FIGURE 3-10

In this document, coaster

names were formatted

by selecting the Heading

style with a single click

instead of individually

selecting a font color,

font size, and font style.

Now if the Heading style

is changed to green, for

example, all the coaster

names will automatically

change from blue

to green. 􀁘 Your digital

textbook will walk you

through the process of

defining and using stylesPage layoutrefers to the physical position of each element on a page. In

addition to paragraphs of text, these elements might include:

• Headers and footers.A headeris text that you specify to automatically

appear in the top margin of every page. A footeris text that you specify to

automatically appear in the bottom margin of every page. You might put

your name and the document title in the header or footer of a document

so that its printed pages won’t get mixed up with those of another printed

document.

• Page numbers.Word processing and DTP software automatically numbers

the pages of a document according to your specifications, usually

placing the page number within a header or footer. A Web page, no matter

what its length, is all a single page, so Web authoring software typically

doesn’t provide page numbering. • Graphical elements.Photos, diagrams, graphs, and charts can be

incorporated in your documents. Clip art—a collection of drawings and

photos designed to be inserted in documents—is a popular source of

graphical elements.

• Tables.A tableis a grid-like structure that can hold text or pictures. For

printed documents, tables are a popular way to produce easy-to-read columns

and rows of data and to position graphics. It may sound surprising,

but for Web pages, tables provide one of the few ways to precisely position

text and pictures. As a result, Web page designers make extensive and

very creative use of tables.

Most word processing software is page-oriented, meaning that it treats

each page as a rectangle that can be filled with text and graphics. Text

automatically flows from one page to the next. In contrast, most DTP

software is frame-oriented, allowing you to divide each page into several

rectangular-shaped framesthat you can fill with text or graphics. Text flows

from one frame to the next, rather than from page to page (Figure 3-11).

FIGURE 3-11

DTP frames give you

exact control over the

position of elements on

a page, such as a figure

and a caption on top of

it. 􀁘 Want to see how

desktop publishing software

works? Start the

tour for this figure in your

digital textbook.

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