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| Attributes | Are the stylistic properties of an object. |
| Banner | A major headline/title of a publication. |
| Base line | Imaginary line that characters rest on in a line of text. |
| Body Text | The main portion of text in a document. |
| Bold | A heavier version of a particular typeface in printing that enhances the text. |
| Bullet | A graphic symbol that marks the commencement of a new paragraph. |
| Caption | Text placed under an illustration to describe it. |
| Centered | Paragraph format that has the left and right edges of the paragraph equal distances from the left and right sides of the page or frame. |
| Clip-Art | Pictures of general use provided in a library for accesibility in publications. |
| Clipboard | A temporary storage area in computer memory to which objects are cut or copied and from which they can be posted directly into a position on a page or DTP work area. |
| Columns | Vertical strips containing text. |
| Copy | Reproducing an object by placing it into the clipboard then pasting it elsewhere. |
| Copyright | The exclusive rights to, and control of, the reproduction, sales, copying or distribution of creative works or coded programs for computing. |
| Crop | To cut off undesired portions of a picture. |
| Desktop Publishing | A program that allows you to manipulate text and graphics to create a variety of publication documents; such as, sales flyers, certificates, posters, invitations, postcards, business cards, newsletters. |
| Font | A complete collection of letters, punctuation marks, numbers, and special characters with a consistent and identical typeface, weight (Roman or bold), posture (upright or italic) and font size |
| Footer | Information that appears at the bottom of every page (within the normal bottom margin) of a document. |
| Frames | Boxes containing text or graphics. |
| Grouping | Joining two or more graphics into a single unit so they can be moved, copied, or manipulated together |
| Gutter | A vertical strip of space between columns of text |
| Header | A line of text appearing at the top of every page or every other page. |
| Headline | A title or caption, usually set in a large type size. |
| Justified | Paragraph format; alignment creates straight edges at both sides of a paragraph |
| Kerning | The space between characters. |
| Landscape | The orientation of a page in which the paper is wider than it is tall. |
| Layout | How the text and graphics appear on a page. |
| Leaders | Dots that lead the eye from one side of the page to the other. |
| Left aligned | Paragraph format; the default format and means that the left edge of a paragraph is straight and the right edge of the paragraph is jagged. |
| Line Spacing/Leading | The amount of white (blank) space between lines of text. |
| Logo | A visual image used as a company trade mark or instead of the company name |
| Object | A graphic or piece of text treated as a single item. |
| Orphan | A short line or single word isolated at the top or bottom of a page or column |
| Pagination | The process of defining where page breaks will occur. |
| Paste | A command which transfers an object from the clipboard into the DTP work area. |
| Point | The unit used to measure character size |
| Portrait | The orientation of a page in which the paper is taller than it is wide |
| Publication | That is, a completed work for sale or distribution. |
| Raster/Bit-Mapped Graphic | A picture composed of individual dots or bits. |
| Reverse Text | Text that appears as white on a black or colored background. |
| Right aligned | Paragraph format; means that the right edge of the paragraph is straight and the left edge is jagged. |
| Sans serif | Characters which do not have serifs. |
| Serif | The short cross lines at the end of characters. |
| Size | A program function that allows proportional adjustment to the graphic or shape of a frame |
| Stylesheet | list of standard type styles which can be applied to paragraphs in a publication. |
| Subhead | A subordinate headline or title that explains or contrasts the headline. |
| Title | A descriptive heading that indicates the contents of an article or document. |
| White Space | An area of empty space on a page used to aid the reader in reading the information. |
| Widow | A single short line of text isolated at the top or bottom of a page or column. |
