| A | B |
| A design technique in which an object goes up to and beyond the physical edge of the paper | Bleed |
| Symbols or graphics used to highlight list items or key points | Bullets |
| temporary storage space for items that have been cut or copied | Clipboard |
| Space or a margin reserved for binding a document | Gutter |
| Resizing a graphic | Scaling |
| Trimming or removing parts of a graphic (working from the edges of the graphic) | Cropping |
| A design layout in which the viewer's eye scans the page in this shape | Z-layout |
| Another term for designing, laying out editing and producing a document | Formatting |
| Page orientation in which the horizontal dimension is wider than the vertical dimension | Landscape |
| type of printer used for creating sharp, camera-ready copy | Laser |
| Type of text alignment used in newsletters to help create a clean look | Full justification |
| The work surface on the screen that surrounds the actual publication page | Pasteboard |
| A lightly shaded image appearing behind text or other images | Watermark |
| Empty space on a page used to aid the reader by allowing the eye to rest | White space |
| Refers to a display on screen (soft copy) that matches the manner in which it will print (hard copy) | wysiwyg |
| an input device used to digitize photographs for use on a computer | Scanner |
| Two pages that are seen side-by-side when a document is open | Facing pages |
| A text enhancement that displays white or light text on a dark background | Reverse type |
| Term referring to the space between a graphic and the text that wraps around it | Standoff |
| The nonprinting horizontal and vertical lines used in laying out and aligning objects in a publication. Sometime referred to as "snap-to" | Guides |