Writing 4Bitmap ImageAn image composed of individual pixels. Bitmap images loose quality when enlarged.BleedA printed image that runs off the page.BugAn un-documented feature. Bugs usually have a negative effect on the performance or use of a program. As a technical writer, expect to spend 5-10% of your time finding ways of working around bugs in your authoring tools. If you are building web pages then this figure can climb to 20% or more.CalloutA label with an arrow or line pointing to something.CALS Table ModelA standard used for constructing tables in a number of SGML applications including Docbook. CALS tables contain absolute cell width information which allows tables to be used for basic text layout. HTML uses its own table model which only knows about cell widths measured in pixels or percentages of the screen width. CALS = Continuous Acquisition and Lifecycle Support.Camtasia (TechSmith Corporation)An animated screen recorder.CASE tool - Computer Aided Software Engineering toolA software package that assists in the design of large software projects. CASE tools have been around for may years..CBT - Computer Based TrainingReplacing a human teacher with an interactive software package.CGI - Common Gateway InterfaceA communications standard that allows a web server to send data to an external program and then return the results to a web browser.CGM - Computer Graphics MetafileAn ISO standard for storing vector and bitmap images. FrameMaker and Adept both support CGM images. Unfortunately few commercial graphics applications support the export of CGM files.![]()
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