MS PowerPoint Chapter 1
What does MS Powerpoint set the default title to
"Presentation" and also adds a number in the title bar of each new presentation
Grayscale view
Shows how a slide will print on a black ink printer
scale
Specify a percentage of original size to enlarge or reduce the size of an object.
What can PowerPoint Slides contain
Text, clip art, pictures, videos, tables, and charts
source
The original location or application of an object you intent to place in another location or application.
Active Slide
The slide currently selected or displayed.
Transitions
The visual effects used when one slide moves off of the screen and another moves onto the screen
Subtle Transition effects
will prove to be most effective, and won't detract from the message you're delivering
You can change the layout of any slide
using the Layout command
Title Placeholder
A box on a slide reserved for the title of a presentation or slide. Changing the alignment of one paragraph realigns all paragraphs in the placeholder
Format Painter
A feature that copies format attributes such as colors, borders, and fill effects from an object, text, or cell in order to apply the same formatting to another object, text, or cell.
.pptx file extension
A file with the PPTX file extension is a Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation file.
Storyboard
A series of images that represent the slides you intend to create
Advance slide timing
A setting that controls the amount of time a slide displays on the screen.
Slide Show view
A view that allows the user to preview a presentation on the screen as it will appear to the audience.
New layout
Can be added to new slides or an existing presentation and existing slides will adjust automatically
Placeholders
Designated areas in PowerPoint layouts that can be used to easily insert text, graphics, or multimedia objects.
Slide Sorter View
Displays thumbnails of all the slides in the presentation.
Importing data to a slide can be done from
Microsoft office programs such as Word and Excel
To display the presentation outline, click
Outline View on the View tab
Normal View
PowerPoint's default view that displays the Slide pane and the Thumbnail pane.
Themes
Predefined combinations of colors and fonts that you can select for a form or report. which also control alignment of text in placeholders.
If you set advance timing for your slides you Cannot also choose to advance a slide manually
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It is good to overload a presentation with many graphics, fonts and special effects
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You can rearrange slides in page layout view by dragging a slide to a new location
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It is important that your text stands out against the placeholder backgrounds and is small in size
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The internet always has credible and correct information to add to your presentation
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The outline of the presentation displays in the
Thumbnail pane
Click and drag
To move a slide from the source presentation to the destination presentation
Citations must be used when
You use information from the Internet in your presentation.
How do you close a presentation and leave PowerPoint open?
You use the Close command on the File Menu
Copy and Paste
a feature that allows a user to select text or a graphic, duplicate it and place it in another location within a document
A new slide is inserted immediately
after the active slide
Use the Line Spacing button to
apply line spacing options
a slide layout
arranges the standard objects of a presentation
A sound effect or sound clip
can accompany a transition
You can choose an effect option to
control the direction of the transition or how it appears
Delete a placeholder by pressing
delete while it is selected
The location or application in which you place an object that was originally in another location or application is called the
destination file
It is important to make sure that all graphics you use
fit with the color scheme of the slide or presentation, and serve a purpose for conveying your message.
The advance slide timing for each slide is
indicated in Slide Sorter view by a number below the slide
The easiest way to edit a presentation that has lots of text
is to use the presentation outline
By default, slides are displayed in
landscape orientation
Outline View
shows a text outline of the version of the presentation
Reading view
shows how a presentation will appear when you deliver it to an audience
transition effects are organized by
subtle, exciting, and dynamic
You can apply transitions ONLY in normal view
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Click the notes button in the status bar
to display the Notes pane below the slide in the Slide Pane
Scale means
to specify a percentage of original size to enlarge or reduce the size of an object