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PowerPoint Basic Terms

This activity uses the basic terms associated with PowerPoint including screen elements, toolbars, and definitions.

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PresentationA set of slides or handouts that contain information you want to convey to an audience
slide layoutLayout refers to the way things are arranged on a slide. A layout contains placeholders
PlaceholderAn empty box that contains preset text formats to make entering text or other objects easier.
clip artPredrawn artwork that you can insert into your files
design templatea PowerPoint template that already has a design concept, fonts, and color scheme
formatting toolbarallows you many text formatting options
Standard toolbarProvides shortcuts to open a file; save a file; print a
Outline paneThe outline format helps you edit your presentation's content and move bullet points or slides around
Slide PaneThe main window to enter information and arrange objects for the presentation.
View ButtonsDifferent ways to view the presentation as you work on it: slide, outline, slide sorter, and normal
Task paneA window that contains commonly used commands
Current slide paneThe active slide you are working on that is visible in the main PowerPoint window
Notes paneAllows you to add Notes that are not part of the slideshow
FontA font is a set of printable or displayable text characters in a specific style and size
Font sizeThe height of an uppercase letter in a font set
boldA formatting feature that makes the text appear darker and larger.
ItalicizeText slanted to the right
UnderlineText with a line beneath
AlignmentSpecifies left, center, or right alignment
orderered listArranges text in numbered lists
unordered listArranges text in bulleted lists
font colorSelect a color for the font
Design buttonOpens the Slide Design task pane
New Slide buttonInserts a new slide and opens the Slide Layout task pane
layout buttonOpens the Slide Layout task pane
text indentationIncreases or decreases paragraph spacing
Slide layout"Layout" refers to the way things are arranged on a slide. A layout contains placeholders, which in turn hold text such as titles and bulleted lists and slide content such as tables, charts, pictures, shapes, and clip art.
templatea preformatted slide design that contains colors and graphics to make your presentation consistent and attractive

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