Microsoft PowerPoint Module 1-4

Presentation software

(also called presentation graphics software) is a computer program you use to organize and present information to others.

A professional quality diagram that visually illustrates text best describes which of the following?

A SmartArt graphic

Insertion point

A blinking vertical line, indicates where your text appears when you type in the placeholder

Theme effects

A set if effects for lines and fills to create a cohesive look

Theme fonts

A set of fonts for titles and other text

______________ is created by inserting text from Word document that does not have tabs.

A slide title

Slide show view

A view that displays a presentation to show to an audience

Which of the following statements is NOT true about Outline view?

Added slides use the same layout as the previous slide

Views

Allow you to see your presentation in different forms

Zoom slider

Allows you to change the size of the slide in the window

Live preview

Allows you to see how your changes affect the slides before actually making the change

Sizing handles

Appears around the placeholder, indicating that it is selected and ready to accept text.

________________ to permanently delete a cropped portion of a picture.

Apply picture compression

Background graphics

Are objects placed on the slide master

Slide transitions

Are the visual and audio effects you apply to a slide that determine how each slide moves on and off the screen during the slide show.

Text placeholder

Box with dotted border where you enter text

Text placeholders

Boxes with dotted border—where you enter text

View shortcuts

Buttons on the status bar allow you to switch quickly between PowerPoint views.

Content placeholder

Can be used to insert text or objects such as tables, charts, videos, or pictures.

Data series labels

Cells in column A and row 1 contain data series labels that identify the data or values in the column and row.

Legend

Cells in row 1 appear in the chart legend and describe the data in the series

Rotate handle

Circular arrow---appears on top of the shape, which you can drag to manually rotate the shape. To change the style of the shape, apply a Quick Style from the Shape Styles group.

Groups

Commands are further arranged into groups on the ribbon based on their function

Mini toolbar

Contains basic text-formatting commands, such as bold and italic, and appears when you select text using the mouse. This toolbar makes it quick and easy to format text, especially when the Home tab is closed.

Slide layout

Contains text and object placeholders that are arranged in a specific way on the slide

Each column and row of data in a worksheet are _____________________.

Data series

What is the function of the slide layout?

Defines how all the elements on a slide are arranged.

Slide pane

Displays the current slide in your presentation.

Metadata

Document properties include specific data about the presentation, such as the author's name, subject matter, title, who saved the file last, and when the file was created.

Data series markers

Each data series has corresponding data series markers in the chart, which are graphical representations such as bars, columns, or pie wedges.

Masters

Each presentation in PowerPoint has a set of masters that store information about the theme and slide layouts. Masters determine the position and size of text and content placeholders, fonts, slide back ground, color, and effects.

Tab

Each set of primary commands is identified by a tab

What do you have to drag to customize the form or outline of a shape?

Edit points

An object that has its own data source and becomes a part of your presentation after you insert it best describes which of the following?

Embedded object

Worksheet

Every chart has a corresponding worksheet that contains the numerical data displayed by the chart.

Background

Every slide in a PowerPoint presentation has a background, the area behind the text and graphics. You modify the background to enhance the slides using images and color.

Read-only

File is one that can't be edited or modified in any way.

Inking

Freehand pen and highlighter marks on a slide

SmartArt

Graphic is a professional-quality diagram that graphically illustrates text.

What is NOT true about grouped objects?

Grouped objects act as one object, but maintain their individual attributes

Smart Guides

Help you position objects relative to each other and determine equal distances between objects.

Animation tags

Identify the order in which objects are animated during slide show.

Ink annotations

In Slide show view, you can draw freehand pen or highlighter strokes, on the slide or jump to other slides in the presentation.

Theme colors

Includes a set of 12 coordinated colors for text, fill, line, and shadow, called theme colors

Which button indents the insertion point to the right?

Increase list level

Office Mix

Is a free add-in application developed by Microsoft which, once downloaded from the web is integrated directly on the PowerPoint Ribbon with its own set of tools located on the Mix tab.

SmartArt Style

Is a preset combination of simple and 3-D formatting options that follows the presentation theme.

WordArt

Is a set of decorative text styles, or text effects, you can apply to any text object to help direct the attention of your audience to a certain piece of information.

Quick Style

Is a set of formatting options, including line style, fill color, and effects.

Presenter view

Is a view that you can use when showing a presentation through two monitors; one that you see as the presenter and one that your audience sees.

Object

Is any item on a slide that can be modified. Objects are building blocks that make up a presentation slide.

Picture

Is defined as a digital photograph, a piece of line art or clip art, or other artwork that is created in another program.

Slide Library

Is folder that you and others can access to open, modify, and review presentation slides.

Embedded object

Is one that is a part of your presentation (just like any other object you insert into PowerPoint) except that an embedded object's data source can be opened, in this case using Excel, for editing purposes.

Chart

Is the graphical representation of numerical data

Slides tab

Is to the left. You can navigate through the slides in your presentation by clicking the slide thumbnails.

Status bar

Located at the bottom of the PowerPoint window, shows message about what you are doing and seeing in PowerPoint, including which slide you are viewing and the total number of slides. In addition, the status bar displays the zoom slider controls, the fit slide to current window button, and other functionality information.

Document Inspector

Looks for hidden data and personal information that is stored in the file itself or in the document properties.

what determines the position and size of text and content placeholders and the slide background of a presentation?

Master

Which of the following statements about merged shapes is NOT true?

Merged shapes can be added to the shapes gallery

What appears just above text when it is selected

Mini toolbar

Panes

Normal view is divided into areas

What are the basic building blocks of any presentation?

Objects

Zoom slider

On the lower-right corner of the status bar is used to zoom the slide in and out.

Comments button

On the status bar opens the Comments pane. In the Comments pane you can create, edit, select, and delete comments.

Notes button

On the status bar opens the Notes pane and is used to enter text that references a slide's content. You can print these notes and refer to them when you make a presentation or use them as audience handouts. The Notes pane is not visible in Slide Show view.

You can enter slide text in the Slide Pane and in the __________.

Outline view

Which of the following is not included in a design theme?

Pictures

Slide layout

Placeholders arranged in specific way to the slide

Theme

PowerPoint provides many design themes to help you quickly create a professional and contemporary looking presentation.

gridlines

PowerPoint uses a series of evenly spaced horizontal and vertical lines---called gridlines---to align objects, which force objects to "snap" to a grid.

Quick access toolbar

Provides access to common commands such as Save, Undo, Redo, and Start from Beginning. The Quick Access toolbar is always visible no matter which Ribbon tab you select. Click the customize Quick Access Toolbar button to add and remove buttons.

Slide timing

Refers to the amount of time a slide is visible on the screen.

Theme

Set of coordinated colors, fonts, and effects

Merging

Shapes, which combines multiple shapes together, provides you the potential to create unique geometric shapes not available in the Shapes gallery.

What can you drag to adjust the size of an object?

Sizing handle

________________ is the network folder that you open in the Reuse Slides pane to insert slides from other presentations.

Slide Library

The view that fills the entire computer screen with each slide in the presentation is called:

Slide show view

Use a(n) ___________ object to best illustrate information you want to compare side by side.

Table

Subtitle placeholder

The bottom text placeholder on the title slide is the subtitle text placeholder, labeled "Click to add subtitle"

Column headings

The boxes with the letters along the top of the worksheet

Row headings

The boxes with the numbers along the left side of the worksheet

Cell

The intersection of a row and a column

Slides tab

The pane on the left displays the slides of your presentation as small images, called slide thumbnails.

Source presentation

The slide thumbnails identify the slides in the source presentation

Destination presentation

The title new slide assumes the design style and formatting of the presentation

Title placeholder

The top text placeholder on the title slide is the title placeholder, labeled "Click to add title"

Category axis

The x-axis is the horizontal axis

Value axis

The y-axis is the vertical axis

Why would you use the Eyedropper tool?

To capture and apply a new color to an object

Which status bar features allows you to quickly switch between views?

View shortcuts

Normal view

Which is the primary view that you use to write, edit, and design your presentation.

Selection box

With a dashed line border

Cropping

You can also hide a portion of the picture you don't want to be seen by cropping it. The cropped portion of a picture is still available to you if you ever want to show that part of picture again. To reduce the size of the file you can permanently delete the cropped portion by applying picture compression settings in the Compress Pictures dialog box.

Quick style

a set of forma

quick style

a set of formatting options you apply to an object

presenter view

a special view that you use when showing a presentation on two mointors

office mix

add-in application you use to create interactive content

Adjustment handle

changes the

adjustment handle

changes the most prominent feature of an object

merge

combines multiple shapes to create a unique geometric shape

slide timing

determines how long slide is visible on screen

rotate handle

drag to turn an object

Ink annotations

drawings on slide created during slide show

gridlines

evenly spaced horizontal and vertical lines

smart guides

helps you determine equal distances between objects

crop

hid a portion of a picture

freehand pen and highlighter strokes are also known as __________.

in annotations

cell

intersection of a row and column in a worksheet

Ribbon

is a wide band spanning the top of the PowerPoint window that organizes all of PowerPoint's primary commands.

a _______________ file is one that can't be edited or modified in any way.

read-only

masters

slides that store theme and placeholder

The slide thumbnails in the Reuse Slides pane identify the slides of the ______________________ presentation.

source

animation ______ identify the order in which objects are animated during a slide show

tags

background

the area behind the text and graphics

chart

the graphical representation of numerical data

Slide thumbnails

the slides of your presentation as small images

category axis

the x-axis (horizontal) in a chart

value axis

the y-axis (vertical) in a chart

set slide _________ to make your presentation automatically progress through the slides during a slide show.

timings

a slide _________ is a special visual effect that determines how a slide moves during a slide show

transition

apply this to your presentation to quickly modify the applied theme.

variant