Term | Definition |
Form letter | Same basic content sent to many people but with different items such as name, address, etc. in the letter |
data source or data file | File that may contain a list of names, addresses, part numbers, customer purchase history, amounts due, email addresses, and a variety of additional data that may be used in a merged publication. |
Watermark | Semitransparent graphic that is visible in the background on a printed page. |
Proportional spacing | Different widths for different characters. |
Monospacing | Every letter is the same width. |
Scaling or text scaling | Process of shrinking or stretching text. It changes the width of individual characters in text boxes. |
Tracking or character spacing | The adjustment of the general spacing between selected characters. |
Kerning or track kerning | Form of tracking related to pairs of characters that can appear too close together or too far apart. |
Ruler | It appears above the Publisher workspace and contains buttons, markers, margins, and measurements to help you place text and objects. |
Tab or tab stop | horizontal location inside a text box designated by a tab stop marker on the Publisher ruler. |
Tab stop marker | Appears darkened on the ruler as a straight line, an L shaped marker, or a T shaped marker. |
Margin marker | Appears as either a gray pentagon or gray rectangle on the ruler. |
First line indent marker | Allows you to change the left margin for only the first line in a paragraph. |
Tab selector | Located at the end of the ruler. |
Leader tab | Special type of right tab in which the blank space to the left of the text is filled with a specific character. |
To display the rulers your select what? | CTRL-R, or click the rulers check box on the view tab|show group. |
Can you change the units of measurement on the ruler in Publisher? | Yes |
What are watermarks used for? | Decoration or identification |
Special characters button | Button on the home tab|paragraphs group that makes special non printing characters visible to help you format text passages. |
Left tab | Text begins at tab stop and is inserted to the right. |
Right tab | Text begins at tab stop and is inserted to the left. |
Center tab | Text is centered at the tab stop as it is typed. |
Decimal tab | Aligns numbers only, based on a decimal point, independent of the number of digits. |
Leader tab | Text begins at tab stop and is inserted to the left, space preceding the tab is filled with chosen character such as dot, dash, line, or bullet. |
Default tab | Set every 1/2 inch. |
Record | Each row in a data source file. |
Header row or header record | The first row of a data source. |
Data field | Each column in the data source file. |
Field name | Unique name for each data field. |
Field code | A placeholder text in the publication that shows Publisher where to insert the information from the data source. |
To conserve ink or toner in your printer you should do what? | Select Draft in the print quality button under printer properties. |
Brightness | Percentage of black or white added to a main color. |
Contrast | Saturation or intensity of color. |
Recolor | Color applies to all parts of the graphic. |
Resetting | Discards all the formatting changes you have made. |
Compress | Reduce the storage size of a publication by changing the internal size of the picture. |