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Layout vs Autoformat - What's the difference?

layout | autoformat |

As a noun layout

is a structured arrangement of items within certain s.

As a verb autoformat is

to cause the layout of a document to be created or edited without further effort by the execution of a program.

layout

English

(wikipedia layout)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A structured arrangement of items within certain s.
  • A plan for such arrangement.
  • The act of laying out something.
  • (publishing) The process of arranging editorial content, advertising, graphics and other information to fit within certain constraints.
  • (engineering) A map or a drawing of a construction site showing the position of roads, buildings or other constructions.
  • (electronics) A specification of an integrated circuit showing the position of the physical components that will implement the schematic in silicon.

    • Related terms

    * lay out

    See also

    * keyboard layout *

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    autoformat

    English

    Verb

    (autoformatt)
  • To cause the layout of a document to be created or edited without further effort by the execution of a program.
  • (computing) To automatically prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process, without requiring a prompt from the user to do so.