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Database applications

Software that facilitates communication between a human user and a database.

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wysiwyg

Software; Database applications

WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get, meaning that what you see on the screen should be what prints on the page.

zoom box

Software; Database applications

The Zoom box lets you change the magnification of your document by clicking the down-arrow and selecting a percentage listed. The lower the percentage, the smaller the view. The Zoom box only ...

alignment

Software; Database applications

Alignment refers to the position of lines in a paragraph in relation to the documents left and right margins; i.e., whether they are left-aligned, centered, right-aligned, or justified (evenly ...

applying styles

Software; Database applications

Applying styles refers to the action of formatting paragraphs and text according to an existing style definition.

arrange all

Software; Database applications

Use the Arrange All command on the Window menu to see all of the available windows at one time. The windows are arranged horizontally, which is helpful if you are working with two or more documents ...

arrow keys

Software; Database applications

The arrow keys on the keyboard can be used to move the insertion point up and down line by line and right and left character by character. In a cell, when the last line or character is reached, the ...

ascii text

Software; Database applications

ASCII text, also known as plain text, can be created in such applications as Notepad. Unlike Word documents, ASCII documents cannot be formatted.

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