MARQUEE    A selection in an image defined by a rectangular flashing border; also, the tool used to make a marquee selection. MASTER PAGE    A special page in a Publication, Presentation, or Ani- mation document. Items on the master page, slide, or frame are visi- ble and print on every page in the document. MASK    A general term for objects or channels that limit that visibility of other objects, or that protect areas in an object or image from changes. MASTER SLIDE    A special slide in a Presentation document. Items on the master slide are visible and print on every slide in the document. MEGABYTE (MB)    A unit of measurement equal to 1024 kilobytes, or 1,048,576 bytes. MEMORY    A hardware component of a computer system that can store information for later retrieval. MITER JOIN    A style of connection between two segments in a vector object in which the stroke lines come together at a point. MODIFIER KEY    A general term for a key that changes the meaning of other keys or mouse actions; for example, Command, Control, Option, and Shift. NTSC    National Television Standards Committee; also, the standard video format defined by the NTSC, also called composite because it combines all the video information, including color, into a single sig- nal. OBJECT    A discrete vector path, block of text characters, or raster image, contained within an invisible rectangular frame. You can select an object and perform standard operations on it, including move, copy, delete, cut, rotate, flip, and skew. OBJECT PROPERTIES You can assign specific information to each component of a complex object. The properties of an object can include information that will allow you to efficiently track cost, inventory, location, and availablity. OPACITY    An attribute of all objects. Opacity with a value of 100% is non-transparent. Opacity values can be set from 1 to 100%. OPEN PATH    A path defined by separate starting and ending points. OPTION KEY    A Mac OS keyboard modifier key, usually labeled “Option.” Marquee tool Miter join
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