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FORMAT PORTRAIT [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Automation
  • Paper Sizes
DEF

A page format in which the height is greater than the width.

DEF

The arrangement of text or graphics on a page so that the page is oriented for normal reading when its length exceeds its width.

OBS

portrait; portrait format; vertical format: terms standardized by ISO and CSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureautique
  • Formats de papier
DEF

Format d'un imprimé plus haut que large, par opposition au format à l'italienne (ou oblong).

DEF

Disposition du texte ou des graphiques sur une page, telle que la longueur de la page soit supérieure à la largeur en position normale de lecture.

OBS

format à la française; format vertical : termes normalisés par l'ISO et la CSA.

Spanish

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