dragging it to another location, and then releasing the mouse button.
- drop-down list
A list of choices presented when you click the arrow to the right of a field in a dialog box.
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