Adobe Certified Professional - InDesign flashcards
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- Bleed
- The area beyond the trim edge where artwork extends to ensure no white edges appear after trimming; typically set to 0.125 inches (3 mm) in the New Document dialog.
- Slug
- A non-printing area outside the bleed used for production notes, color bars, or instructions; set in the New Document dialog under Slug.
- Facing pages
- A document setting that pairs left and right pages as spreads; margins mirror on each page and the Pages panel displays two-page spreads.
- Primary text frame
- A document option that converts the default margin frame into a live text area; text flows automatically when new pages are added.
- Master page
- A template page whose items (headers, footers, guides) appear on all pages to which the master is applied; masters are managed in the Pages panel.
- Liquid Layout
- A feature that assigns resize and reposition rules to objects so they adapt when the page size changes; rules are set per object in the Liquid Layout panel.
- Document Setup
- A dialog (File > Document Setup) for changing page size, orientation, bleed, and slug after a document has been created.
- Leading
- The vertical distance between baselines of consecutive lines of text; set in the Character panel and measured in points.
- Tracking
- Uniform spacing applied across a range of characters; positive values add space and negative values tighten it, set in the Character panel.
- Kerning
- Adjustment of spacing between a specific pair of characters; applied manually or via metrics/optical kerning in the Character panel.
- Paragraph style
- A named set of formatting attributes that applies to an entire paragraph, including character and paragraph settings; stored in the Paragraph Styles panel.
- Character style
- A named set of character-level formatting (font, size, color, tracking) that can be applied to selected text within a paragraph.
- Story Editor
- A window (Edit > Edit in Story Editor) that displays text without layout formatting, useful for editing long or complex stories.
- Paragraph composer
- A composition method that evaluates multiple lines at once to optimize spacing and hyphenation across the paragraph.
- GREP style
- A paragraph style option that applies character formatting to text matching a regular expression pattern, defined in Paragraph Style Options.
- Links panel
- A panel that lists all placed graphics and text files, showing status icons for missing, modified, or embedded links and allowing relinking.
- Fit Frame to Content
- An Object > Fitting command that resizes a frame to match the dimensions of its content, removing extra space around the object.
- Content Collector tool
- A tool (B) for collecting objects or page content into a temporary store and placing them elsewhere in the document or in another document.
- Clipping path
- A path that hides portions of an image; InDesign can detect edges, alpha channels, or Photoshop paths to create a clipping path.
- Pathfinder
- A panel with commands to combine, subtract, intersect, or exclude overlapping shapes, producing compound paths or new shapes.
- Effects panel
- A panel for applying transparency, drop shadow, feather, bevel, glow, and other effects to objects, groups, or text.
- Spot color
- A premixed ink printed on a separate plate, such as a PANTONE color; it is not built from CMYK process inks.
- Process color
- A color created by combining cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks; it does not require a separate printing plate.
- Tint
- A percentage of a base color; editing the base swatch updates all tints derived from it.
- Swatches panel
- A panel that stores named colors, tints, and gradients; swatches can be loaded from other documents or libraries.
- Overprint Preview
- A view mode (View > Overprint Preview) that simulates how overlapping inks will print, essential for checking spot color interactions.
- Separations Preview
- A panel (Window > Output > Separations) that shows individual printing plates and identifies areas that will print on each separation.
- Gradient swatch
- A swatch that blends two or more colors; gradient stops can be added, moved, or deleted in the Gradient panel.
- Ink Manager
- A dialog (Window > Output > Ink Manager) that controls how spot colors are converted to process and sets trapping and ink type.
- PDF/X-1a
- A PDF export standard for print that requires all colors to be CMYK or spot; RGB and transparency are flattened during export.
- PDF/X-4
- A PDF export standard that supports live transparency and RGB color; preferred for modern print workflows.
- Preflight panel
- A panel that checks a document against a profile for issues such as missing links, overset text, and low-resolution images.
- Package
- A command (File > Package) that collects the InDesign file, linked graphics, fonts, and a report into a single folder for handoff.