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Desktop Publishing Review

Review of Pagemaker Terms


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Desktop Publishingcreating professional quality printed documents that contain text and graphics using a desktop computer and software
Desktop Publishing SoftwareSoftware that allows you to create professional quality documents using a microcomputer
Desktop Publishing CycleThe steps are Planning, Designing, Assembling, and Printing
Templates– Predesigned formats for specific types of DTP documents
PublicationAny document produced in PageMaker.
PeriodicalPublications that are produced on a regular basis such as magazines, newsletters, newspapers
PromotionalPublications that promote or make people aware of an event
InformationalPublications that provide information or facts about a topic
StationaryPublications that introduce or promote communication among people
InstructionalPublications that train, educate or instruct
PresentationPublications that provide visual aids such as overheads, posters, charts
Rulersused to help size and align graphics and text on a page.
Menu BarBar at the top of the screen that contains PageMaker menus.
Publication Pagethe solid lined, boxed area in which you create and modify text and graphics to build a publication.
Master PagesNonprinting pages used for placing text and/or graphics that will appear on all pages of the publication
Margin GuidesMagenta colored boxes inside the page borders
Column GuidesVertical lines that represent columns
Zero Point MarkerThe point at which the zero marks on the rulers meet
Page IconsNumbered rectangles that appear in the lower left corner of the publication window
PasteboardThe white area surrounding and including the publication page
Scroll BarsYou use them to change what you see on the screen
Pointer ToolTool that selects, moves, and resizes objects
Cropping ToolTool that adjusts the borders of a graphic by eliminating unwanted portions
Constrained Line ToolTool that draws a straight line at an angle in increments of 45 degrees
Hand ToolTool that moves the view within the pages or checks hyperlinks
Zoom ToolTool that magnifies or reduces the page view
Frame ToolsTools that use frames to create placeholders for text and graphics
Default SettingsDocument settings that are in place when starting the PageMaker program
Portrait OrientationThe page is taller than it is wide
Landscape OrientationThe page is wider than it is tall
Camera Ready Copypaper copy ready to be photographed for reproduction without further alteration
PlaceCommand used for importing a graphic or block of text into a PageMaker document
ResolutionTerm used to describe image quality and clarity of a publication’s output.
PointA unit of measurement for the height of text
.EPSEncapsulated PostScript file.
.TIFTagged Image File Format