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| Ascenders | Parts of characters that extend above the rest of the text, may run into the text in the line above. |
| Baseline | Bottom of the line. |
| Descenders | Parts of characters that extend below the baseline, may run into the text in the line below. |
| Frame inset | Text box margins. |
| Gutter | Space between columns. |
| Horizontal alignment | Position of paragraphs in relation to the left and right margins of the text box. |
| Indents | Set temporary margins for a paragraph or series of paragraphs. |
| Kerning | Controls the space between two specific characters. |
| Leading | Controls the vertical space between lines of text. |
| Margin guides | Nonprinting lines that indicate the position of the margins. |
| Margins | Area between the edge of the page and the objects in the publication. |
| Orphan | First line of a paragraph that displays alone at the bottom of a page. |
| Overflow text | Text hidden when text box is too small to display all of the text it contains. |
| Paragraph spacing | Controls the amount of space before and/or after a paragraph. |
| Tab leaders | Characters repeated on the line preceding the tab stop. |
| Tabs | Adjust the horizontal position of text across a single line. |
| Threading text | Connected text boxes where text that does not fit in the first text box automatically flows into the next connected text box. |
| Tracking | Controls the space between all characters in a text box. |
| Vertical alignment | Position of all text in a text box in relation to the top and bottom margins of the text box. |
| White space | Area on a page that has no text or graphics. |
| Widow | Last line of a paragraph that displays alone at the top of a page. |
