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| An interactive button that you click in Slide Show view to perform an activity, such as advancing to the next slide. | Action Button |
| The currently available document, program, or object; on the taskbar, the button of the active document appears in a darker shade while the buttons of the other open documents are dimmed. | Active |
| A selected cell in an Excel worksheet. | Active Cell |
| A small yellow diamond that changes the appearance of an object's most prominent feature. | Adjustment Handle |
| To place objects' edges or centers on the same plane. | Align |
| The illusion of making a static object appear to move. Some graphics such as an animated .gif file has motion when you run the slide show. | Animation |
| Identifies the order an object is animated on a slide during a slide show. | Animation Tag |
| A freehand drawing on the screen made by using the Annotation tool. You can annotate only in Slide Show view. | Annotate |
| Text in a worksheet that identifies data. | Axis Label |
| The area behind the text and graphics on a slide. | Background |
| An object placed on the slide master. | Bachground graphic |
| Software feature that enables documents saved in an older version of a program to be opened in a newer version of the program. | Backward-compatible |
| The file extension for the bitmap graphics file format. | bmp |
| A small graphic symbol, usually a round or square dot, often used to identify items in a list. | Bullet |
| The horizontal axis in a chart. | Category Axis |
| The intersection of a column and row in a worksheet, datasheet, or table. | Cell |
| A graphical representation of numerical data from a worksheet. Types include 2-D and 3-D column, bar, pie, area, and line charts. | Chart |
| Predesigned graphic images you can insert in any document or presentation to enhance its appearance. | Clip Art |
| A library of art, pictures, sounds, video clips, and animations that all Office application share. | Clip Organizer |
| Temporary storage area in Windows. | Clipboard |
| The gray box containing the column letter at the top of the column in a worksheet. | Column Heading |
| A note you attach to a slide. | Comment |
| The capability of different programs to work together and exchange data. | Compatible |
| Finds potential compatibility issues between PowerPoint 2007 presentation and earlier versions of PowerPoint. | Compatibility Checker |
| A placeholder that is used to enter text or objects such as clip art, charts, or pictures. | Content Placeholder |
| Tab on the Ribbon that appears when needed to complete a specific task; for example, if you select a chart on a PowerPoint slide, three contextal Chart Tool tabs (Design, Layout, and Format) appear. | Contextual Tab |
| To hide part of an object, such as clip art using the Cropping tool or to delete a part of a picture. | Crop |
| A column or row in a datasheet. | Data Series |
| A graphical representation of a data series, such as a bar or column. | Data Series Marker |
| The file an object is embedded into, such as a information to carry out a command. | Dialog Box |
| An icon available in many groups on the Ribbon that you can click to open a dialog box or task pane, offering an alternative way to choose commands. | Dialog Box Launcher |
| A way to authenticate a presentation file using computer crytography. A digital signature is not visible in a presentation. | Digital Signature |
| To evenly divide the space horizontally or vertically between objects relative to each other or the slide edges. | Distributre |
| A PowerPoint feature that examines a presentation for hidden data or personal information. | Document Inspector |
| Workspace in the program window that displays the current presentation or document. | Document Window |
| An object that is created in one application and inserted into another. Embedded objects remain connected to the original program file in which they were created for easy editing. | Embedded Object |
| Identify potential error amounts relative to each data marker in a data series. | Error Bars |
| A Formatting change that differs from the slide master. | Exception |
| The presentation you create using PowerPoint. An electronic collection of stored data that has a unique name, distinguishing it from other files. | File |
| A file type, such as .pptx, .bmp, .jpg, or .gif. | File Format |
| A specific file format that locks the file from future change. | Fixed Layout Format |
| A subdivision of a disk that works like a filing system to help you organize files. | Folder |
| The file extension for the graphichs interchange format. | gif |
| To combine multiple objects into one object on a slide. | Group |
| A set of like commands on each tab of the Ribbon. | Group (Ribbon) |
| The master view for printing handouts. | Handout Master |
| The first line of a paragraph begins to the left of all subsequent lines text. | Hanging Indent |
| An object or link (a filename, word, phrase, or graphic) that, when clicked, "jumps to" another location in the current file or opens another PowerPoint presentation, a Word, Excel, or Access file, or an address on the World Wide Web. | Hyperlink |
| The file extension for the JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) File Interchange Format. | jpg |
| Text levels in the master text placeholder. Each level is indented a certain amount from the left margin, and you control their placement by dragging indent markers on the ruler. | Indent Levels |
| Small markers (two triangles and one square) on the horizontal ruler that indicate the indent settings for the selected text. | Indent Markers |
| A blinking vertical line that indicates where the next character will appear when text is entered in a text placeholder in PowerPoint. | Insertion Point |
| To incorporate a document and parts of a document created in one program into another program; for example, to incorporate an Excel chart into a PowerPoint slide, or an Access table in a Word document. | Integrate |
| The look and feel of a program; for example, the appearance of commands and the way they are organized in the program window. | Interface |
| A freestanding computer used to display information, usually in a public area. | Kiosk |
| To open or start a program on your computer. | Launch |
| The spacing between lines of text in a text object within the same paragraph. | Leading |
| Names in the top row of a worksheet that provides information about data. | Legend |
| A connection between a source file and a destination file, which when the source file is updated, the destination file can also be updated. | Link |
| A feature that lets you point to a choice in a gallery or palette and see the reults in the document or on the slide before you apply the change. | Live Preview |
| An action or a set of actions that you use to automate tasks | Macro |
| Identify major units on a chart axis and are identified by tick marks. | Major Gridlines |
| The distance between the edge of the text and the edge of the text box. | Margin |
| One of three views that stores information about the presentation theme, fonts placeholders, and other background objects. | Masters |
| A specific view in a presentation that stores information about font styles, text placeholders, and color scheme. | Master View |
| Another name for document properties that includes the author name, the document subject, the document title, and other personal information. | Metadata |
| A program that creates a chart to graphically depict numerical information when you don't have access to Microsoft Excel. | Microsoft Graph |
| A small toolbar that appears next to selected text. | Mini Toolbar |
| Identify minor units on a chart axis. | Minor Gridlines |
| Live action captured in digital format by a movie camera. | Movie |
| A presentation view that divides the presentation window into three sections: Slides or Outline tab, Slide pane, and Notes pane. | Normal View |
| The master view for Notes Page view. | Notes Master |
| A presentation view that displays a reduced image of the current slide above a large text box where you can type notes. | Notes Page View |
| The area in Normal view that shows speaker notes or the current slide; also in Notes Page view, the area below the slide image that contains speaker notes. | Notes Pane |
| An item you place or draw on a slide that can be modified. | Object |
| The ability to incorporate feedback or share information across the Internet or a company network or intranet. | Online Collaboration |
| A diagram of connect boxes that shows reporting structure in a company or organization. | Organization Chart |
| The section in Normal view that displays your presentation text in the form of an outline, without graphics. | Outline Tab |
| A section of the PowerPoint window, such as the Slide or Notes pane. | Pane |
| The space before and after paragraph text. | Paragraph Spacing |
| A type of presentation that displays photographs. | Photo Album |
| A digital photograph, piece of line art, or clip art that is created in another slide show on any compatible computer that does not have PowerPoint installed. | Picture |
| A window that contains the running PowerPoint application. The PowerPoint window includes the Ribbon, the panes, and Presentation window. | PowerPoint Window |
| Single tab on the Ribbon specific to a particuluar view, such as Print Preview. | Program Tab |
| A software program used to organize and present information. | Presentation Software |
| A special view that permits you to run a presentation through two monitors. | Presenter View |
| Prior to printing, to see onscreen exactly how the printed presentation will look. | Preview |
| To save a version of presentation in HTML format. You can save the HTML files to a disk or save them directly to an intranet or Web server. | Publish |
| A small customizable toolbar at the top of the PowerPoint window that contains buttons for commonly used Office commands such as Save and Undo. | Quick Access Toolbar |
| Determines how fonts, colors, and effects of the theme are combined and which color, font, and effect is dominant. | Quick Style |
| A file that can't be edited or modified. | Read-only |
| A wide (toolbar-like) band that runs across the PowerPoint window that organizes primary commands into tabs and groups. | Ribbon |
| The gray box containing the row number to the left of the row in a worksheet. | Row Heading |
| To change the size of a graphic to a specific percentage of its original size. | Scale |
| A snapshot of your screen, as if you took a picture of it with a camera, which you can paste into a document or presentation. | Screen Capture |
| To use the scroll bars or arrow keys to display different parts of a PowerPoint window. | Scroll |
| A dashed board that appears around a text object or placeholder, indicating that it is ready to accept text. | Selection Box |
| The information in the column of a worksheet that are on the Value axis; the row labels are on the Category axis. | Series In Columns |
| The information in the rows of a worksheet that are on the Value axis; the column labels are on the Category axis. | Series In Rows |
| The small circles and squares that appear around a selected object. | Sizing Handles |
| This determines how all of the elements on a slide are arranged, including text and content placeholders. | Slide Layout |
| A folder where you store presentation slides for others to access, modify, or use. | Slide Library |
| The section of Normal view that contains the current slide. | Slide Pane |
| A view that shows a presentation as an electronic slide show; each slide fills the screen. | Slide Show View |
| A view that displays a thumbnail of all slides in the order in which they appear in your presentation; used to rearrange slides and slide transitions. | Slide Sorter View |
| The section in Normal View that displays the slides of your presentation as small thumbnails. | Slides Tab |
| The amount of time a slide is visible on the screen during a slide show. | Slide Timing |
| The special effect that moves one slide off the screen and the next slide on the screen during a slide show. | Slide Transistion |
| A professional quality graphic diagram that visually illustrates text. | SmartArt |
| A pre-set combination of formatting options that follows the design theme that you can apply to a SmartArt graphic. | SmartArt Style |
| A small text pane attached to a SmartArt graphic where you can enter and edit text. | SmartArt Text Pane |
| The program in which a file was created. | Source Program |
| Where an object you create with the source program is saved. | Source File |
| The bar at the bottom of the PowerPoint window that contains messages about what you are doing and seeing in PowerPoint, such as the current slide number or the current theme. | Status Bar |
| A box on the title slide reserved for subpoint text. | Subtitle Text Placeholder |
| A group of programs that are bundled together and share a similar interface, making it easy to transfer skills and program content among them. | Suite |
| A set of commands on the Ribbon related to a common set of tasks or features. | Tab |
| Cycles through the tab alignment options. | Tab Selector |
| A separate pane that contains sets of menus, lists, options, and hyperlinks such as the Custom Animation task pane that are used to customize objects. | Task Pane |
| A type of presentation that contains custom design information made to the slide master, slide laoyouts, and theme. | Template |
| A text box you create using the Text Box button, where the text does not automatically wrap inside the box. | Text Label |
| A box with a dotted border and text that you replace with your own text. | Text Placeholder |
| Predesigned combinations of colors, fonts, effects, and formatting attributes you can apply to a presentation or any document in any Office program. | Theme |
| The set of 12 coordinated colors that make up a PowerPoint presentation; a color scheme assigns colors for text, lines, fills, accents, hyperlinks, and background. | Theme Colors |
| A small image of a slide. | Thumbnail |
| A small line of measurement that intersects an axis and identifies the categories, values or series of a chart. | Tick Mark |
| The first line or heading on a slide. | Title |
| Area at the top of every program window that displays the document and program name. | Title Bar |
| A box on a slide reserved for the title of a presentation or slide. | Title Placeholder |
| The first slide in a presentation. | Title Slide |
| A graphical representation of an upward or downward trend. | Trendline |
| A collective term for all the ways you interact with a software program. | User Interface |
| The vertical axis in a chart. | Value Axis |
| A way of displaying a presentation, such as Normal view, Notes Page view, Slide Sorter view, and Slide Show view. | View |
| The buttons at the bottom of the PowerPoint window that you click to switch among views. | View Shortcuts |
| A computer that hosts Web pages. | Web Server |
| A rectangular area of the screen where you view and work on the open file. | Window |
| A text box you create using the Text Box button, where the text automatically wraps inside the box. | Word Processing Box |
| A set of decorative styles or text effects that is applied to text. | WordArt |
| The document in Excel that stores data in cells. Used to create a chart in PowerPoint. | Worksheet |
| A feature that allows you to change the zoom percentage of a slide. | Zoom Slider |
| A feature that makes a document appear bigger but shows less of it on screen at once; does not affect document size. | Zooming In |
| A feature that shows more of a document on screen at once but at a reduced size; does not affect actual document size. | Zooming Out |
| A green circular handle at the top of a selected object that you can drag to rotate the selected object. | Rotate Handle |
| A special application designed to run a PowerPoint slide show on any compatible computer that does not have PowerPoint installed | PowerPoint Viewer |
