Word Processing & DTP Terminology Update this page for terminology
In order to study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of word processing and desktop publishing, the student must have an understanding of related technological concepts. These may include:
• key terms—formatting, template, spell check, grammar check, ASCII/unicode, PDF, RTF, text
• word processing versus page layout
• appropriate use of templates
• effective use of word processing functions to streamline production of documents
• use of appropriate fonts, white space and line spacing to create output that
communicates effectively.
Terminology:
ASCII: stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It is a code in binary form created in 7-bit combinations to be stored in the computer and be transmitted between computers.
Unicode: A 16-bits code created originally by Unicode.Inc. This code is designed where all characters in all types of languages have a specific encoding, with a specific width in bits.
Formatting or Formatted Text:
Formatting or Formatted text cannot rightly be identified with binary files or be distinct from ASCII text. This is because formatted text is not necessarily binary, it may be text-only, such as HTML files, and it may be ASCII-only. A plain text file may be non-ASCII (in an encoding such as Unicode UTF-8). Text-only formatted text is achieved by markup which too is textual, while some editors of formatted text like Microsoft Word save in a binary format.
Template :
This can be a massive production of web documents and also it is a tool ised to seperate from presentation on any web design. It runs on a certain system called the 'Template System'. Templates systems can help a user to updat any given web authorized web page, Here are the steps to use it:
Update this page for terminology
In order to study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of word processing and desktop publishing, the student must have an understanding of related technological concepts. These may include:
• key terms—formatting, template, spell check, grammar check, ASCII/unicode, PDF, RTF, text
• word processing versus page layout
• appropriate use of templates
• effective use of word processing functions to streamline production of documents
• use of appropriate fonts, white space and line spacing to create output that
communicates effectively.
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Terminology:
ASCII: stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It is a code in binary form created in 7-bit combinations to be stored in the computer and be transmitted between computers.
Unicode: A 16-bits code created originally by Unicode.Inc. This code is designed where all characters in all types of languages have a specific encoding, with a specific width in bits.
Formatting or Formatted Text:
Formatting or Formatted text cannot rightly be identified with binary files or be distinct from ASCII text. This is because formatted text is not necessarily binary, it may be text-only, such as HTML files, and it may be ASCII-only. A plain text file may be non-ASCII (in an encoding such as Unicode UTF-8). Text-only formatted text is achieved by markup which too is textual, while some editors of formatted text like Microsoft Word save in a binary format.
Template :
This can be a massive production of web documents and also it is a tool ised to seperate from presentation on any web design. It runs on a certain system called the 'Template System'. Templates systems can help a user to updat any given web authorized web page, Here are the steps to use it:
- choose a web template system to maintain the website;
- specify the "presentation standards" through web templates;
- specify and update the content on a database.
Then, all pages into the website will be generated through the process described at the ilustration.