formatting
How documents look
Formatting is the arrangement and presentation of text, data, or other content according to specific rules or conventions.
Document formatting includes margins, fonts, and spacing.
Disk formatting prepares storage media to receive data.
The verb format covers both: Format the report according to the style guide, You'll need to format the drive first.
Distinct section of text
- indentationInward cut or setback
- spacingInterval arrangement between objects
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- justifyProvide adequate grounds for
margin · header · footer · bullet · numbering · tabulation · outline · section
Character style set
- typefaceLettering style design
- boldCourageous and daring
- italicSlanted letter style
- underlineLine beneath text
strikethrough · subscript · superscript · small-caps · serif · sans-serif · monospace · kerning
Arrange text for printing
- typesettingArranging text for print
- fontCharacter style set
- typefaceLettering style design
- inkWriting fluid
paper · galley · proof · gutter · margin · bleed · trim · kerning
paragraph
Distinct section of text
- indentationInward cut or setback
- spacingInterval arrangement between objects
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
justify · margin · header · footer · bullet · numbering · tabulation · outline · section · heading
font
Character style set
underline · strikethrough · subscript · superscript · small-caps · serif · sans-serif · monospace · kerning · tracking
typeset
Arrange text for printing
- typesettingArranging text for print
- fontCharacter style set
- typefaceLettering style design
ink · paper · galley · proof · gutter · margin · bleed · trim · kerning · leading
serialization
Encoding objects for transmission
- parsingGrammatical structure extraction
- schemaOrganized representational structure
- delimiterBoundary-marking character
placeholder · template · syntax · timestamp · locale · currency · decimal · padding · truncation · regex
Fixed-layout file format
bitmap · vector · pixels · resolution · encoding · compression · metadata · filetype · plaintext · latex
- computer skillstyping, keyboarding, copy paste, clicking, scrolling
- arrangingarranging, organizing, ordering, positioning, placing
- data processingnormalization, data entry, standardization, encoding, scaling
- prose qualitiesclarity, eloquence, coherence, conciseness, flow
- Style GuideAP style, MLA style, house style, editorial guidelines, punctuation
- text toolsfonts, typography, text editor, spell check, spell checker
formattingcontent
What something contains
substance · meaning · information · message · subject matter
formattingdisorganization
Absence of systematic arrangement
disorder · chaos · unformatted · raw · randomness
formattingraw text
Unprocessed string data
plain text · unformatted · raw data · unstyled · unstructured
- code formattingStructuring program text visually
- text formattingVisual presentation of words
- formatting errorVisual presentation flaw
- document formattingStyling text layout
- formatting rulesGuidelines for text presentation
- disk formattingPreparing storage for use