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| Term | Definition |
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| font | a receptacle in a church for the water used in baptism, typically a freestanding stone structure. 2. a fount. |
| font size | The font size or text size is the overall size (generally height) of a font shown on a screen or printed on a page. |
| point | point - Computer Definition. (1) To move the cursor (pointer) onto a line or image on screen by rolling a mouse across the desk or by pressing the Arrow keys. |
| theme | In computing, a theme is a preset package containing graphical appearance details. |
| drop cap | drop-cap. ... (plural drop caps) (typography) A large initial letter that drops below the first line of a paragraph, usually used at the beginning of a section or chapter of a book. drop cap - Computer Definition. |
| bold | bold font - Computer Definition. A set of type characters that are darker and heavier than normal. A bold font implies that each character was originally designed with a heavier appearance rather than created on the fly from a normal character. |
| italic | italic font - Computer Definition. A typeface with letters slanted slightly to the right. Italic type is used to emphasize words as well as for decoration. Most, but not all, fonts have an italic typeface. The Four Typefaces. |
| format painter | Definition of: Format Painter. Format Painter. A feature in Microsoft Word that applies a style from one part of the document to another. The text with the desired style (font, size, etc.) is highlighted and Format Painter (paint brush icon) is clicked. |
| quick styles | A Quick Style is any style displayed in the Quick Style gallery. The Styles pane is your route to more style settings. |
| style | style sheet - Computer Definition. A master page layout used in document creation systems such as word processing, desktop publishing and the Web. |
| left aligned | 1) When used to describe text, the arrangement of text or graphics relative to a margin. Flush left alignment means that text is lined up along the left margin. Flush right alignment lines up text along the right margin. |
| right aligned | (1) When used to describe text, the arrangement of text or graphics relative to a margin. Flush left alignment means that text is lined up along the left margin. Flush right alignment lines up text along the right margin. |
| justify | justify - Computer Definition. (1) To shift the contents of a field or register to the right or left. (2) To align text evenly between left and right margins. |
| center | A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. |
| tab stop | tab stop - Computer Definition. A location on a horizontal line that marks the beginning of a column of text. With a monospaced font such as Courier, space characters can be used to line up columns of numbers and names evenly. |
| indent | n word processing, the word indent is used to describe the distance, or number of blank spaces used to separate a paragraph from the left or right margins. The following is an example of indented text: Paragraph alignment against left margin. |
| indent markers | Style of paragraph composing in which the first line of a text is aligned with the left-margin, and all other lines are indented (moved toward right) by an equal amount of space. Used rarely, except in displaying lists of data. Also called out-denting. |
| bullet | A bulleted list or bullet list is a list of items preceded with bullets instead of numbers or other objects. Below is an example of such a list. Item one. |
| borders | By Vangie Beal In the Microsoft Excel program, "borders" is a built-in tool that lets users access predefined border styles to add a border around two or more cells on a spreadsheet. You can also use the borders tool to create your own custom border. |
| shading | By Vangie Beal In the Microsoft Excel program, "borders" is a built-in tool that lets users access predefined border styles to add a border around two or more cells on a spreadsheet. You can also use the borders tool to create your own custom border. |
| clip art | Clip art, in the graphic arts, is pre-made images used to illustrate any medium. ... Clip art is generally composed exclusively of illustrations (created by hand or by computer software), and does not include stock photography. |
| clip organizer | clip art images are stored in the clip organizer |
| clips | Clipping, in the context of computer graphics, is a method to selectively enable or disable rendering operations within a defined region of interest. |
| sizing handles | Sizing handle. Alternatively referred to as a handle, drag handle, sizing grip, or resize corner, the sizing handle is a tool found in a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that allows users to resize an object. |
| inline graphic | inline graphics - Computer Definition. Graphics images that are embedded within a text document. Inline graphics on the Web are actually HTML pages with links to graphics files stored on the Web server. |
| floating graphic | nline versus floating graphics. ... Graphics can be inserted into a document "inline" rather than floating in the draw layer. |