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| Toolbox | Displays icon selections for performing certain tasks |
| Scroll bars | Used to change your view of the document |
| Default | A preset condition that the software uses if no other option is selected |
| Points | A unit of measurement used with type |
| Leading | The vertical distance between lines of type |
| Cut | To remove text or a graphic to the clipboard |
| Copy | To copy text or a graphic to the clipboard |
| Paste | To insert cut or copied text or graphics |
| Clipboard | A temporary storage area for text and graphics |
| Control palette | A window that lets you change several attributes for selected text or graphics at once. |
| Character view | A control palette view in which you can change attributes such as typeface, type style, type size, and leading. |
| Paragraph view | A control palette view in which you can change formatting features such as alignment and indents for one or more paragraphs |
| Paragraph | Any unit of text that ends in a hard return |
| Rulers | The horizontal and vertical measurement scale that appears on the top and left of the screen |
| Toolbox | A display of symbols or miniature pictures that represent selections for performing certain tasks |
| Icons | A symbol or miniature picture that represents a program, document, tool, or feature |
| Scroll bars | Bars on which you can click or drag to view different parts of a window |
| Grabber hand | An icon resembling a hand used to move around in the publication window |
| Resolution | Sharpness or depth of detail of an image, usually expressed in dots per inch |
| Service bureau | A company that provides services such as high-quality printing and file conversion |
| Portrait orientation | When the paper is taller than it is wide |
| Landscape orientation | When the paper is wider than it is tall |
| Grid | A setup of nonprinting lines; e.g., margin, column, and ruler guides |
| Ruler guides | Nonprinting horizontal and vertical lines used for aligning text and graphics on the document screen |
| Drag-place | Dragging to create a precise placement area for text or a graphic |
| Story | A single unit of text |
| I-beam | Icon used for highlighting text or to click an insertion point |
| Text cursor | A blinking vertical line or other icon showing the location of the insertion point |
| Flush left | Text alignment in which text is even at the left and ragged at the right |
| Text block | A unit of text bounded by windowshades containing all or part of a story |
| Windowshades | Lines with handles appearing at the top and bottom of a text block when it is selected |
| Windowshade handles | Handles used to adjust the size of a text block, to indicate when a story continues to another text block, or to show when more of a story remains to be placed |
| Typeface | A collection of all the characters of a single type design (e.g. Arial or Times New Roman) |
| Serif | A typeface with lines or curves extending from the ends of the letters (feet) |
| Sans serif | A typeface that is straight-edged (no feet) |
| Font | A set of characters in one style and one size of one typeface (e.g. Times Roman 12-point bold) |
| Type style | Modification of typefaces to add emphasis or contrast (e.g. bold or italic) |
| Story editor | A mini-word processor |
| Facing pages | An option for working with pages that will face each other in the printed publication side by side |
| Select | To choose a command, object, or text to work with next |
