InDesign Questions and Answers Rated A

InDesign Questions and Answers Rated A InDesign Adobe software used for page layout (desktop publishing). Workspace The arrangement of windows and panels you see on your monitor. Pasteboard Area surrounding the document. Leading The term used to describe vertical space between lines of text. Baseline The insivible line on which of text sits. Kerning A long-standing process of increasing or decreasing space between a pair of characters. Tracking Adjusting the spacing between words, phrases, and extended blocks of text. Rules Horizontal, vertical,or diagonal lines. Paragraph Panel Command center for modifying paragraphs or blocks of text. Pull Quote A small section of text "pulled out and quoted" in a larger font size; used to draw attention. Drop Cap The first letter in a story that is enlarged and lowered so the top of the letter is even with the first line of text and the base of the letter drops next to the rest of the paragraph. Widows/Orphans Words or single lines of text that become seperated from the other lines in a paragraph. Paragraph/Hard Return Inserted into the text formatting by pressing [Enter] (Win) or [return] (Mac). Soft Return Word automatically moves to the next line when it reaches the margin of the page and moves the entire word to the next line. This is called a ______ and updates if the characters per line change. Style A group of formatting attributes, such as font, font size, color, and tracking, that is applied to text-wheneverand wherever you want it to appear-throughout a document or multiple documents. Glyphs Characters such as trademark and registration mark signs, arrows, cent signs, boxes and so forth. Fields Labels such as "First Name". Records Rows representing information for each recipient, such as "Bob Jones". Target Document An InDesign file containing the text that will be seen by all recipients, such as a letter, as well as placeholders representing fields, such as First Name. Page Size The width and height of the finished document. Facing Pages Two pages in a layout that face each other, as in an open magazine, book, or newspaper. Margins The white space surrounding the content of a page at the top, bottom, left and right sides, defining where a line of text begins and ends. Columns Appear vertically in a worksheet and are identified by letters at the top of the worksheet window. Gutter The space between the columns. Master pages Templates that you create for a page layout. Text Frames Boxes drawn with the Type tool in which you type or place text. Graphics Frames A placeholder used to edit graphics on a page. Master Item Frame for text or graphics on master page. Guides Vertical lines you position on a page. Zero Point By default, the upper-left corner of the document; the point from which the location of all objects on the page is measured. Transform The act of moving an object, scaling it, skewing it, or rotating it. Point of Origin The center reference point that has been selected. Em/En Space The two most used white spaces; Command+Shift+M or N. Threading Text Linking text flow through multiple frames. In Port When threading text you use the text frame ports to establish connections between the text frames. Overset Text Text that does not fit in a text frame. Sections Pages in a document where page numbering changes.