Lesson 4 Desktop Publishing

Some desktop publishing programs allow you to easily insert complex shapes using special tools called ___

AutoShapes

Images found on a Web site are in the public domain and can be saved and used without permission of the person who created the image

False

The line used to draw a shape is referred to as the fill

False

You can insert clip art images into a document using menu and toolbar commands, but most desktop publishing programs do not allow you to paste graphics from the Clipboard

False

Which action can you usually take with a drawn object to access a menu with various options for formatting or modifying the object

Right-click the object

Most desktop publishing programs support at least some scanners come with a(n) ___ driver, which is the software language used to control scanners

TWAIN

When using an Oval tool, what key can you hold down while drawing to constrain the shape to a perfect circle

Shift

You can use the Selection tool to select multiple objects at the same time by holding down the ___ key while you click on each object to be selected

Shift

Before your computer can acquire objects or images from an external source, such as a scanner or digital camera, which statement must be true

The device must somehow be connected to the computer and a device driver for the device must be connected to the computer (Both A and B)

Clip art files are ___ that can be inserted into a desktop publishing document

animations, graphic images, and movies (all of the above)

The Selecting tool used to select an object in a desktop publishing program usually looks like a black or white pointing ___

arrow

How do many operating systems view a digital camera when it is attached to the computer

as a disk drive

Where is the X and Y coordinate 0,0 located in most desktop publishing programs

upper-left corner of the document window

The two types of graphics files used in computer applications are bitmap files and ___ files

vector

The width of the stroke for a drawn object is also referred to as its ___

weight

Nearly all desktop publishing programs come with a small collection of ___, which is a set of images that can be inserted into a document to add visual appeal

clip art

Which term refers to the process of removing an unwanted portion of an image

cropping

When selecting multiple files from a digital camera to be copied to your hard drive, you can select multiple non-contiguous files by pressing and holding down the ___ key while you click on each file to be copied

ctrl

Which command is available in many desktop publishing programs that allows you to evenly space multiple objects between the top and bottom margins or the left and right margins

distribute

A small software program that allows the computer to communicate with a hardware device is called a device ___

driver

The lines and curves that make up a vector object are referred to as vector ___

paths

Many desktop publishing programs require you to use which item to act as a placeholder for an image to be inserted into a document

picture frame

Which term refers to the individual colored dots that make up a bitmap image

pixels

In most desktop publishing programs, objects are modified based on a ___ point

reference

When you ___ an object, the object pivots around its reference point

rotate

What type of device is most commonly used to convert a printed image into a digital image that can then be imported into a desktop publishing document

scanner

As you insert objects into a document, the objects stack in the document, and the first object inserted is on the top of the stack

False

In most desktop publishing programs, a drawn shape is created with a thin black stroke and no fill

True

Many desktop publishing programs allow you to search for clip art images by using key words to describe what you are looking for

True

Most drawing shapes are created by selecting the tool to be used, clicking in the document window, and dragging the mouse to create the shape

True

Objects can usually be resized very easily by selecting the object and dragging one of its sizing handles

True

The .TIF graphics format stores bitmap images and is frequently used in desktop publishing documents because they reproduce very well when printed

True

By default, an object pasted into a document is ___ in the the document, which means that it is not connected to the original file in any way

embedded

Reversing an image either horizontally or vertically is referred to as ___ the object

flipping

In programs that don't require an image to be placed in a frame, the image is inserted as a(n) ___ object

floating

In a desktop publishing document, a placeholder object that is used to define the area to contain an image or object is called a picture ___

frame

___ images use a series of colored dots, called pixels, arranged in a grid to define an image

Bitmap Raster

Although copyright laws usually apply to images that you download, images that you obtain using a scanner are not covered by copyright law and can be used without permission

False

Which command can be used to link an object in a document as opposed to embedding the object

Paste Special

An embedded object is one that is created in its own program, referred to as the source, and then copied and pasted into a different program, called the ___

destination