PowerPoint Ch. 2

Picture fill

Picture or texture fill uses a specific file or an image that simulates a material, such as cork, granite, marble, or canvas.

Texture fill

Picture or texture fill uses, a specific file or an image that simulates a material, such as cork, granite, marble, or canvas.

Pattern fill

Pattern fill adds designs, such as dots or diamonds, that repeat in rows across the slide.

Transparency

For example, you can adjust its transparency, which allows you to see through the background, so that any text on the slide is visible.

Gradient fill

Gradient fill is one color shade gradually progressing to another shade of the same color or one color progressing to another color.

Outline

The WordArt outline is the exterior border surrounding each letter or symbol.

Synonym

In these cases, you could find a synonym, or word similar in meaning, to replace the inappropriate or duplicate word.

WordArt

One method of adding appealing visual elements to a presentation is by using WordArt styles.

Effect

You also can add an effect, which helps add emphasis or depth to the characters.

Style

A style is named group of formatting characteristics.

Brightness

Brightness determines the overall lightness or darkness of the entire image, whereas contrast is the difference between the darkest and lightest areas of the image.

contrast

Brightness determines the overall lightness or darkness of the entire image, whereas contrast is the difference between the darkest and lightest areas of the image.

Weight

PowerPoint gives you the option to change the line weight, or thickness, starting with 1/4 point and increasing in one-fourth-point increments.

Thesaurus

PowerPoint provides a thesaurus, which is a list of synonyms and antonyms, to help you find a replacement word.

Solid fill

Solid fill is one color used throughout the entire slide

Transparency slider

The transparency slider indicates the amount of opaqueness.

Tiling options

Tiling options repeat the background image many times vertically and horizontally on the slide; the smaller the tiling percentage, the fra

Fill

WordArt fill in the interior of a letter can consist of a solid color, texture, picture, or gradient.

Notes Pages

You can type and format notes in the Notes pane as you work in Normal view and then print this information as Notes pages.

Notes Pane

You can type and format notes in the Notes pane as you work in Normal view and then print this information as notes pages

Offsets

You can use offsets, another background feature, to move the background away from the slide borders in varying distances by percentage.