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file selector
- the New Disk button and the scrolling list in dialog boxes for selecting a file,
folder, or diskette
fixed
notation
- a format
option
for numbers
in which
you set the number
of decimal
places
that
you want
to appear,
such as two decimal
places:
10.99
floating
point
math
- a quick method
for calculating
numbers
with a mantissa,
which
is the
nurnbers
the follow
a decimal
point.
For example,
in 3.256789888,
the mantissa
is
0.256789888.
Floating
point
math closely
estimates
a mantissa,
which
makes
calculations
involving
a lengthy
mantissa
faster. The estimation
produces
errors
in the 17th or 18th number
,after the decimal;
however,
this level of error
is negligible
and adheres
to the industry
standard.
folder
- a container
for files, also known as a directory
font - a typeface
footer
- a page element that appears at the bottom of each page, containing
items such as a page
number
footnote
- a note at the bottom
of a page that gives more
information
about
some
item
mentioned
in the body
text on that page
formatting
a diskette
- preparing
an unformatted
diskette
to receive
information
(some
are
formatted
when
you buy them).
Use only MF-2DD
(double-sided/double-density/double-track)
and
MF-2HD
(double-sided/high
density/double-track).
formula
- performs
a calculation,
like totaling
numbers
function
k e]rs_- the top row keys that activate
functions
such as copy,
paste,
etc.
functions,
Basic
iool
bar - contain,%b--ut-t'6ias-t:'oor performing
tasks such as save, copy,
etc.
functions,
Advanced
tool bar
- contains
buttons
for performing
tasks such as zooming
in
geometric
progression
- a series
of numbers
such as 3, 9, 27 that increases
by a specific
multiplier
(called
a step value)
such as 3
gildepad
- a built-in
pointing
device
used
to select
options
on the screen.
graphic
frame
- a rectangle
that you can place
around
text or graphics
grid
- in Spreadsheet,
the layout
of rows
and columns,
forming
rectangular
cells for entering
data.
In Drawing
and Word Processing,
the pattern
of evenly
spaced
horizontal
and vertical
lines
that help you size and align objects.
grid
line
- the horizontal
and vertical
lines that make
up the Spreadsheet
grid. In Drawing,
the
lines that help you to size and
align objects.
handles
- the small
black squares
that appear
around
a graphic
when
you select
it
hard
page break
- a type of page
break
that you set intentionally
as opposed
to a soft page
break,
which
occurs
automatically
--
hanging
indent
- a first line extending
farther left than the rest of a paragraph,
hanging out in
the margin
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