| English | Spanish |
| alt text | texto alternativo (The text string that appears in place of an image when a Web page is loading, when graphics are not being displayed, or when users pause on the image itself with their mouse) |
| alternative text | texto alternativo (Text displayed by Web browsers during image downloads for users who have graphics turned off, and for users who rely on screen-reading software to convert graphics on the screen to spoken words) |
| block of text | bloque de texto (A segment of text that can be selected and acted upon as a whole in an application) |
| body text | texto de cuerpo (The text that forms the major content of a publication. Does not include titles, headlines, pull quotes, and captions, for example) |
| boilerplate text | texto reutilizable (Recyclable text; a piece of writing or code, such as an organization's mission statement or the graphics code that prints a software company's logo, which can be used over and over in many different documents) |
| caption text | texto de la leyenda (Descriptive text that is associated with a piece of content, such as an image) |
| clear-text password | contraseñas no cifradas (A password that is not scrambled, thus making it more susceptible to network sniffers) |
| ClearType Text Tuner | Optimizador de texto ClearType (A program that helps make the text on your screen easier to read for long periods of time) |
| delimited text file | archivo de texto delimitado (A file containing data where individual field values are separated by a character, such as a comma or a tab) |
| Draw Text tool | herramienta Inserción de texto (An annotation tool used to add notes or comments to a slide) |
| dynamic text field | campo de texto dinámico (A text field that displays changing text, most often used in conjunction with a progress bar in order to indicate progress) |
| Explain text | texto explicativo (Help text displayed when viewing the properties of most Group Policy settings) |
| fixed-width text file | archivo de texto de longitud fija (A file containing data, where each field has a fixed width) |
| free-text searchable | búsqueda de texto libre (" A Yes/No flag in a property definition that indicates whether the property can be found through a free-text search. To set this flag to Yes, the property type must be string or enumerated. A free-text search locates exact matches and words that are inflectionally generated from the one(s) you specified. For example, the word "drive" would return matches for drives, drove, driving, and driven.") |
| full-text catalog | catálogo de texto completo (A collection of full-text index components and other files that are organized in a specific directory structure and contain the data that is needed to perform queries) |
| full-text enabling | habilitación de texto (The process of allowing full-text querying to occur on the current database) |
| full-text index | índice de texto completo (An index that enables full-text search for a group of managed properties) |
| full-text query | consulta de texto (As a SELECT statement, a query that searches for words, phrases, or multiple forms of a word or phrase in the character-based columns (of char, varchar, text, ntext, nchar, or nvarchar data types). The SELECT statement returns those rows meeting the search criteria) |
| full-text search | búsqueda de texto completo (A search for one or more documents, records, or strings based on all of the actual text data rather than on an index containing a limited set of keywords) |
| full-text search index | índice de búsqueda de texto completo (An index that enables full-text search for a group of managed properties) |
| Full-Text service | servicio de búsqueda en texto completo (The SQL Server component that performs the full-text querying) |
| Global text direction | dirección global del texto (Defines the flow of text in text entry boxes and edit controls. You can choose a left-to-right or right-to-left direction, or base the direction on the context of the first strong character that is detected) |
| group text | mensajes a grupos (A text message thread between a group of people (usually more than 2). It allows you to keep all the replies from people in one thread, so that you can see the whole conversation) |
| group text | MMS para grupo (A text message thread between a group of people (usually more than 2). It allows you to keep all the replies from people in one thread, so that you can see the whole conversation) |
| hidden text | texto oculto (Text that does not display in the normal view of a document's content) |
| Microsoft text telephone | teléfono de texto de Microsoft (A device that enables the transmission of typed messages over phone lines. These devices typically include keyboards for typing messages to send and display and/or printers to receive messages from one device to another) |
| overflow text | texto de desbordamiento (Text that does not fit within a text box. The text is hidden until it can be flowed into a new text box, or until the text box it overflows is resized to include it) |
| placeholder text | texto de marcador de posición (Text or some other element used in an application as an indicator that the user should enter in his or her own text) |
| plain text | texto sin formato (A string of text that is displayed with one value for each text attribute: typeface, slant, and weight) |
| pure text | texto puro (Simply formatted text without borders, graphics, or cells. Important for Web publishing) |
| recognized text | texto reconocido (Text that appears under your handwriting on the writing pad or in place of the handwritten letter in the character pad) |
| rich-text box | cuadro de texto enriquecido (A standard Windows control that is similar to a standard text box, except that it also supports individual character and paragraph properties) |
| rich-text editor | editor de texto enriquecido (A text-editing program that lets users create instant messages or blog posts that contain rich text elements, such as text formatting and embedded images) |
| rich text field | campo de texto enriquecido (A field that can show formatting and graphics, such as an embedded object, and not just text) |
| rich text XML mapping | asignación XML de texto enriquecido (A type of XML mapping that links WordprocessingML content directly to the backing data in the custom XML part) |
| scrolling text control | control de desplazamiento de texto (A control or component on a page that displays moving text) |
| static text field | campo de texto estático (A standard Windows control used for instructions, control labels, and all text that the user doesn't need to horizontally scroll, edit, or select. Compare text box) |
| text attributes | atributos de texto (Any characteristic of text, such as font, size, style, color, or effect such as subscript or superscript) |
| Text-Based Designer | Diseñador basado en texto (A text-based workflow editor that enables users to create and edit workflows by using declarative statements) |
| text block | bloque de texto (The text area associated with a shape that appears when you click the shape with the text tool or select it with the pointer tool) |
| text box | cuadro de texto (A rectangular control in an application that allows the user to enter or edit text) |
| Text Cycle | Ciclo de texto (A SmartArt graphic layout used to represent a continuing sequence of stages, tasks, or events in a circular flow. Emphasizes the arrows or flow rather than the stages or steps. Works best with Level 1 text only) |
| text direction | dirección del texto (The direction text is written in a document, for instance left to right, right to left, horizontal or vertical) |
| Text Display Size | Tamaño del texto (An item on the Edit menu that displays a list of relative text sizes for instant message text) |
| text document | documento de texto (A document that contains alphanumeric information, not just 0s and 1s) |
| text editor | editor de texto (A program that creates files or makes changes to existing files) |
| text effect | efecto de texto (A visual effect that colors, tweaks, or otherwise graphically alters fonts) |
| text field | campo de texto (A standard Windows control that displays static or dynamic text) |
| text file | archivo de texto (" A file composed of text characters. A text file can be a word-processing file or a "plain" ASCII file encoded in a format practically all computers can use.") |
| text formatting | formato de texto (Formatting that controls the appearance of a text. Examples include text alignment, intercharacter spacing, text justification, and text and background colors) |
| text frame | marco de texto (An area within a shape that can contain text) |
| text harvesting | recopilación de textos (A process of extending a handwriting recognizer's lexicon by gathering and storing the user's vocabulary) |
| text label | etiqueta de texto (Descriptive text that you can add to a form, worksheet, chart, or other document) |
| text message | mensaje de texto (A short alphanumeric message that is sent between mobile phones or devices using the SMS protocol) |
| text messaging | envío de mensajes de texto (The process of creating and sending text messages between or to mobile phones and devices using the SMS protocol) |
| text mode | modo de texto (" A display mode in which the monitor can display letters, numbers, and other text characters but no graphical images or WYSIWYG ("what-you-see-is-what-you-get") character formatting (italics, superscript, and so on).") |
| text-mode Setup | instalación en modo de texto (The second of the three stages of Setup, where the basic hardware of the computer (CPU, motherboard, hard disk controllers, file systems, and memory) is determined, the base operating system necessary to continue is installed, and specified folders are created) |
| text notification | notificación de texto (A type of text e-mail reminder that includes a URL and brief instructions for the user about how to log on and view the spam that was sent to that user's address. This text is customizable on the Spam Filter page) |
| text object | objeto de texto (An entity containing text in a document, for instance a text box or table cell) |
| text placeholder | marcador de posición de texto (A symbolic value used instead of a real value which in this case is text) |
| text prediction | predicción de texto (A recognition feature that helps increase input speed and reduce effort by providing users with word completion and next word prediction alternates as the user is writing/typing) |
| text service | servicio de texto (A program that enables a user to enter or edit text. Text services include keyboard layouts, handwriting and speech recognition programs, and Input Method Editors (IMEs). IMEs are used to enter East Asian language characters with a keyboard) |
| Text slide | diapositiva Texto (A blank collaborative slide on which participants can type notes or comments) |
| text stream | secuencia de texto (A type of encoded output that can be included in a Smooth Streaming presentation, such as captions) |
| text string | cadena de texto (A group of characters or character bytes representing text handled as a single entity) |
| text telephone | teléfono de texto (A device that enables the transmission of typed messages over phone lines. These devices typically include keyboards for typing messages to send and display and/or printers to receive messages from one device to another) |
| text telephony | telefonía de texto (A feature that enables those who are deaf or speech impaired to use the telephone with a teletypewriter) |
| text-to-speech | texto a voz (Pertaining to technologies for converting textual (ASCII) information into synthetic speech output. Used in voice-processing applications requiring production of broad, unrelated, and unpredictable vocabularies, such as products in a catalog or names and addresses. This technology is appropriate when system design constraints prevent the more efficient use of speech concatenation alone) |
| text-to-speech engine | motor de conversión de texto a voz (The component of Speech Engine Services that processes text input and produces speech output by synthesizing words and phrases) |
| text trainer | instructor de texto (A feature that helps improve the recognition of a user's handwriting by a process in which the user's vocabulary is analyzed in order to "teach" the recognizer which words should be recognized. The text trainer transforms raw user text from text harvesting into a form that can be used by a personalized recognizer) |
| text window | ventana de texto (A window containing a text document) |
| text wrap | ajuste de texto (The ability of a word-processing program or a text-editing program to break lines of text automatically to stay within the page margins or window boundaries of a document without the user having to do so with carriage returns, as is typically necessary on a typewriter) |
| text wrapping | ajuste de texto (A feature that consists of advanced text wrap functionality, allowing the user to select from various styles to specify how text flows around objects or graphics in a document) |
| text writer | escritor de texto (In ASP.NET mobile controls: A mechanism that allows device adapters to write their output through an object. A text writer object is created from the TextWriter base class) |
| transaction text | texto de la transacción (A description for a journal line. Transaction text stays with the journal line until an event causes new transaction text to be added, such as when the transaction is settled) |
| typed text | texto escrito (Text that you enter by using a keyboard or that your Tablet PC converts from handwriting or speech) |
| Video, In Text | Vídeo en texto (A title animation in Windows Movie Maker) |
| WordArt text | texto de WordArt (The text of a WordArt object) |
