| Appendix |
Information that appears at the end of a book or document. |
| Ascender |
The part of the letter that touches the top of the line, for example the
top line in the letter h. |
| Backup |
An extra copy of a file. It is important to make backup copies of
essential files. |
| Baseline |
The imaginary line where the typing rests. This line is on the baseline. |
| Basic outline |
A list of important points or information |
| Bleed |
Pictures or copy (text) that exceed the margins. |
| Body copy |
The main story/text. This does not include any headlines, lines, captions
or borders. |
| Brainstorming |
To quickly write down ideas without worrying about spelling, grammar, etc.
|
| By-line |
A line that gives the author's name. |
| Cell |
A box in a table or spreadsheet. |
| Center of impact |
The major element that grabs the reader's attention. This is visual
usually a headline or a graphic. |
| Clip-art |
Drawings that can be purchased on disk or paper and used for reproduction.
|
| Composition |
The position of the type on the page. |
| Copyfitting |
Getting your text to fit in the available area. |
| Copyright |
The right of one person/group to publish creative work. |
| Crop |
To trim a graphic or photograph to fit or show a special section. |
| Descender |
The part of a letter which goes below the baseline, such as the bottom of
the letter j. |
| Desktop publishing |
Using a personal computer for producing publications. Also known as DTP. |
| Dialog box |
A temporary box that appears to show choices when the program needs more
information. |
| Draw program |
A graphics program that allows you to create images on-screen. Corel Draw
is an example of a draw program. |
| Drop-head |
A small headline placed below the normal headline. |
| Drop-shadow |
A shadow which is usually shifted slightly to the right and down from the
image. |
| Endnotes |
Notes or information that appear at the end of a document. |
| Fax |
Facsimile transmission, a method of sending information through phone
lines. Publications can be faxed to other sites via computer. |
| Folio |
A page number in a publication. |
| Footer |
Information that appears at the bottom of a page. |
| Forced page break |
When the computer user ends a page before it is full. (Press CTRL +
Enter). |
| Format |
The arrangement of text/data, etc. - the design. |
| Frame |
The border around a graphic box. |
| Galley proofs |
The draft paper copy used for editing and proofreading a document. |
| Halftone |
An image composed of dots. |
| Handles |
The small black squares on the outside of a box. These are usually used
for moving or sizing the box. |
| Hanging indent |
A paragraph where the first line starts at the left margin, while the rest
of the paragraph is indented, as in this example. |
| Headline |
A title which appears over the body copy. |
| Highlighting |
Blocking or selecting text. When text is highlighted, it is
"reversed", ie: white text on a black background. Some users call it
"painting" the text. This allows the user to format changes to the selected text
while leaving the remaining text unchanged. |
| Hypertext |
Text that is selected to link with other sections of a file, or other
files. |
| Icon |
A picture which represents an object or program. Clicking on an icon will
give a command to the computer to activate the function attached to the icon. |
| Jargon |
Technical terminology. (When it bores you, it is usually called jargon.) |
| Kicker |
A small headline that appears over the regular headline. |
| Landscape |
When the page is turned sideways. (Short and wide appearance.) |
| Laser printer |
A printer which uses a laser beam to trace the printed image. |
| Leading |
The space between two lines of typing. (The computer usually sets the
leading automatically, and only an expert Desktop Publisher should change these settings.)
|
| Legal/Letter |
Sizes of paper. Legal is 8.5" x 14" and letter size is 8.5"
x 11". |
| Letter spacing |
The space between letters. |
| Logo |
A symbol or trademark that helps you identify a product, such as the
symbols you see on tins of pop. |
| Masthead |
The list of names of those responsible for a publication. It can also
contain the address and other important information. |
| Nameplate |
A banner at the top of a publication that has the name and other
information. |
| Orphan |
The first line of a paragraph that is printed by itself at the bottom of a
page. |
| Pica |
A printer's unit of measurement. There are 12 points in a pica, 6 picas in
one inch. (See point.) |
| Point |
A unit of measurement for type. One point is the width of a human hair.
There are 72 points in an inch. |
| Portrait |
A narrow/tall page. This is normal letter orientation. |
| Pull quote |
Information that is taken from the article and used in large type
elsewhere on the page. |
| Ragged right |
Text that is not full-justified. The right edge of the text is uneven, or
"ragged". |
| Rule |
A graphic line added to a page. |
| Sans serif |
Type without the extra strokes on the ends of the letters, such as this
text (Helvetica Black). Serif type has extra
strokes, such as this type (Courier.) |
| Scale |
To change the size of an image. |
| Scanner |
A light sensitive device that allows you to copy a drawing, image or text
to a computer (bit-mapped) image. It looks and acts much like a small photocopier, except
that it produces a computer image. |
| Screen |
A pattern of tiny dots used to shade an image. Do not confuse this with
the screen on your monitor. |
| Sidebar |
A smaller boxed article used beside the main story. |
| Spread |
Two facing pages, usually the centre pages of a publication, which have a
feature article. |
| Standing head |
A headline that appears in every issue, ie: Classified / City News. |
| Style |
A set of formatting instructions that is used several times in a document
or repeated in other files. |
| Text runaround |
The flow of text around a box or image. |
| Thumbnail sketch |
A quick design of a page layout. |
| Tombstone |
When two elements on a page appear beside each other and create a poor
design, as in two headlines which are on the same eye level and look like they are one
headline. |
| Typeface |
The style of font used. There are many styles, such as Arial, Marigold,
Times Roman... |
| Typestyles |
A change of design in one style of font, for example Arial -bold, italic,
outline or normal. |
| White space |
Areas of space on a page which are left empty to create a restful design
or to set off a particular item.
|
| Widow |
The last line of a paragraph if it appears by itself at the top of a
column or page. Also the last line of a paragraph if it has only one word. |
| WYSIWYG |
What You See Is What You Get.
This kind of program lets you see on screen how your work will look when it prints. |
11 E - Desktop Publishing Terms