Powerpoint basics

Slide

A collection of pages arranged in sequence that contain text and images for presenting to an audience.

Theme Colors

A set of coordinating colors that are applied to the backgrounds, objects, and text in a presentation.

Slide Show View

A view that allows the user to preview a presentation on the screen as it will appear to the audience.

Slide Navigation Pane

Allows you to view and work with the slides in your presentation.

Guides

Nonprinting vertical and horizontal lines that you can move or copy to align objects on a slide.

Standard Colors

Ten primary and secondary colors/ a range of colors that can be displayed on screen on in print.

Export

To save a copy of the current open document, database, image or video into a file format required by a different application.

Placeholder

a character, word, or string of characters that may be used to take up space until such a time that the space is needed.

Presentation Software

a computer software package used to show information, normally in the form of a slide show.

Template

a file that serves as a starting point for a new document.

Compatibility mode

allows it to run programs written for a different system.

Slide Sorter View

allows the user to see all the slides in a presentation at one time.

Reset command

clears any pending errors or events and brings a system to normal condition or an initial state, usually in a controlled manner.

Gridlines

light gray lines that divide each of the cells, rows, and columns in a spreadsheet.

Ruler

measurement tool found with some software programs that allow the program's user to align graphics, text, tables, or other elements on a page.

Slide Layout

to design and placement of different elements on a slide.

Theme

used to customize the look and feel of a piece of computer software or of an operating system.