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Glossary ABBREVIATED PHRASE To increase your typing speed, you can store frequently used strings in a special abbreviated phrase file and recall any string by merely typing its abbreviation (which has been stored along with the string). ACCELERATOR Instead of selecting a function from a menu with or and then pressing to activate the function or to display a submenu, press the letter keys that appear in bold on the menu. This character is called an accelerator. BACKUP A copy of all the data on a diskette that you keep in case your original data is damaged. BLOCK OPERATIONS The block operations on this word processor allow for on-screen cutting & pasting tasks. They include block copy, move and delete. You may even copy a block of the document into a temporary file. BOLDFACE Boldface characters are thicker than normal characters. CENTERING A layout function that allows you to automatically center a line between margins or tabs. CORRECTION MEMORY A special memory used by the word processor to temporarily store the text of the current line in the TW mode. Since the word processor knows the contents of the current line as well as their position on the paper, corrections can be carried out without retyping the wrong character. The correction memory is cleared as soon as the carrier advances to the next line. CURSOR 1) A blinking box used to select a position on the screen; 2) a block-shaped illuminated area used to select menu items by highlighting the item in reverse image. DAISY WHEEL A removable plastic wheel with spokes extending out from the center that is used for printing on this word processor. DEAD KEY m A key that produces a character but does not move the cursor or carrier one position to the right. Dead keys are usually used to type the accent marks used in such languages as French, German, and Spanish. DECIMAL TAB A special tab used to neatly align a column of numbers the same way you align them when carrying out a sum manually. 154

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Glossary
m
ABBREVIATED
PHRASE
To
increase
your
typing
speed,
you
can
store
frequently
used
strings
in
a
special
abbreviated
phrase
file
and
recall
any
string
by
merely
typing
its
abbreviation
(which
has
been
stored
along
with
the
string).
Instead
of
selecting
a
function
from
a
menu
with
or
and
then
pressing
to
activate
the
function
or
to
display
a
submenu,
press
the
letter
keys
that
appear
in
bold
on
the
menu.
This
character
is
called
an
accelerator.
BACKUP
A
copy
of
all
the
data
on
a
diskette
that
you
keep
in
case
your
original
data
is
damaged.
BLOCK
OPERATIONS
The
block
operations
on
this
word
processor
allow
for
on
-screen
cutting
&
pasting
tasks.
They
include
block
copy,
move
and
delete.
You
may
even
copy
a
block
of
the
document
into
a
temporary
file.
BOLDFACE
Boldface
characters
are
thicker
than
normal
characters.
CENTERING
A
layout
function
that
allows
you
to
automatically
center
a
line
between
margins
or
tabs.
CORRECTION
MEMORY
A
special
memory
used
by
the
word
processor
to
tem-
porarily
store
the
text
of
the
current
line
in
the
TW
mode.
Since
the
word
processor
knows
the
contents
of
the
cur-
rent
line
as
well
as
their
position
on
the
paper,
correc-
tions
can
be
carried
out
without
retyping
the
wrong
character.
The
correction
memory
is
cleared
as
soon
as
the
carrier
advances
to
the
next
line.
1)
A
blinking
box
used
to
select
a
position
on
the
screen;
2)
a
block
-shaped
illuminated
area
used
to
select
menu
items
by
highlighting
the
item
in
reverse
image.
A
removable
plastic
wheel
with
spokes
extending
out
from
the
center
that
is
used
for
printing
on
this
word
pro-
cessor.
ACCELERATOR
CURSOR
DAISY
WHEEL
DEAD
KEY
DECIMAL
TAB
A
key
that
produces
a
character
but
does
not
move
the
cursor
or
carrier
one
position
to
the
right.
Dead
keys
are
usually
used
to
type
the
accent
marks
used
in
such
lan-
guages
as
French,
German,
and
Spanish.
A
special
tab
used
to
neatly
align
a
column
of
numbers
the
same
way
you
align
them
when
carrying
out
a
sum
manually.
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