PowerPoint Glossary
Active Tab- The tab currently displayed
Animation – Special visual and sound effects applied to text of content
Clip - Single media file
Clip Art Task Pane – Allows you to search for clips
Clip Collections – Combine topic-related clips into categories
Color- Defines the hues of the characters
Contextual Tabs- Tabs displayed when you perform certain tasks
Scroll Arrow- Tabs displayed when you perform certain tasks
Keywords- Words or phrases that further describe the document
Custom Layout- If none of the standard layouts meet your needs, create a Custom Layout
Demoting- Creating a lower-level paragraph
Enhanced Screen Tip- On-screen note that is more detailed than a typical ScreenTip
Fades and Dissolves - Blend on side seamlessly into the next slide
File- A saved presentation
Office Button – Central location for managing and sharing documents
Fill Effects - Add pattern and texture to a background
Font-typeface
Format- Appearance of typed characters
Format Painter – Allows you to cop all formatting to another object
Gallery- Set of choices, often graphical, arranged in a grid or a list
Home tab-Primary tab contains the more frequently used commands
Key Tip Badge- Keyboard code icon
Key tip- To select a command using the keyboard, press this displayed code letter
Layout – Specifies the arrangement of placeholders on the slide
Layout Gallery - Using the Layout Gallery, you can choose a slide layout
Level- Position within a structure that indicates magnitude of importance
Line Spacing- Amount of vertical space between the lines of text
Line wraps- PowerPoint text that exceeds the width of the placeholder
View- Mode in which the presentation appears on the screen
Menu- Contains a list of commands
My Collections – The media files you create are stored here
Normal View- Default view allows you to work in three working areas simultaneously
Office Collections – Contains all the media files included with Microsoft Office
Office Theme- Default document theme
Place Holders- Boxes with dotted borders that are displayed on new slides.
Custom Dictionary- Allows you to add special words such as proper names and cities
Point- 1/72 of an inch in height
Slide-Basic unit of a PowerPoint presentation
Pop-up Menu- Shortcut menu appears when you right-click a slide in Slide Show view
Presentation- Also called a slide show
Push and Cover – Appear to move one slide off the screen
Quick Access Toolbar- Located above the Ribbon; provides access to frequently used
commands
Zooming- Reducing or enlarging the display of a worksheet
Quick Styles – Defined combinations of formatting options
Random – Use a pattern that changes each time you run the presentation
Resizing – Enlarging or reducing the size of a clip are graphic
Ribbon- control center in PowerPoint
Scroll Box- Location of the slide in the document window
Selection Rectangle - A selected graph appears surrounded by a _Selection Rectangle_
Shadow - Helps the letters display prominently by adding a shadow
Shared Collections – Clips reside on a shared network file server
Sizing Handles – Small Indicators are called Sizing Handles or move handles
Slide Indicator-Shows the number and title of the slide you are about to display
Slide Transition - Gently uncover one slide to reveal the next
Stripes and Bars – Use blinds and checkerboard patterns
Style- Indicates how the characters are formatted
Task pane- Window that can remain open and visible while you work on the document
Title Slide- Introduces the presentation to the audience
Size- Specifies the height of the characters
Submenu- List of additional commands associated with the selected command
Vertical Scroll Bar- Use the vertical scroll bar to display different slides in the document
window.
Web Collections – Clips reside on the Microsoft Website
Wipes - Animation effect used to progress from one slide to the next