DTP

Question 1

Colour picking

Answer 1

Allows a colour from an image to be sampled and can be used on any other feature

Question 2

Textured fill

Answer 2

A range of textures can be applied to a shape

Can be used to improve presentation in compliance with the design element

Question 3

Gradient filler

Answer 3

Shows one colour gradually fading into another
Colours, patterns and direction can be changed
Effective at adding tone to a presentation to give it form

Question 4

Text wrap

Answer 4

Text following the edge of an image (“wrapped”)
Way of incorporating images in and creating rhythm
- wrap around right-hand side
- wrap around left-hand side
- edit positions to wrap around an object

Question 5

Reverse

Answer 5

Strong contrast between text and background

Eg white on blue, yellow on black

Question 6

Extended text

Answer 6

Long sections of body text

Question 7

Flow text

Answer 7

Text can be set to follow a line or shape
Helps achieve unity
Eye catching contrast
Leads the readers eye through a layout

Question 8

Copy and paste

Answer 8

Can repeat and image elsewhere in the document

Question 9

Cut and Paste

Answer 9

Used to remove an image or frame from one document of the page to another

Question 10

Orientation

Answer 10

Direction of the page

• landscape
• portrait

Question 11

Line-spacing

Answer 11

Spacing between lines can be enlarged for easier reading
Only works to a point- text can become disconnected and more difficult to read
Can also be made smaller to help fit information

Question 12

Transparency

Answer 12

Allows objects to be made see-through
The amount of transparency can be chosen
Often used on top of an image to make text legible

Question 13

Cropping

Answer 13

Removes outer proportions of an image, so smaller in size
Square cropping- most simple form, only relevant part is shown
Full cropping- removes the entire background from the image, can enable more suitable background to be used, creates focal point and visually interesting shape

Question 14

Drop Shadow

Answer 14

Casts shadow behind an image or text
Creates 3D effect and suggests depth
Can be used to emphasise an image

Question 15

Drop capital

Answer 15

Enlarging the first letter
Emphasises start of article
Contrast in size

Question 16

Pull quote

Answer 16

Short extract from main body text
Always in bigger font size and different typeface than body text
Grabs readers attention- often controversial
Often combined with wrap text to connect closely with article

Question 17

Caption

Answer 17

Text that describes an image, often a photograph

Normally discrete and descriptive

Question 18

Justification

Answer 18

Refers only to text and how it is set out (unlike alignment which includes images)
Left- text begins each line at the left margin
Right-
Center- measured from the centre of the column/ page
Full-