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Action settings:

Defines the action that will occur when an action button is clicked; e.g., link to a URL; go to the next slide; or go to the first slide in the presentation.

Animation:

Effects that give motion to text, pictures, and other content on your slides; they allow you to steer audience focus; emphasize important points; transition between slides; and maximize slide space by moving things on and off.

 

Audience handouts:

Small, printed versions of your slides that contain an area for notes; handouts can be distributed as a supplement to your presentation.

AutoLayouts:

Slide layouts that contain ready-made placeholders for titles, text, and objects such as clip art, graphs, and charts.

AutoShapes:

Shapes that are drawn automatically when you click the corresponding shape button and use the drawing tool to drag to the desired size.

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Background fill:

Options that include color, shading, pattern, and texture of slide backgrounds.

Background item:

Any object on the Slide Master other than the master title and text; includes art, logos, date and time, slide numbers and presentation name.

Basic shapes:

Shapes that can be created by selecting the appropriate Drawing tool and then clicking and dragging to the desired size.

Blank presentation:

An option that opens a default PowerPoint presentation; you can design and save any presentation as the default.

Branching slides:

A way to make a single presentation suit different audiences. Branching allows you to have two or more slide shows within a single presentation.

Bring forward:

An option that allows you to send an object forward one level or layer of a slide at a time.

Bring to front:

An option that allows you to send an object all the way to the front or top level or layer of a slide.

Build:

Refers to making bullets or objects appear on a slide one at a time to create an animated effect.

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Drawing tools:

Tools such as AutoShapes, lines, and other options that make it easy to create and work with presentation objects.

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Graphical builds:

A series of objects placed on a slide one at a time to create an animated effect.

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Hotspot (invisible button):

An area on a slide that when clicked, send the viewer to a different slide in the presentation.

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Linked slides:

An option that provides a way to create one presentation to suit different audiences; allows you to link a slide or presentation to the current presentation.

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Master text:

A placeholder that contains formatting such as font, color, size, case, line spacing, and alignment for text on a Slide Master.

Master title:

A placeholder that contains formatting for the titles on a Slide Master.

Master views:

The main slide views that store information about your presentation including background, color, fonts, effects, and placeholder sizes and positions; the master views include Slide, Handout, and Notes.

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New:

A command used to create a presentation from scratch or from a variety of designs and formats. Options include creating a blank presentation; using a design template; using the AutoContent Wizard; or copying from an existing presentation.

Normal view:

The main editing view where you write and design your presentations; it contains four working areas including Outline tab, Slides tab, Slide pane, and Notes pane.

Notes Page view:

A pane where you can type notes that apply to your presentation and then print them; the Notes pane is located just below the Slide pane

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Order:

A command that allows you to rearrange the order of objects on a slide.

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Pack and go:

A means of packaging your presentation so that all of its elements, including the PowerPoint viewer, are contained in an executable file for loading and viewing on any computer.

Pen tool:

A tool for marking on slides during a presentation.

Placeholder:

A predefined area on Slide Masters and AutoLayouts that designates where specific text or objects should be inserted.

Placement line:

A line that appears in Outline view as you drag a slide icon to a new location.

Presenter view:

A key Slide Show-based view that you can use while delivering your presentation; by using two monitors, you can run other programs and view speaker notes that your audience cannot see.

.potm:

A new XML-based file format used for macro-enabled templates.

.potx:

A new XML-based file format use for presentation templates.

.pptm:

A new XML-based file format used for macro-enabled presentations.

.pptx:

A new XML-based default file format that uses compression technology to make file sizes smaller; it structures files modularly so different components are kept separate for better recovery and integrates easily with other program that support XML standards.

PowerPoint Viewer:

A program that comes with PowerPoint that allows you to view a presentation without having the PowerPoint software installed on your computer.

Presentation:

A collection of slides, handouts, speaker’s notes, and an outline all combined into a file that can be printed onto transparencies or projected on a screen.

Preset animations:

Animations available within PowerPoint that allow you to quickly apply special effects to your slides.

Progressive disclosure:

A way of giving you control over the pace of your presentation by adding motion or flow; you can have all text appear at once, or optionally, line by line, bullet by bullet, or section by section.

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Regular shapes:

Perfectly proportioned shapes that can be created by selecting the appropriate Drawing tool and then clicking and dragging to the desired size; e.g., circles and squares or any other shape with equal sides or equal distance from the center.

Rehearsal Timer:

An option that allows you to set timings for your slides so you can run a presentation on its own.

Ruler:

A tool to help align and size objects.

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Send backward:

An option that allows you to send an object back one level or layer of a slide at a time.

Shade styles:

A way to create a gradual shift from one color to another; all objects in PowerPoint can be filled with a shaded color.

Shading fill:

The overall style or direction of the shading.

Shadow effect:

A means of emphasizing text by including a drop-shadow behind the text.

Slide Navigator:

An option that allows you to go to any slide in your presentation while viewing slides.

Slide Show view:

A view that allows you to see your presentation the way your audience will; it includes graphics, timings, movies, animated effects, and transition effects.

Send to back:

An option that allows you to send an object all the way to the back level or layer of a slide.

Slide color scheme:

An option available within the Format menu and also from the task bar menu list that allows you to change colors in a selected color scheme.

Slides:

The individual pages of your presentation. Slides can be designed with different titles, graphics, text, and much more.

Slide Sorter view:

A view that provides a list of your slides in thumbnail form that makes it easy to sort and organize the sequence of the slides.

Speaker’s notes:

Pages with a copy of a slide on top and space below for presenter notes.

Status bar:

The area at the bottom of a window that provides messages describing what you are seeing and doing as you work on a presentation.

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Text box (placeholder):

Boxes with dotted borders that are part of most slide layouts; they hold title and body text or objects such as charts, tables and pictures. If your text exceeds the text box size, PowerPoint reduces the font size and line spacing incrementally as you type so the text will fit.

Thumbnail:

A miniature view of the current slide. It appears in several different places including in Outline view. Thumbnail prints: Small printed versions of slides; you can print 2, 3, or 6 thumbnails on a single page.

Title master:

Contains the master format for title slides in a presentation.

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Variant:

Different shading orders of a selected style.

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