Key terms and page set ups
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This document defines key terms related to page layout and design in desktop publishing, including: - Margins, bleed, and slug which refer to the negative space and extra space around pages. - Grids and guides which are visual aids for aligning objects without appearing on the final document. - Facing pages and master pages which relate to page layout features for print documents. - Character and paragraph styles which allow applying formatting consistently. - Justification and text flow terms like overflow, widows/orphans, and breaks which describe how text is formatted within and across pages.
Key terms and page set ups
- 1. KEY TERMS & PAGE SET UPS Jo Lowes
- 2. SLUG & BLEED ? margins ¡ª the negative space around the inside of a page, a safe zone for all content / text / images ? bleed ¡ª used for print only, extra space in addition to your page size that¡¯s cut off when artwork ¡°bleeds¡± to the edge of the page, so you don¡¯t have any white border ? slug ¡ª extra space on the outside of your document, different from bleed, used to show markings or notes for the printer (commonly used for printed magazines or newspapers) ? .
- 3. GRIDS ? grids / guides ¡ª the thin colored lines on your IND document that do not appear on your final document, but are just used for aligning objects on your page or showing where the margins are placed
- 4. PAGES ? facing pages ¡ª two pages shown side-by- side, also known as a spread ¨C used for documents that will be printed and bound ? master pages ¡ªmini templates you can create and use throughout your document for pages that have repeated content on them, like a page number or footer (they¡¯re not part of your page count)
- 5. TYPE SET UP ? character / paragraph styles ¡ª a pre-set of settings and formatting that can be applied to a word, a line of text, or an entire paragraph in one click ? justification ¡ª alignment of either one or both edges of your text to either left, right, center, left justify, right justify, center justify, or full justify
- 6. PARAGRAPH STYLES ? flow / reflow ¡ª how your lines of text continue from one frame / text box to the next, from one page to the next, and around other objects in your layout ? overflow ¡ª when the amount of text in your text box is more than the size of your frame and overflows into a second text box ? widows / orphans ¡ª a single word left by itself on a line of text at the end of a paragraph, or a single line of a paragraph left on a page by itself at the beginning or end of the paragraph ? page break ¡ª when a section of text is cut off and the remainder is bumped (or reflowed) to the next page ? line break ¡ª when a paragraph is cut off and the remainder is bumped (or reflowed) to the next line ? frame break ¡ª when any part of a text box is cut off and the remainder is bumped (or reflowed) to the next text box / frame