CLASSIC ARROW MANAGER An option on the Stroke palette that you can use to quickly create and edit several new arrowheads. CLICK (v.) To position the pointer on something, and then press and quickly release the mouse (or other pointing device) button. (n.) The act of clicking. CLIP ART Electronic pictures that you can use in documents. The term comes from using scissors to clip pictures on paper. CLIPBOARD A holding place in system memory for the last informa- tion cut or copied from a document. You can paste information from the Clipboard into a document. Information remains on the Clipboard until replaced by another cut or copied selection. CLIPPING PATH A vector or text object used to “clip” (hide) areas of another object that are outside of the clipping path. CLOSED PATH A vector path that does not have separate starting and ending points. CMYK COLOR A color system based on the four colors used in color printing: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. Also, a color mode used to define colors in a digital image (see “process color,” page G.769). COLOR PALETTE A collection of colors used in a document, from which you can select colors to apply. COLOR SEPARATIONS Computer files, printed output, or film, in which the colors in a document are divided into their primary or cus- tom color components. Color separations are used to produce print- ing plates for commercial color printing (see “process color,” page G.769 and “spot color,” page G.771). COLOR WHEEL A two-dimensional view of color showing hue and saturation. Hue is the position of a color on the circumference of the wheel. Moving clockwise and starting at twelve o’clock, the colors are yellow, red, magenta, blue, cyan, and green. Colors toward the center of the wheel have more gray than those near the edge. COLUMN GUIDES Non-printing lines that define text columns and gutters in a section. COMBINE A command used to create new objects from the intersec- tion of two or more vector objects. COMMAND KEY On Mac OS system keyboards, a key (usually with a propeller symbol and sometimes labeled “Command”) that modi- fies an action when pressed. COMPOSITE CHANNEL The combination of all color channels in an image. In the Channels palette, the first channel listed, identified by RGB, CMYK, LAB, or Black, depending on the image mode. CONTROL KEY A keyboard key, usually marked “Ctrl” (Windows) or “Control” (Mac), that modifies an action when pressed. Text used as a clipping path on a photo
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