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| Alignment | Placement of text relative to margins. |
| Bullet | A character or symbol used to itemize lists or emphasize points. |
| Clip Art | A collection of ready-made drawings and illustration |
| Clipboard | A temporary storage area that holds text and graphics. |
| Column | A vertical section of a page. |
| Crop | The act of "cutting" part of the graphic image. |
| Cut | The process of removing text or a graphic from its location. |
| DTP | An abbreviation for Desktop Publishing. |
| Default | A preset condition of the software, which the software uses if no other option is selected. |
| Desktop Publishing | The ability to make the printed word more more attractive using the computer and specialized software. |
| Drag | The act of moving the mouse whicle holding down the mouse button. |
| Drawing Tools | The items in the toolbox (line, shape, eraser, etc.) used to create lines, boxes, and circles. |
| Font | A set of characters in one style and one size of one typeface. |
| Format | The overall appearance or layout of a publication. |
| Graphic | A line, circle, or bow which has been created, or an image or illustration which is imported into the pbublication. |
| Gutter | The white space between columns. |
| Handles | The "dots" surrounding a selected object indicating that it is in edit. |
| I-Beam | This indicates current position in the open file where text will be inserted. |
| Import | The process of bringing text or graphics into application from another source. |
| Justfied | A text alignment option in which the text is aligned at both the left and right margins. |
| Layout | The arrangement of text and images on a page. |
| Landscape | Paper positioned so it is wider that it is tall. |
| Masthead | The information included in the top portion of a newsletter: the newsletter's title, intended audience, division or organization publishing the document, volume. |
| Orphan | A single line of a paragraph which appears at the top of a page or column. |
| Paste | The process of returning text or graphics to the page after they bave been cut from a previous location. |
| Portrait | Paper positioned so that it is taller than it is wide. |
| Rotate | The act of turning a graphic or text to different positions. |
| White Space | The blank space between text and graphics on a page. |
| Widow | A single line of a paragraph which appears at the bottom of a page or column. |
| WYSIWYG | The acronym for "What You See Is What You Get." |
| Serif | Have hooks or lines added to the shape of the letter. |
| Sans Serif | Plain without hooks or lines, used for headlines. |
