Word processor terms

Updated: 02/04/2024 by Computer Hope

Word processor terms with full definitions and information on each term. Explore this list of over 120 terms like double space, clipboard, macro, and Ribbon. Navigate quickly through the list by clicking one of the letters below; for example, click 'T' to find terms like 'tab leader' in the 'T' section.

Top word processor terms
Google Docs

Microsoft Word
Word processor
Double space
Clipboard
Tab
Macro
Word processing
Ribbon
Formatting mark
Page setup

Number

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A

Abiword
Alignment
Attributes
AutoCorrect

B

BIU
Border
Bullet

C
Microsoft Clippy

Center
Clip art
Clipboard
Clippy
Column break
Copy
Cross-reference
Cursor
Cut

D

Doc
Document
Document window
Docx
Double space
Drawing canvas

E
Ellipsis example

Ellipsis
Embedded command
Embedded object
Em dash
En dash
End mark
Endnote
EOP

F
Formatting marks

File tab
First-line indent
Flush
Flush left
Flush right
Font
Footer
Footnote
Forced page break
Format
Formatting marks
Formatting toolbar

G

Google Docs
Grammar checker
Greeking
Gutter

H

Hard copy
Hard return
Header

I

Italic
iWork

J

Justify

K

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L

Landscape mode
Layout
Leader
Leading
Left align
Letterhead
LibreOffice
Line break
Line spacing

M

Macro
Mail merge
Main document
Margin
Markup
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Works

N

Normal view
Numbering

O
Office 365

Odd header
Office
Office 365
Office assistant
Office button
Office clipboard
Office Online
OpenOffice
Orphan
Outline
Outline view
Overtype mode

P
Page orientation

Page
Page break
Page orientation
Pages
Page setup
Pagination
Paragraph
Paragraph formatting
Paste
Portrait mode
Print layout
Print preview
Print view
Productivity tools
Proofreading
Punctuation

Q

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R
Ruler indent

Rag
Ragged
Repaginate
Return
Ribbon
Right align
Rule
Ruler
Running foot
Running head

S
Spell check underlines

SBE
Section break
Smart chips
Smart Tag
Soft copy
Soft page break
Soft return
Source document
Spell checker
StarOffice
Style
Subscript
Superscript

T
Tab stop

Tab
Tab leader
Tab stop
Template
Text
TextEdit
Text effects
Text wrap

U

Underline

V

Vertical adjustment
Vertical justification
Vertical tab
View buttons

W

White space
Word
WordPad
Word processing
Word processor
WordStar
Word wrap
Works
Writer

X

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Y

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Z

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