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| Agenda | a listing of the events that will occur or topics to discuss in a meeting |
| Alignment | How text appears in the column (flush left, flush right, centered, or justified) |
| Ascender | The part of a character of type that extends above the letter. For example, the lowercase letter h. |
| Body Copy | The main text in a document eclusive of headings |
| Bold | Type that is heavier in appearance than regular or normal type |
| Border | A line or frame surrounding graphics, graphs, illustrations, photgraphs, text, etc. that defines the edges. |
| Box Rule | A line that has four sides to form a box; usually surrounds text or graphics |
| Business Form | A kind of document used to conduct daily business activities |
| Camera-Ready | The final copy of a publication used to produce the negative for a printing plate |
| Caption | Text used to describe an illustration or photograph |
| Centering | Aligning text evenly between the left and right margins |
| Clip Art | Ready-made graphic images saved to a file that can be retrieved and placed in a document |
| Clipboard | A temporary holding area for the graphics or text that was last cut or copied in the layout |
| Copy | To duplicate a graphic image or text for placement in another location |
| Crop | To eliminate an unwanted area of a graphic image |
| Cursor | The blinking pointer on the screen indicating where the action will take place |
| Cut | To remove a graphic image or text from the present position on the page, thus allowing it to be moved elsewhere or deleted |
| Default | A value or setting used by your software program unless the program is instructed differently by the operator |
| Descender | The part of a character of type that descends below the letter. For example, the lowercase g |
| Desktop Publishing | The process of planning and creating computer-generated publications containing graphics and text that appear to have been professionally printed |
| Dialog Box | An area on the menu of a software package that asks for additional information needed to perform the desired command |
| Draft Quality | The dry-run printing of a publication, not of reproduction quality |
| Drop-Down Menu | A software feature that provides a list of available choices within the selected menu-bar item. |
| Edit | To make corrections and/or changes (add to or delete from) the existing text |
| Element | A unit (illustration/graphic or type/text) to be used in a publication |
| Fill Pattern | Various patterns from clear to opaque used to change the background of a defined shape |
| Flip | To turn the graphic image in the opposite direction horizontally or vertically |
| Flush Left | Aligning text with the left margin (also called left-justified) |
| Flush Right | Aligning text with the right margin (also called right-justify) |
| Flyer | A promotional poster used for various informational purposes |
| Font | A complete set of letters, numbers, and symbols in a single typeface and size |
| Footer | Text and a page number at the bottom of ech page |
| Frame | An area on the screen of the DTP document that is created to hold and position text and/or graphic elements on the page |
| Graphic | An illustration created using a graphic software file, or a shape drawn with graphic tools |
| Graphics | Everything printed on the page except the words (text), consisting of illustrations and design elements |
| Gutter | The space between columns of text or inside margin for binding |
| Hairline | The thinnest line possible with your software; often used to define columns |
| Hard Copy | A printed copy of the page layout |
| Header | Text and a page number at the top of each page |
| Headline | Text in a large type that calls attention to the body copy |
| Highlighting | Defining the area to be formatted or changed; also called selecting or choosing and area or block |
| Icons | Small symbolic pictures on the software that show the tools that can be selected for working with text or graphics |
| Italics | A typeface variation that is slanted to the right |
| Justified | Aligning text with both the left and right margin evenly |
| Landscape | A page layout orientation that is wider than it is tall |
| Layout | Arrangement of elements (graphics and text) on a page |
| Leading | The space between lines of type |
| Letterhead | The printed design on stationery that normally includes the name, address, phone number and logo |
| Live Area | The space on the page layout between the margins where text and graphic elements are placed |
| Logo | A design created to identify or represent a specific company |
| Margins | The white space at the top, sides, and bottom of a publication |
| Masthead | A consistent design that creates an identity for title, logo, and related information that appear on each issue of a newsletter |
| Memorandum | A form used for written communications between personnel in a business |
| Menu Bar | A list of the software program options available |
| Monospace Typeface | A typeface where all the characters are the same width |
| Mouse | A peripheral device that controls cursor movements on the screen of a computer |
| Newsletter | A form that is sent outside the business to clients on a regular basis to indicate company services and provide information |
| On-line Help | A feature of the software that provides detailed information about performing a specific task |
| Page Assembly | Placing previously created text and graphic elements into a predefined page setup |
| Page Layout | Determining the placement of text and graphics on a page |
| Page Setup | The development of a page format that is often called a blueprint |
| Page View | The portion of a page that is displayed on the screen at one time |
| Paste | To anchor the graphic image or text in a new location |
| Peripheral Devices | Components that are external to the computer. For example, a printer and modem |
| Pica | A unit of measurement commonly used in the printing industry |
| Point | The smallest unit of measurement of type |
| Portrait | A page layout orientation that is taller than it is wide |
| Printing | Producing a hard copy of the completed page or pages |
| Professional Statement | A form used to bill a client for services rendered |
| Pull Quote | A short phrase or sentence pulled from an article, set in a larger size type than the body text |
| Reproduction Quality | High-quality printing of a publication done with a laser printer |
| Resize | To increase or decrease the size of a graphic image |
| Rotate | To turn the graphic image 90 degrees |
| Rough | A preliminary sketch to scale of where the elements will appear in a layout |
| Rule | A line of varying thickness from hairline to wide |
| Ruler Guides | Nonprinting horizontal and vertical measuring lines that can used to position and/or align elements on the page layout |
| Sans Serif | A typeface without fine cross lines at the top and bottom of the main stroke of the characters |
| Scanner | An optical reading device that creates files that can be read by the computer (can be used to input graphics or text) |
| Screen | A pattern of dots from solid black to various levels of gray, described in percentages, adds a tint to a defined area for emphasis |
| Scroll Bars | Bars along the sides of the screen used to quickly move the page horizontally or vertically to access a different part of the document |
| Serif | A typeface with a fine cross-line at the top and bottom of the main stroke of the characters |
| Spread | A left- and right-hand page viewed together (two facing pages) |
| Style Sheet | A file containing the type specifications and format information for a page design that can be used with different documents; aslo called master pages |
| Subheads | Headings that follow headlines for covering more detailed topics in the body copy |
| Template File | A file that stores the master version of a blank form, then updated for different situations |
| Text | Words, numbers, and symbols that present information |
| Text Block | An identified section of a text such as a word, a line, a sentence, a paragraph, a column, etc. |
| Text Flow | Text automatically continuing from the bottom of one column to the tope of the next column |
| Text Wrap | Adjusting the appearance of text to follow the shape of an encountered graphic, the text formats around an illustration |
| Thumbnail Sketch | A rough version of the page design rendered in miniature |
| Title Bar | A feature of a software menu that displays the name of the file that is currently open |
| Tool Box | An area of the software screen that contains icons representing the tools that can be selected when working with text or graphics |
| Trim Size | The overall width and length of the paper on which your document is printed (standard size is 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches) |
| Typeface | A set of characters (letters, numbers and symbols) that share the same design |
| Type Size | The measurement of the typeface; the distance between the top of the ascender and the bottom of the descender |
| Type Style | A variation in the enhancement of the typeface (e.g., boldface or italics) |
| White Space | The area on a page where not text or graphic is placed |
| Work Area | The place on the screen whre your layout of the document is done |
| WYSIWYG | The acronym for What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get |
