PowerPoint Vocabulary List 1

Slide Layout

A predefined slide format that determines the position of the objects on the slide.

Blank Presentation

Feature that lets you create a show from scratch,using whatever layout, format, colors, and styles you prefer.

Design Template

a predesigned background and format that you can apply to one or all of the background slides in a presentation.

Slide

a single page of a presentation in a slide show.

PowerPoint

a software program that allows you to create professional looking multimedia presentations.

Multimedia

combined use of more thanone media, text, image, sound, video, etc.

Placeholders

empty boxes that appear on a new slide that reserve a space for various types of information

Clip Art

refers to any picture or art image that you add to improve your presentation.

Title Slide

the first slide in a presentation; slide indicating the title of the presentation and the presenter's name

Slide Show

the view that allows you to run and preview your presentation