An Outlook feature that enables you to schedule appointments, meetings, and events. You can view the Calendar by day, week, month, or year.
carriage return
When the cursor in an Office document moves to the next paragraph after pressing the Enter key.
cell
An area in an Excel worksheet or a Word table that holds a specific piece of information.
chart
A graphic representation of data.
check box
A small box you click to enable or disable an option in a dialog box. If the check box has a check mark in it, the option is currently enabled; if it's clear, the option is disabled. Check boxes are not mutually exclusive; you can mark several check boxes in a group.
client
Software that uses resources available from other computers. For example, an email application client uses the resources available for running a mail server.
clip art
A predrawn illustration or graphics object you can insert into an Office file. Microsoft Office comes with a collection of clip art files you can use to illustrate your documents.
Clip Gallery
A collection of clip art, pictures, sound files, and video clips you can use to spruce up Office documents.
Clipboard
A location in Windows that holds information that is cut or copied. Items that are cut or copied are stored there and accessible with the Clipboard task pane.
color scheme
A set of eight coordinated colors you can use in your PowerPoint presentations.
column
(1)In a table, a vertical set of cells. (2)In a document, the vertical arrangement of text and graphics so the document looks like a newspaper.
conditional statement
A function that returns different results depending on whether a specified condition is true or false.
contact
A record of a person and that person's contact information, including her email address, phone number, street address, and any other personal details you choose to note.
context menu
See [shortcut menu]
cursor
The location where you last entered text. This is a flashing bar in some applications.