MS Word Questions and Answers

Answer: C

Correct answer: text effects

Shimmer, sparkle and blinking background are animations applied to selected text, listed on the Text Effects tab. They appear on screen only and do not print.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Press Ctrl + Shift + Enter

Ctrl + Shift + Enter inserts a column break, ending the current column and moving the text to the top of the next. Ctrl + Enter inserts a page break, which is the same idea one level up.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Format

Font and typeface settings live on the Format menu, which governs the appearance of the document. View changes how it is displayed and Tools holds utilities such as the spelling checker.

Answer: A

Correct answer: 0"

Word imposes no minimum spacing between columns: it may be set to zero, though the text of adjacent columns then runs together and becomes hard to read.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Loosely

Font spacing offers Normal, Expanded and Condensed. Loosely is not one of them.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Enter Key

Enter ends the current paragraph and begins a new one, which is why paragraph spacing appears between them. Shift + Enter breaks the line without ending the paragraph.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Choosing the format in which the content is pasted

Paste Special, Ctrl + Alt + V, offers a choice of formats rather than pasting in the default one: formatted text, unformatted text, a picture, an embedded object or a linked object. Unformatted text is the option used most, since it strips the fonts, colours and background of the source - the standard remedy for text copied from a web page, which otherwise arrives carrying the site’s styling. The distinction between Paste and Paste Link is worth knowing. A pasted Excel range is a static copy; a linked one updates whenever the source workbook changes, which keeps a report and its underlying data in step. The Paste Options button that appears after an ordinary paste offers the same choices more briefly - Keep Source Formatting, Merge Formatting, or Keep Text Only. The second option describes the Office clipboard, which holds up to 24 items.

Answer: C

Correct answer: User agent

In the client-server model the program the person actually uses is the user agent - a browser for the web, a mail client for e-mail. It is the client, but the term names its role towards the user.

Answer: D

Correct answer: a large first letter of a paragraph occupying several lines

A drop cap is an enlarged first letter of a paragraph, set to occupy several lines of the text beside it. It is a decorative device inherited from manuscript illumination and is used at the opening of a chapter or an article. It is inserted from the Insert tab, with two options: Dropped, where the letter sits within the text and the lines wrap around it, and In Margin, where it hangs out to the left of the text block. The dialogue also sets how many lines it spans and how far it stands from the text. Technically Word implements it as a small frame containing the letter, which is why it can be selected and formatted independently - given a different font or colour from the paragraph it introduces. It is best used once at the start of a section rather than repeatedly, and it does not survive conversion to plain text.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Page Setup dialog box

Vertical alignment - whether text sits at the top of the page, in the centre, or is justified down its height - is a property of the page, and is set on the Layout tab of Page Setup. The paragraph dialog controls horizontal alignment instead.