Microsoft Word Envelope and Label Features Quiz

The standard size for business envelopes, commonly used for letters and documents.

Used to create envelopes within Word documents, allowing you to directly insert and print addresses for mailings.

A feature that allows you to add addresses for envelopes directly from your Word document.

This box appears when adding an envelope and displays the inside address of the recipient. You can edit it before creating the envelope.

This part of the Envelope and Labels dialogue box lets you input the sender's address for the envelope.

This option in the Envelope and Labels dialogue box allows you to choose whether the return address is printed on the envelope. It can be omitted if a printed return address already exists.

This option in the Envelope and Labels dialogue box saves the generated envelope as part of the main document. So, the envelope and letter are saved together.

This prints the envelope directly from Word and requires you to manually place an envelope in your printer. The envelope isn't saved with the document.

Gridlines are lines displayed on the document that help you visualize cell boundaries, particularly in tables. Word uses a grid system to ensure that lines up and down the document are appropriately aligned, making it easier to see the borders of a table. It is particularly useful when designing documents with tables, ensuring that content is correctly aligned and formatted within the grid.

An orphan, in the context of word processing, refers to a single line of a paragraph that is left isolated at the top of a page. It can occur when a paragraph is broken up by a page break, leaving the first line stranded on a new page, creating an aesthetically displeasing layout.

A widow, in word processing, is a single line of a paragraph that is left isolated at the bottom of a page. It often happens when a page ends with text, but not a complete paragraph, resulting in a visually awkward arrangement, disrupting the flow of reading.

A function in Word that inserts a page break when the current page is full, ensuring text is displayed evenly across multiple pages. It dynamically adjusts the location of the page break as you add or remove content, ensuring efficient page utilization.

Pre-printed sheets containing a grid of labels, often used for addressing envelopes or mail. The labels are designed to be easy to peel and stick, eliminating the need for manually typing every address on an envelope and saving time.

A feature in Microsoft Word that allows you to create and print labels directly from your document. This saves time compared to manually creating labels and offers greater flexibility for personalized labels.

The process of adjusting your printer settings to accommodate the size and orientation of envelopes, ensuring they are correctly positioned for printing. This involves setting the paper source for envelopes, adjusting the margins, and choosing the appropriate print settings to achieve accurate printing.

A setting that controls how Word displays the layout of your document, including gridlines that help identify the boundaries of tables, rulers that show margin and indent settings, and visible spaces and paragraph marks that aid in understanding the structure of your document.

A single line of text that appears alone at the top or bottom of a page, making the page look uneven.

A feature that prevents widows and orphans by ensuring that lines of text are kept together on the same page.

To turn on Widow/Orphan control, open the Paragraph dialog box and check the 'Widow/Orphan control' option under the 'Pagination' tab.

To prevent a specific group of lines from breaking across pages, select the lines and check the 'Keep with next' option under the 'Pagination' tab in the Paragraph dialog box.

To release the Widow/Orphan control, open the Paragraph dialog box, and uncheck the 'Keep with next' option under the 'Pagination' tab.

Line spacing refers to the vertical space between lines of text within a paragraph. Double spacing adds an extra blank line between each line.

In academic reports, it is typically recommended to use double spacing, adding an extra blank line between lines of text.

Line spacing changes can be applied to whole documents, sections, or individual paragraphs/tables. Changes applied to a section will impact all paragraphs from that point onward.

Resize table columns to fit the longest content within each column.

Merge multiple cells into a single cell, typically used for table titles or headings.

Lines that surround all cells in a table, providing structure and visual separation.

Select the entire table for editing or formatting.

Delete an entire table from the document.

Type the main topic of the table in the top left cell of a merged cell, in all-caps, bold, and 14-pt font.

Optional secondary heading that provides more specific information about the table's content, typed below the table title in bold and 12-pt font.

The blank space between the edge of the paper and the typed text on all sides of the document.

Notes placed at the bottom of the page in academic writing, indicated in the text by a superscript number.

Removing all borders surrounding the cells of a table to create an "open" table.

Pressing the TAB key repeatedly to indent text, or using the keyboard shortcut CTRL+M.

A feature that allows you to create new tabs on the ruler to control the spacing and alignment of text within a document.

Inserting a footnote in a document by clicking the Insert Footnote button from the References tab.

A superscript number that appears next to the text in the document body. This number links to the corresponding footnote at the bottom of the page.

A separator line and the corresponding footnote number that appear at the bottom of the page, providing the content of the reference.

The Clipboard in Microsoft Word temporarily stores text and graphics that you copy or cut from any source, allowing you to paste them into any other Office document.

The "Keep Source Formatting" paste option preserves the original formatting of the pasted text, including font style, size, and color.

The "Merge Formatting" paste option blends the pasted text's formatting with the formatting of the surrounding text in the document.

The "Use Destination Styles" paste option applies the styles defined for the destination document to the pasted text, ensuring consistency with the document's overall design.

The "Use Destination Theme" paste option makes the pasted text inherit the theme attributes - like fonts, colors, and other decorative elements - of the document it's pasted into.

The "Keep Text Only" paste option strips away all formatting from the pasted text, leaving only the plain text. Then, the pasted text takes on the formatting of the surrounding text in the destination document.

Table cells are identified by their column letter and row number. For example, the cell at the intersection of column A and row 1 is called cell A1.

To insert a table in Word, you can either use the Insert Table button and drag to create a table with the desired dimensions or use the Insert Table dialog box to specify the number of rows and columns you need.