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| Publisher | desktop publisher program that helps you in designing and producing professional quality documents such as flyers, brochures, calendars, greeting cards, etc |
| wizard | tool that steps you through the design process by asking you questions and changing your publication accordingly |
| template | blueprint you can use over and over |
| workspace | area that you are working in |
| page layout | a view of the entire page including objects, guides, boundaries |
| rulers | used to measure and place objects on a page |
| guides | grid that is created and repeated on each page |
| boundaries | gray lines surrounding an object |
| objects | anything you want to place in your publication |
| sizing handles | small black boxes around an object that allow you to resize, move, delete or group |
| text frame | an object in a publication designed to hold text in a specific shape, size, and style |
| resizing | changing the size or shape by dragging the sizing handle |
| attention getter | boxes, graphics, text frames, geometric figures used to draw attention to your publication |