InDesign

Pull Quote

A small section of text "pulled out and quoted" in a larger font size; used to draw attention.

Glyphs

Characters such as trademark and registration mark signs, arrows, cent signs, boxes and so forth.

Master Item

Frame for text or graphics on master page.

Rules

Horizontal, vertical,or diagonal lines.

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.

Gutter

The space between the columns.

Leading

The term used to describe vertical space between lines of text.

Em/En Space

The two most used white spaces; Command+Shift+M or N.

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.

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.

Guides

Vertical lines you position on a page.

In Port

When threading text you use the text frame ports to establish connections between the text frames.

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.

Fields

Labels such as "First Name".

Style

A group of formatting attributes, such as font, font size, color, and tracking, that is applied to text-whenever and wherever you want it to appear-throughout a document or multiple documents.

Kerning

A long-standing process of increasing or decreasing space between a pair of characters.

Graphics Frames

A placeholder used to edit graphics on a page.

Tracking

Adjusting the spacing between words, phrases, and extended blocks of text.

InDesign

Adobe software used for page layout.

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.

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>>.

Columns

Appear vertically in a worksheet and are identified by letters at the top of the worksheet window.

Pasteboard

Area surrounding the document.

Text Frames

Boxes drawn with the Type tool in which you type or place text.

Paragraph Panel

Command center for modifying paragraphs or blocks of text.

Paragraph/Hard Return

Inserted into the text formatting by pressing [Enter] (Win) or [return] (Mac).

Threading Text

Linking text flow through multiple frames.

Sections

Pages in a document where page numbering changes.

Records

Rows representing information for each recipient, such as "Bob Jones".

Master pages

Templates that you create for a page layout.

Overset Text

Text that does not fit in a text frame.

Transform

The act of moving an object, scaling it, skewing it, or rotating it.

Workspace

The arrangement of windows and panels you see on your monitor.

Point of Origin

The center reference point that has been selected.

Baseline

The invisible line on which the text sits.

Widows/Orphans

Words or single lines of text that become separated from the other lines in a paragraph.