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| Character Style | Created and applied to text to save time; includes character formatting such as font, size, bold, italics and color, etc. |
| Columns | A vertical division of a page or text |
| Direct Selection Tool | Lets you select contents within the frame, identified by orange frame, use to move object within blue frame |
| Drop Cap | The first letter of a paragraph that is larger in size than the rest that follow |
| Facing Pages | Pages in a document that appear on opposite sides of a book or magazine, also called a spread |
| Frame | – Used as a placeholder for graphics or text to be added later |
| Free Transform Tool | Can rotate, scale or shear an object around fixed point |
| Gutter | The space between columns of text |
| Index | An alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc., with references to the places where they occur, typically found at the end of a book |
| Interactive | – Involving the actions or input of a user |
| Interactive PDF | – Preserves the interactivity features such as hyperlinks, bookmarks, media clips, and buttons |
| Margin | The part of the page that is above, below, and to the sides of a text |
| Master Page | A pre-determined layout that is set up beforehand and can be applied to any page in a document |
| Paragraph Style | Created and applied to text to save time; includes paragraph formatting such as indents, bullets, and alignment as well as the character formatting options |
| Place | The primary method used to insert graphics into InDesign |
| Placeholder Text | Randomly generated words used to fill a defined space of a layout to give an impression of how the overall design will fit together |
| Selection Tool | – Lets you select the entire object, identified by blue frame |
| Table of Contents | A list of titles of the parts of a book or document, organized in the order in which the parts appear along with the page numbers |
| Text Frame | Contains text, can be moved and resized; text can be connected between text frames |
| Text Wrapping | – A feature supported by many page layout programs that enables you to surround a picture or diagram with text |