ICDL Advanced Documents flashcards
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- Section break
- A formatting mark that divides a document into sections so each can have independent page setup, headers, footers, columns, and orientation.
- Hanging indent
- A paragraph indent where the first line starts at the left margin and subsequent lines are indented inward, commonly used for bibliography entries.
- Keep with next
- A paragraph setting that prevents a page break between the paragraph and the following paragraph, keeping headings attached to their body text.
- Exactly line spacing
- A fixed line height setting where lines are forced to a specified measurement, which can clip tall characters if set too small.
- Decimal tab stop
- A tab stop that aligns numbers on the decimal point, so digits of differing length line up vertically in a column.
- Gutter margin
- Extra space added to a page margin to accommodate binding, applied to the left, top, or inside edge of the section.
- Direct formatting
- Manual formatting applied to selected text that overrides the underlying style until the formatting is cleared or the style is reapplied.
- Widow and orphan control
- Pagination settings that prevent a single line of a paragraph from appearing alone at the top or bottom of a page.
- Paragraph style
- A named set of formatting that can include font, paragraph, tab, border, and numbering settings and applies to entire paragraphs.
- Character style
- A named set of character-level formatting such as font, size, and color that applies to selected text within a paragraph.
- Based on style
- A link between styles where a child style inherits settings from a parent, so changes to the parent propagate to the child.
- Next paragraph style
- A style property specifying which style is automatically applied to a new paragraph created by pressing Enter at the end of the current one.
- Document template
- A file storing styles, page setup, boilerplate content, and building blocks that serves as the starting point for new documents.
- Normal template
- The default template loaded for new documents; changes saved to it affect all subsequently created documents on that computer.
- Style Organizer
- A dialog that copies, deletes, or renames styles between documents and templates by listing styles from each open file.
- Linked style
- A style usable as both a paragraph and a character style, applying paragraph formatting in paragraph context and character formatting to selections.
- Table of contents field
- A generated field that lists headings with page numbers based on styles; it must be updated after document edits change pagination.
- Caption
- A numbered label such as Figure 1 or Table 2 attached to an object, created as a field that renumbers automatically when captions are added.
- Cross-reference
- A field linking to a bookmark, heading, caption, footnote, or numbered item that updates to show the current number or page.
- Footnote
- A reference note placed at the bottom of the page containing its citation mark, used for explanatory or source information.
- Endnote
- A reference note collected at the end of the document or section rather than at the bottom of the page.
- Index entry field
- A hidden marker inserted in text that identifies a term and its subentries so the index can be compiled with page references.
- Bibliography
- A generated list of cited sources formatted in a chosen citation style, refreshed when sources are added or the style changes.
- Bookmark
- A named location or selection in a document used as a target for hyperlinks and cross-references.
- Update fields
- The action of recalculating field results such as page numbers, cross-references, and tables of contents to reflect current document content.
- Track Changes
- A collaboration mode that records insertions, deletions, and formatting edits as revisions attributed to a reviewer until accepted or rejected.
- Compare documents
- A feature that produces a new document marking the differences between two versions as tracked revisions for review.
- Comments-only protection
- A restriction setting that allows reviewers to add comments but prevents editing of the document body text.
- Mail merge field
- A placeholder in a main document that is replaced by the corresponding column value from the data source during the merge.
- Merge IF rule
- A conditional merge field that inserts one of two text options depending on whether a comparison of data fields is true or false.
- SKIPIF merge rule
- A merge rule that omits a record from the output when a specified comparison of data fields evaluates to true.
- Master document
- A container file that links multiple subdocuments and holds shared elements such as the table of contents and common styles.
- Document Inspector
- A tool that finds and removes hidden metadata, comments, tracked changes, and personal information before a document is shared.