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