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| Alignment | A design principle that refers to how an object or text is justified in a composition. |
| Alternate Layout | A feature used to create layouts in various orientations and screen sizes within the same document to prepare for multiscreen use. |
| Animation Panel | A panel used to control the animation settings applied to individual objects. |
| Balance | A design principle that often refers to the visual weight that is being shown. |
| Bleed | The outer margin around the edges of a document which allow for color to run off the page in preparation for printing, cropping, and cutting. |
| Button | A symbol which has actions applied to it in order to become interactive. |
| Buttons and Forms Panel | A panel used to apply actions to buttons and forms used in interactive files. |
| Character Styles | An InDesign panel which saves character style effects changes for consistancy throughout a document. |
| Column Guides | Guides which can be placed in an InDesign page or Master Page to define space within the page. |
| Content Collector Tool | An InDesign tool which allows designers to take multiple objects and content to be used in different ways throughout a document. |
| Contrast | A term used to define contrast in art using color, design, or other subject matter that contrast or are opposite of each other. |
| Copyright | The U.S. law that protects the works of authors, artists, composers, and authors from being used without permission. |
| Derivative Work | A work based on one or more works that already exist. |
| Drop Shadow | An InDesign customization option which adds depth to an object by creating a shadow behind the object. |
| Export | The act of sending or transferring a saved database to another application. |
| Fair Use | A part of the U.S. Copyright Law which is a doctrine that indicates that excerpts of copyrighted materials may be used under certain circumstances such as news reports, teaching, and research. |
| Fill | The inside part of a shape. |
| Find/Change | A tool in InDesign which can be utilized to find and make changes to text, objects, or other elements. |
| Folio Builder | A feature which collects the various InDesign documents needed, known as articles, when building an app. Folio Builder is available in the Digital Publishing subscription of InDesign CC. |
| Folio Overlays Panel | A panel which controls slideshow settings for a multiscreen project or a file intended for digital publishing. |
| Free Transform Tool | A tool in InDesign which is used to make changes or alterations to objects. |
| GIF | Graphic interchange format (GIF) is a common image file format that has the ability to have frames used in animation. |
| Gradient | A design technique used to gradually transition from one color to another. |
| Gradient Panel | The panel in InDesign CC that is used for gradient management. |
| Graphic | A broad term used to explain objects placed in InDesign such as images. |
| Hue | A color principle that refers to pure color. |
| Hyperlink | An element on a page that links to another page, webpage, or area on the same page. |
| Import | The act of opening and editing data created in other applications. |
| Inline Graphic | A graphic permanently placed at the position of the cursor. |
| Inset Spacing | An option within the Text Frame Options which allows designers to inset the spacing of an object. |
| Intellectual Property | A work or invention which is the result of creativity. The creator has rights to the work or the invention applying patent, copyright, or trademark. |
| Kerning | Altering the distance between two characters. Kerning can make text more readable by increasing or decreasing the spacing. |
| Leading | The distance between baselines in a paragraph. |
| Library | A productivity feature designed to store objects for use in other InDesign documents, maintaining scalable attributes and placement on the page. |
| Line | A basic component in art and geometry that is used to define shape. |
| Liquid Layout Panel | A panel which controls rules for page layout conversion. |
| Liquid Page Rule | A rule set in the Liquid Layout panel to control the way certain elements convert from one layout to another, such as vertical to horizontal. |
| Live Preflight | A productivity feature that alerts the user of potential production errors in real time, automatically identifying text and image errors as previously defined in the document profile. |
| MOBI | The file format used by Kindles. |
| Master Page | A design tool that contains elements that are repeated through multiple pages or projects. |
| Multiscreen Project | A file intended for various screen sizes, such as a mobile device or an app for an iPad. |
| Multistate Object | Multiple versions of an objects are created but only one is viewed on the screen at a time. Multistate objects are viewable in SWF format and are often used to create slideshows. |
| Object | A element within InDesign which can be manipulated to create aesthetics or add purpose to a page. |
| Object States Panel | A panel used to create multistate objects. |
| Opacity | A color setting that affects the level of transparency an object has. |
| PDF | Portable Document File (PDF) is a file format designed by Adobe to enable the printing and viewing of documents. Any formatting used in the document will appear the same regardless of which operating system is used. |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics (PNG) is an image file format that is absolutely lossless, which means it will not compress or change an image from how it appears. |
| Package | An InDesign feature that places all of the fonts and linked graphics into a single folder. This feature allows for easy transfer of files to printers. |
| Page Setup | An InDesign feature which allows designers a quick and easy way to format pages. |
| Paragraph Styles | An InDesign panel which saves paragraph style effects changes for consistancy throughout a document. |
| Pen Tool | A tool in InDesign CC that is used to define anchor points that can be altered to create paths. |
| Pixel | A square that holds the information for one color in it. |
| Preview Spread | A feature on the Animation panel which allows the user to preview the animation. |
| Proximity | A design principle that defines the spatial relationship between objects. |
| Repetition | A design principle that defines the use of an object over and over in a repetitive fashion. |
| Resolution | The amount of detail an image holds. Also refers to how many pixels are contained on the screen. |
| Ruler Guide | An InDesign tool used to set tabs and other guides. |
| SWF File | A file extension which can be interactive and is viewable in web browsers. |
| Shade | A color principle that refers to a color that black has been added to. |
| Shape | A basic principle in art. Triangles and squares are examples of shapes. They are two-dimensional by nature. |
| Skin | A style of video controls which displays as a transparent overlay. |
| Smart Text Reflow | A feature which allows a story to automatically create new pages to keep the story flowing. |
| Special Characters | Characters which are found in the Glyphs menu. These characters can be used to denote the end of a story or article. |
| Story Editor | An InDesign tool which allows designers to open up the text of a story in a separate frame and make changes without having to worry about the rest of the document. |
| Story Jumps | An option within InDesign which gives the designer the ability to create an interactive PDF file which then allows users to jump to the continuation of a story on a different page in the document. |
| Stroke | The border or frame on an object. |
| Swatches Panel | A panel within InDesign which allows a user to keep track of colors used within a file. |
| Table of Contents | A table that has been created from the paraghraph styles which were applied throughout the document. A Table of Contents then makes use of Bookmarks in Acrobat. |
| Tables | A logical method of organizing and arranging data, text, or other objects by dividing them into separate rows and columns. |
| Text Wrap | A text feature that continues text to a new line when a line is full, so each line fits within the viewable window. This feature also wraps text around objects. |
| Texture | A term that refers to the visual surface or tactile surface of an object. |
| Timing | A feature on the Animation panel which allows the user to control the timing of the animation of each object by deciding what type of delay it might have before the animation starts. |
| Tint | A color principle that refers to a color that white has been added to. |
| Tools Panel | The panel within InDesign CC that contains the tools for working within the program. |
| Tracking | Control of the uniform spacing between all of the letters in a group of text. |
| Type Tool | A design tool in which the user may manipulate text to produce a text-based design. |
| Typography | The style or appearance of printed matter. |
| Web-Friendly Names | Object names which are short and without spaces or special characters. |
| White Space | The area that exists around the elements of a composition. It can be white or just a space that is not filled with a specific element. |
| Zoom Tool | The tool in InDesign CC used to zoom in and out on a composition. |
| ePub | The file format native to iPads; the initial format used by InDesign to create a file intended for any mobile device and can be converted later to a more appropriate format, such as MOBI. |
| ePub Naming Conventions | The rule that all objects included in an ePub and the ePub file itself must have web-friendly names. |
