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| Publisher | A tool for creating professional looking print publications and basic Web pages. |
| Publication | A document created in Publisher. Could be a newsletter, flyer, brochure or any other dozens of print materials. |
| Color Scheme | A collection of colors designed to work well together. |
| Font Scheme | A collection of fonts that work well together. |
| Quick Publications | A design category of publications consisting of a single-page flyer with placeholders for a picture and a few simple text blocks. |
| Task Pane | A section of the screen containing a list of common tasks you can perform. |
| Placeholder | Sample text or graphics to help guide you in placing your own text or graphics. |
| Zoom | The magnification at which the publication appears on-screen. |
| Aspect Ratio | The ratio of width to height for an object. If you change the aspect ratio for a picture, it becomes distorted. |
| Object | Any free-floating content on a publication layout, usually bounded by a rectangular border. A Text box is one type of object; there are others as well. |
| Story | The text in a text box plus any text boxes that are linked to it. A single story can span several text boxes on several pages, as in a newspaper or magazine. |
| Business Information Set | Stored information about yourself, your job, your company, and how to contact you. |
| Tear offs | A special element designed to be torn or removed from a flyer, such as a coupon or a response form. |
| Drop Cap | ornamental capital letter at the beginning of a paragraph that is much larger than surrounding letters and that “drops” into the lines beneath it or rests on the baseline. |
| Header/Footer | Use View to add a header/footer in publisher. |
| Task Pane | Use the Ctrl + F1 Key to bring back a missing task pane. |
| Short Cut Zoom | Use the F9 key to zoom in and out. |