Vocabulary
Layout
The arrangement of objects on a slide.
What does a New Slide do
Adds a new slide after the current slide. Found on the Home tab.
Powerpoint is a presentation software that was developed by
Robert Gaskin and Dennis Austin.
Format Background
Displays a dialog box used to change the background of slides. Found in Slide
What is the Current slide
The slide displayed in the Slide pane.
Slide pane
Displays the current slide. Displayed in Normal view.
AutoFit
Displayed next to a placeholder when more text than can fit is typed, and offers options to stop PowerPoint from automatically resizing text so that it fits in a place- holder.
A PowerPoint presentation consists of
slides that are organized and
formatted using Microsoft PowerPoint.
What is a Thumbnail
A smaller version of a slide
What is the left pane
The left pane displays the folders and drives, and the right pane displays the contents of the selected folder or drive.
Background Styles
Background Styles Displays backgrounds available for the applied theme. Found on the Slide Master tab.
Fonts
Displays a list of font sets. Found on the Design tab.
How can Presentations be created
○ slides
○ photo slide shows that run continuously
○ multimedia slideshows with recorded audio.
Previewing a presentation
Shows what printouts will look like.
What is the Notes pane
is where you put supplemental information that doesn't appear on-slide during a presentation.
Time stamp
Time stamp The date that is automatically updated in a footer.
Clip Art
Displays the Clip Art task pane, used to place clip art on a slide. Found on the Insert tab.
What is a Presentation
A presentation is an informative speech that usually includes visuals.
Theme
A set of layouts, formatting, and backgrounds used to quickly change the design of an entire presentation.
What is a Placeholder
a slide that holds text and other content such as graphics.
Notes Master
Displays the Notes Master, which is used to change the look of the Notes pages. Found on the View tab.
Duplicate Selected Slides
Creates a new slide with the same content and layout as the selected slides. Found in Home New Slide.
Why was Powerpoint Created
It was created as visual aid for presentations using a series of slides in a business
Environment.
Contrast
Difference in lightness and darkness of two colors.
Normal view
The default view which divides the window into three panes: a left pane, Notes pane, Slide pane