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| Attribute | Individual items of character formatting, such as size or color, which determine how text looks. |
| character formatting | Formatting you can apply to selected text characters. |
| character spacing | The distance between characters in a line of text. Can be adjusted by pushing characters apart (expanding) or squeezing them together (condensing). |
| character style | A combination of any of the character formatting options identified by a style name. |
| Font | A graphic design applied to a collection of numbers, symbols, and characters. A font describes a certain typeface, along with other qualities such as size, spacing, and pitch. |
| font effect | An attribute, such as superscript, small capital letters, or shadow, that can be applied to a font. |
| font size | The height (in points) of a collection of characters, where one point is equal to approximately 1/72 of an inch. |
| font style | The emphasis placed on a font by using formatting such as bold, italic, underline, or color. |
| indent marker | A marker on the horizontal ruler that controls the indentation of text from the left or right margin of a document. |
| justifying | Making all lines of text in a paragraph or column fit the width of the document or column, with even margins on each side. |
| line break | A manual break that forces the text that follows it to the next line. Also called a text wrapping break. |
| paragraph | In word processing, a block of text of any length that ends when you press the Enter key. |
| paragraph formatting | Formatting that controls the appearance of a paragraph. Examples include indentation, alignment, line spacing, and pagination. |
| paragraph style | A combination of character formatting and paragraph formatting that is named and stored as a set. Applying the style to a paragraph applies all the formatting characteristics at one time. |
| point | The unit of measure for expressing the size of characters in a font, where 72 points equals 1 inch. |
| text wrapping | The way text wraps around an object on the page. |
| text wrapping break | A manual break that forces the text that follows it to the next line. Also known as a line break. |
| theme | A set of unified design elements that combine color, fonts, and graphics to provide a professional look for a document. |
