BIM Domain 1-4 Vocabulary

Auto-Recover

A feature that periodically saves the user's work, with adjustable save frequency.

Building Block Organizer

A tool for storing and organizing saved Quick Parts, bibliographies, headers, footers, text boxes, and watermarks.

Caption

A feature for adding explanatory text to pictures, tables, and drawings.

Combine

A feature that merges two or more documents into one.

Compare

A feature for reviewing differences between two document versions.

Content Controls

Individual customizable controls added to documents and templates.

Custom Color Set

An option to create and save a color set for future use in documents or templates.

Custom Font Set

An option to set and save a font for body text and headings for future application.

Custom Style Set

An option to set and save font and alignment for titles, headings, and body text for future use.

Custom Theme

An option to create and save a theme using color sets, font sets, and style sets for future projects.

Character Styles

An option to create and save a style for specific characters for future application.

Default Font

The automatically selected text style when a new document is opened.

Developer Tab

A hidden tab that offers advanced options and customizations.

Document Check Out

A feature that allows a user to check out a document, restricting access to others until checked back in.

Encrypt With Password

A method to secure a file by requiring a password for access.

Find and Replace

A feature for searching and replacing words or phrases in a document.

Hyphenation

An option that inserts hyphens into words to fill excess space at the end of a line.

Index Entries

Key words marked for generating an index.

Keep Lines Together

An option that ensures all lines of a paragraph stay on the same page.

Line Numbers

An option that numbers each line of a document as specified by the user.

Linking External Content

A feature that connects content from an external source to the user's document.

Macro

A recorded list of commands that can be executed with a single command.

Mail Merge

A process for creating personalized letters, envelopes, and labels.

Paragraph Styles

An option to create and save styles for selected paragraphs.

Quick Access Toolbar

A feature that stores user-specified commands for easy access.

Quick Parts

Text that can be saved and inserted into documents.

Restrict Editing

A tool that limits the amount of editing allowed in a document.

Table of Figures

A table created using captions from the document.

Widow/Orphan Control

An option to prevent a single line of a paragraph from being left alone at the top or bottom of a page.

Wildcard

A character representing any number of characters within a word, used for searching in a document.