Chapter 1 Power point

drag and drop

Hence this process of sliding or dragging and then dropping the thumbnail in a new location is called drag and drop

resizing

Re sizing includes enlarging or reducing the size of a graphic.

presentation

A PowerPoint presentation, also called a slide show, can help you deliver a dynamic, professional looking message to an audience

slide show

A PowerPoint presentation, also called a slide show, can help you deliver a dynamic, professional looking message to an audience

billeted list

A bulleted list is a list of paragraphs, each of which may be preceded by a bullet character, such as a dot, arrow, or check marker.

clip

A clip is a single media file, such as a photo, illustration. sound , or video.

theme

A document theme is a specific design with coordinating colors, fonts, and special effects such as shadows and reflections.

sizing handles

A selected graphic appears surrounded by a selection rectangle, which has small squares and circles, called sizing handles or move handles, at each corner and middle location

Thumbnail pane

As you create the slides, miniature views of the individual slides, called thumbnails, are displayed in the Thumbnail pane.

place holders

placeholders are boxes with dotted or hatch marked borders that are displayed when you create a new slide.

Smart Guides

power point displays smart guides automatically when a photo illustration shape or other object is close to lining up with another slide element.

standard properties

standard properties are associated with all Microsoft office files and include author title and subject

style

styles indicates how the characters are formatted

black slide

After the last slide appears during a slide show, the default PowerPoint setting is to end the presentation with a black slide.

scroll arrows

After you have created at least two slide, a scroll bar containing scroll arrows and scroll boxes will appear on the right edge of the window

demoting

Creating a lower-level paragraph is called demoting text creating a higher level paragraph is called promoting text.

deck

The collection of slides in a presentation is called a deck, resembling a deck of cards that are stacked on top each other

Normal view

The default view is Normal view, which is composed of three areas that allow you to work on various aspects of a presentation simultaneously

font

The font, or typeface, defines the appearance and shape of the letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and symbols.

Slide pane

The large area in the middle, called the Slide pane, displays the slide you currently are developing and allows you to enter text, tables, charts, graphics, pictures, video , and other elements.

landscape orentation

The slide layouts are set up in landscape orientation where the slide width is greater than its height.

office.com Clip Art

This material is contained in the Office.com Clip Art collection of photos sounds and other media files shared among Microsoft office applications.

slide transition

a slide transition is a special effect used to progress from one slide to the next in a slide show

automatically updated properties

automatically updated properties include file system properties such as the date you crate or change a file, and statistics, such as the file size.

color

color defines the hue of the characters.

layout

A ;layout specifies the arrangement of placeholders on a slide.

format

Examples of how you can modify the appearance, of format, of these typed characters on the screen and in print include changing the font, style, size, and color

hard copy

A hard copy or printout is information that exists on a physical medium such as paper.

printout

A hard copy or printout is information that exists on a physical medium such as paper.

level

A level is a position withing a structure such as an outline that indicates the magnitude of importance

paragraph

A paragraph is a segment of text with the same format that begins when you press ENTER key and ends when you press the ENTER key again

point

A point 1/72 of an inch in height.

selection rectangle

A selected graphic appears surrounded by a selection rectangle, which has small squares and circles, called sizing handles or move handles, at each corner and middle location

multilevel bulleted list slide

A slide that contains of more than one level of bullet ed text is calledmultilevel bulleted list slide

view

A view is the mode in which the presentation appears on the screen.

scroll boxes

After you have created at least two slide, a scroll bar containing scroll arrows and scroll boxes will appear on the right edge of the window

promoting

Creating a lower-level paragraph is called demoting text creating a higher level paragraph is called promoting text.

variants

Each theme has a set of four alternate designs called variants

custom layout

If none if these standard layouts meets your design needs, you can create a custom layout.

italicized

Italicized text has a slanted appearance.

document properties

PowerPoint helps you organize and identify your files by using document properties, which are the details about a file such as the projects author title and subject.

size

Size specifies the height of the characters and is gauged by a measurement system that uses points.

green computing

Society entourages users to contribute tom green computing which involves reducing the electricity an consumed and environmental waste generated when using computers mobile devices and related technologies

Insert Pictures dialog box

The Insert Pictures dialog box allows you to search for clip art by using descriptive keywords.

Notes pane

The Notes pane by default is hidden at the bottom of the window

Slide Showview

When making a presentation you use slide show

layout gallery

Using the layout gallery, you can choose a slide layout.

slide indicator

When you drag the scroll box, the slide indicator shows

Title Slide

When you open a new presentation the default Title Slide layout appears.