Glossary - Chapter 12

Alignment

The placement of paragraph text relative to the left and right margins.

Alignment guide

A green vertical or horizontal line that displays when you are moving or sizing an object to assist you
with object placement.

Artistic effects

Formats applied to images that make pictures resemble sketches or paintings.

Bulleted list

A list of items with each item introduced by a symbol such as a small circle or check mark, and which
is useful when the items in the list can be displayed in any order.

Bullets

Text symbols such as small circles or check marks that precede each item in a bulleted list.

Center alignment

The alignment of text or objects that is centered horizontally between the left and right margin.

Dot leader

A series of dots preceding a tab that guides the eye across the line.

Drawing objects

Graphic objects, such as shapes, diagrams, lines, or circles.

Embed code

A code that creates a link to a video, picture, or other type of rich media content.

Floating object

A graphic that can be moved independently of the surrounding text characters.

Formatting marks

Characters that display on the screen, but do not print, indicating where the Enter key, the Spacebar,
and the Tab key were pressed; also called nonprinting characters.

Graphics

Pictures, charts, or drawing objects.

Inline object

An object or graphic inserted in a document that acts like a character in a sentence.

Interactive media
Computer interaction that responds to your actions; for example, by presenting text, graphics,
animation, video, audio, or games. Also referred to as rich media.

Justified alignment

An arrangement of text in which the text aligns evenly on both the left and right margins.

Layout Options

Picture formatting options that control the manner in which text wraps around a picture or other
object.

Leader character

Characters that form a solid, dotted, or dashed line that fills the space preceding a tab stop.

Left alignment

An arrangement of text in which the text aligns at the left margin, leaving the right margin uneven.

Line spacing

The distance between lines of text in a paragraph.

Live Layout

A feature that reflows text as you move or size an object so that you can view the placement of
surrounding text.

Margins

The space between the text and the top, bottom, left, and right edges of the paper.

Nonprinting characters

Characters that display on the screen, but do not print; also called formatting marks.

Numbered list

A list that uses consecutive numbers or letters to introduce each item in a list.

Object anchor

The symbol that indicates to which paragraph an object is attached.

Picture effects

Effects that enhance a picture, such as a shadow, glow, reflection, or 3-D rotation.

Picture styles

Frames, shapes, shadows, borders, and other special effects that can be added to an image to create
an overall visual style for the image.

Placeholder text

Nonprinting text that holds a place in a document where you can type.

Rich media
Computer interaction that responds to your actions; for example, by presenting text, graphics,
animation, video, audio, or games. Also referred to as interactive media.

Right alignment

An arrangement of text in which the text aligns at the right margin, leaving the left margin uneven.

Rotation handle

A symbol with which you can rotate a graphic to any angle; displays above the top center sizing
handle.

Shapes

Lines, arrows, stars, banners, ovals, rectangles, and other basic shapes with which you can illustrate
an idea, a process, or a workflow.

SmartArt

A designer-quality visual representation of your information that you can create by choosing from
among many different layouts to effectively communicate your message or ideas.

Spin box

A small box with an upward- and downward-pointing arrow that lets you move rapidly through a set
of values by clicking.

Tab stop

A specific location on a line of text, marked on the Word ruler, to which you can move the insertion
point by pressing the Tab key, and which is used to align and indent text.

Template

A preformatted document that you can use as a starting point and then change to suit your needs.

Text box

A movable resizable container for text or graphics.

Text effects

Decorative formats, such as shadowed or mirrored text, text glow, 3-D effects, and colors that make
text stand out.

Text wrapping

The manner in which text displays around an object.

Toggle button

A button that can be turned on by clicking it once, and then turned off by clicking it again.

Wordwrap

The feature that moves text from the right edge of a paragraph to the beginning of the next line as
necessary to fit within the margins.