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Formatting Documents
Unit D: Formatting Documents
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Margins | A document are the blank areas between the edge of the the text and the edge of the page. |
| Portrait Orientation | A page is taller than it is wide. |
| Landscape Orientation | A page is wider than it is tall. |
| Gutter | Adds extra space to the left, top, or the inside margin to allow for the binding. |
| Mirror Margins | Are used in a document with facing pages, such as a magazine. |
| Section | A portion of a document that is separated from the rest of the of the document by section breaks. |
| Section Breaks | Are formatting marks that you insert in a document to show the end of a section. |
| Automatic page break | When you reach the bottom of a page, allowing you to continue typing on the next page. |
| manual page break | you insert manual page breaks where you know you want to begin each new page of the report. |
| Field | A code that serves as a placeholder for data that changes in a document, such as a page number or the current date. |
| Quick Parts | Items you can insert include fields, such as for the current date or the total number of pages in a document. |
| Header | A text or graphics that appears at the top of every page of a document. |
| Footer | A text or graphics that appears at the bottom of every page. |
| Building Blocks | Reusable pieces of formatted content or document parts,including headers and footers, page numbers, and text boxes, that are stored in galleries. |
| Table | A grid of columns and rows that you can fill with text and graphics. |
| Cell | The box formed by the intersection of a column and a row. |
| Borders | The lines that divide the columns and rows of a table and help you see the grid-like structure of the table. |
| Footnote or Endnote | An explanatory note that consists of two linked parts. |
| Citation | A parenthetical reference in the document text that gives credit to the source for a quotation or other information used in a document. |
| Bibliography | A list of sources that you used in creating the document. |