PowerPoint Vocab 1
To line up, straighten
Align
To remove part of an image
Crop
Information located at the top of each slide or page, like the author name, the page number, the date...
Header
To continuously play a song, video or slideshow over and over again, it repeats automatically
Loop
To make items on a slideshow or document shades of gray, no color
Greyscale
A tool that allows you to copy animations or formatting easily from one object to another
Painter
A cool visual effect that happens when a presentation moves from one slide to the next slide.
Transition
Anything on a slide like text, an image, a chart, SmartArt, a table, and audio or video file, WordArt...
Object
A list with dots next to each informational item
Bullet Points
To make an object on a slide enter, emphasize or exit the slide (to do something cool)
Animation
Checks your spelling and grammar automatically
Autocorrect
The length of time somethings lasts
Duration
Information located at the bottom of each slide or page, like the author name, the page number, the date..
Footer
The file tab - where you can do things with your file like, share, print or save and protect it
Backstage
To change the way an object looks
Format
A type of file that can be opened for free on any device that allows read privileges but not editing privileges
Leaving comments on a file for others to read and review
Markup
Shows a smaller image of all the slides in a grid-like way. This view makes it easier to rearrange the slides in a presentation.
Slide Sorter
The dotted lines on a slide the intersect to form a grid like patter that helps you position objects on a slide
Gridlines
standalone touch screen type monitor that usually plays an interactive or basic slideshow on a loop
Kiosk
A feature in microsoft office that allows the user to see what formatting changes would look like without actually selecting a formatting choice just by hovering your cursor over the choice
Live Preview
The horizontal space at the top of the window that organizes commands in tabs, and then groups the commands by topic. It's where all of your tabs and menus are.
Ribbon
To make an object clickable thus opening an email, a document or sending the clicker to a new slide or web page
Hyperlink
At the very top of the window, this toolbar contains commonly used action buttons like quick print, save and undo and can be customized by the user to include more buttons
Quick Access Toolbar
A cool way to representing your information -- organization charts, flowcharts, Venn diagrams, pyramids, etc.
SmartArt