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| Page Formatting | the combination of text and paragraph formatting arranged on a page that presents the final picture and communicates a message to a reader. |
| Margin | The amount of white space around a document |
| Page Orientation | used to enhance the appearance of or the readibility of a document and can be in two forms; landscape and portrait |
| Headers & Footers | these add global information to a document such as page numbers, and titles. |
| Orphan and Widow protection | Usually is an automatic default of word processing software that doesn't allow for a line to be left by itself at the bottom of a page or top. |
| Page breaks | can be manual or automatic and are used to control content on each page of a document. |
| Columns | Used to format text for documents such as newspaper and newsletter. |
| Borders | Used in page formatting to add lines around text or graphic images. |