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Layouts | Determine how content is positioned on a slide. |
Placeholder | Boxes with dotted (hash-marked) borders that are displayed when a new slide is created. |
Normal View | Default view in PowerPoint. Consists of 3 working areas- the Tabs pane, Slides pane, and Notes pane. |
Slides Tab | Tab pane on the left side of the screen that displays a thumbnail view of the slides. |
Outline Tab | Tab pane on the left side of the screen that displays only text contained in the slides. |
Slide Pane | Shows a large view of the current slide on the right side of the window. |
Notes Pane | Area where notes and additional information can be typed at the bottom of your screen, not visible during the slide show. |
Splitter Bar | Used to adjust the width of the Slide pane when dragged with the height of the Notes pane border. |
Live Preview | Feature that allows you to point to a gallery choice and see its effect in the document window. |
Line Wraps | Text that exceeds the width of the placeholder is dropped to the next line. |
Paragraph | A segment of text with the same format that begins when you press the ENTER key and ends when ENTER is pressed again. |
Level | A position within a structure (e.g. an outline) that indicates the magnitude of importance. PowerPoint allows 5. |
Demoting | Creating a lower level paragraph. |
Promoting | Creating a higher level paragraph. |
Drag and Drop | Allows the order of slides to be changed by clicking on the slide thumbnail and dragging and dropping it in a new location. |
Slide Indicator | Shows the number and title of the slide you are about to display. |
Slide Show View | View used when making a presentation in PowerPoint. |
Pop-up Menu | Shortcut menu that appears when you right-click a slide in Slide Show view. |
Background Styles | 12 designs that may include color, shading, patterns, and textures in PowerPoint. |
Fill Effects | Add pattern and texture to a background creating depth in a slide. |
Format Painter | Allows all formatting changes to be copied from one object to another. |
Shadow | Helps to display letters prominently by adding a shadow behind the text. |
Animation | Special visuals and sound effects applied to text or content in a slide. |
Slide Transition | Special animation effect used to progress from one slide to the next in a slide show. |
Print What List | List in the Page Setup group (or Print dialog box) that contains options for printing slides, handouts, notes, and an outline. |