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Glossary of Terms 109
M
Microsoft Word
Microsoftʹs Windows word processor.
AuthorIT requires the word processor to
publish the printed documentation, not for
editing or any other output. However, you
must have your own licensed copy.
O
Offline Library
A Library containing all or some of the
information from a Main Library which allows
an author to take work offline and work on it
in a situation where they cannot connect
directly to the Main Library. Works in a
similar way to a library card and allows an
author to ʹcheck‐outʹ objects, work on them
somewhere else and then ʹcheck‐inʹ the objects
again.
OLE
Object Linking and Embedding. A technology
that enables Windows based applications to
share information.
Oracle Help for Java
A Help format created by Oracle Corporation.
P
Pixel
Computer screens are made up of thousands
of tiny dots which are individually colored to
show an image. These dots are called pixels.
R
Relative Measurement
A measure of length relative to another length.
The supported units are:
RTF
Rich Text Format.
The rich‐text format (RTF) standard is a
method of encoding formatted text and
graphics for easy transfer between different
programs and different operations. Generally,
it is used by all Microsoft Word programs for
moving word‐processing documents between
different platforms without having to rely on
special translation software or conversion
utilities. The RTF standard provides a format
for text and graphics interchange that can be
used with different output devices and
operating systems.
S
Server
A computer system which can be accessed
from remote systems for the purpose of
exchanging data.
T
Tag
This is the popular name for an HTML
element, although there is a slight theoretical
difference. Basically, a tag is an element in
action. It starts with ʺʺ. It
can have attributes, but this is not necessary.
The end of the element is signaled with the tag
without its attributes, and with ʺ/ʺ as the first
character. For example, the ending tag for
is .
TOC
Table of Contents
TOF
Table of Figures
em ‐ ems
ex ‐ x‐height
px ‐ pixels