Term | Definition |
Margin | The blank areas around the top, bottom, and sides of a page. |
Alignment | Refers to the position of text between the margins. |
Left Align | Text lined up on left margin. |
Right Align | Text lined up on right margin. |
Center Align | Text lined up in the center of the page. |
Justify | Text is aligned both at the left and right margins. Some extra spacing may occur in the middle of sentences to align this correctly. |
Bullets | Is any small character that appears before an item. |
Vertical Alignment | Refers to positioning text between the top and bottom margins of a document. |
Mirrored Margins | Where instead of left and right margins, the page has inside and outside margins. |
Inside Margin | Also called the gutter margin is the right margin on a left page and the left margin on the right page, the margins closest to the inside of the page near the binding. |
Outside Margin | The left margin on the left page and the right margin on the right page. |
Indent | The space between text and a document margin. |
First-line Indent | Is on the first line of a paragraph indented. It's the top marker on a ruler. |
Negative Indent (Outindent) | CAn create by dragging the indent markers on the ruler to the left past the left margin or by setting a negative # in the left box in the paragraph group. |
Hanging Indent | In which the first full line of text is not indented but the following lines are. The bottom marker on the ruler. |
Tab stops or Tabs | Mark the place where the insertion point will stop when you press the tab key. |
Leaders | Solid, dotted, or dashed lines that full the blank space before tab setting. |
Multilevel List | Is a list with two or more levels of bullets or numbering. |
Outline Numbered List | A numbered multilevel list. |