Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Do Now: 4/6/11

A header is important  for the information of the document such as the title. It keeps documents intact.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Dialog Box Launcher

As the name implies, a dialog box serves to initiate a dialog with the user. It is a window that pops up on the screen with options that the user can select. After the selections have been made, the user can typically click "OK" to enter the changes or "Cancel" to discard the selections. It is customary for menu options that include an ellipsis at the end, such as "Preferences..." or "Save As...", to open a dialog box when selected. Link from: http://www.techterms.com/definition/dialogbox

Default Settings

Controls of a computer hardware or software (or of adevice, equipment, or machine) as preset by itsmanufacturer. Some types of default settings may be altered or customized by the user.
Link from: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/default-setting.html





Clipboard

The clipboard is a section of RAM where your computer stores copied data. This can be a selection of text, an image, a file, or other type of data. It is placed in the clipboard whenever you use the "Copy" command, which is located in the Edit menu of most programs. Link from:http://www.techterms.com/definition/clipboard

Application Window

The rectangular-shaped viewing area on screen that you are working in. In a graphical user interface (GUI), the boundaries of the window can be easily expanded or contracted. 



Alignment

 When used to describe text, the arrangement of text or graphics relative to a margin