TERMIUM Plus®

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Record 1 2023-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A program that allows a user to lay out and obtain a printable copy of a document.

OBS

A document formatter may perform other functions such as page and paragraph numbering.

OBS

document formatter: designation and definition standardized by ISO and the International Electrotechnical Commission; designation standardized by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA).

Key term(s)
  • text-formatting program
  • text formatting programme
  • text-formatting programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Infographie
DEF

Programme permettant à l'utilisateur de mettre en forme et d'obtenir une copie d'un document, prête pour l'impression.

OBS

Un programme de mise en page peut également remplir d'autres fonctions telles que la numérotation des pages ou des paragraphes.

OBS

programme de mise en page : désignation et définition normalisées par l'ISO et la Commission électrotechnique internationale; désignation normalisée par l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Gráficos de computadora
DEF

Programa que determina la manera en que se colocarán los datos en una página.

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