Q 01/05

Which 1999 virus hid in a Word attachment called list.doc and mailed itself to the first 50 Outlook contacts?

A) ILOVEYOU

B) Melissa

C) Mydoom

D) Code Red

Answer · why

B) Melissa

Melissa was a Word macro virus that the FBI called the fastest-spreading infection of its day, with an $80 million cleanup bill. On certain minutes it...

Q 02/05

Which Lucas de Groot typeface became Word's default font with Office 2007, ending the reign of Times New Roman?

A) Calibri

B) Cambria

C) Verdana

D) Segoe UI

Answer · why

A) Calibri

Calibri belongs to the ClearType collection of fonts built for reading on screen, and de Groot described its subtly rounded design as having a warm an...

Q 03/05

Which Word shortcut inserts a page break, sparing you from hammering the Return key to reach the next page?

A) Shift+Enter

B) Alt+Enter

C) Ctrl+Enter

D) Ctrl+Shift+Enter

Answer · why

C) Ctrl+Enter

Ctrl+Enter forces a page break, so whatever follows starts a fresh page even if the text above later grows or shrinks; Shift+Enter gives only a line b...

Q 04/05

Word's Show/Hide button displays a backwards-P mark after every paragraph; what is that ¶ symbol properly called?

A) Obelus

B) Interrobang

C) Section sign

D) Pilcrow

Answer · why

D) Pilcrow

Pilcrow marks began as a scribe's C for capitulum, Latin for chapter, and the name is thought to be a much-mangled form of the word paragraph. The sig...

Q 05/05

Which CP/M-era word processor, Word's earliest big rival, has George R. R. Martin famously stuck with for his novels?

A) MultiMate

B) WordStar

C) XyWrite

D) Volkswriter

Answer · why

B) WordStar

WordStar 4.0 was still Martin's writing tool decades after the program reached shops in 1979, and its Ctrl-key cursor diamond, kept from the CP/M orig...