Power Point Lesson 1

Reading view

A PowerPoint view you can used to display your presentation; very much like Slide Show view, the slide doesn't quite fill the screen and you can navigation buttons on the status bar beneath the slide.

PowerPoint presentation

A computer slide show created in PowerPoint.

thumbnails

A small graphic image.

Outline Tab

A tab used to enter text in normal view located on the left side of the window in the same pane as the slides tab.

Notes Page view

A view in PowerPoint for working on the speaker notes page; includes placeholders for the slide notes.

Slide Shorter view

A view in PowerPoint that displays a thumbnail of each slide in the order in which they appear in the presentation; used to rearrange slides, check timings, and view slide transitions.

Slide Show view

A view in PowerPoint that shows the slides on the full screen with animations and transitions.

animation

Adds motion to an object.

Slides Tab

In Normal view, the tab on the left side of the PowerPoint window that displays thumbnails of each slide.

broadcasting

Placing a link to a presentation on the web to allow others to watch your presentation as you give it from a remote location through a web browser.

handouts

Printouts that include a small image of the slides and an area to take notes. Can be formatted in several different ways using the handout master formatting and backstage view print options.

transition

The animated way in which a slide appears and leaves the screen during a slide show.

Notes pane

The area below the Slide pane where you can type speaker notes.

Slide pane

The main work area for the selected slide in Normal view.

Live Preview

The office 2010 feature that lets you point to the various choices in a gallery of palette and see the results before applying.

Normal View

The view that includes the Slides/Outlines tabs on the left the Slide pane showing the selected slide in the center and the Notes pane beneath the Slide pane. Commonly used to place objects on the slide

layout

The way content and text placeholders are placed on the slide.