| A | B |
| Opaque | Unable to be seen through; the opposite of transparent |
| Sample | Pick up a color from an image in the publication |
| Shape style | Preformatted fill and border styles that can be applied with a single click from the Shape Styles gallery |
| BorderArt | A small graphic that is repeated around the edge of an object, forming a border |
| Gradient | A fill effect that gradually progresses from one color to another |
| Gradient stop | Point at which a gradient changes from one color to another color |
| Horizontal alignment | The horizontal position of text between the left and right sides of a text box |
| Justified | Text stretched out with extra spacing as needed so that all lines align evenly on both the right and left |
| Line spacing | The space between lines |
| Paragraph spacing | The space before or after paragraphs |
| Vertical alignment | The vertical positioning of text box between the top and bottom edges of a text frame |
| Hanging indent | An indent style in which the first line sticks out farther to the left than the rest of the paragraph |
| Indent | Extra horizontal space inserted on one or both sides of a paragraph |
| Leader | A repeated character appearing between some text and the next tab stop that helps the eye follow the text across the page |
| Tab stop | A location at which text will align when the Tab key is pressed |