Align objects

To line up objects like images, tables, and charts with respect to each other - left edges, right edges, centered over each other, top edges, bottom edges, centered horizontally.

Animation

An effect applied to part of a slide controlling the entrance, emphasis, or exit of that part.

Bitmap image

An image which defines the color of each pixel in the image

Clip art

[image]

Images which can be inserted into document, usually drawings in vector format.

Color scheme

A set of colors and fills for the parts of a slide

Custom animation

Animation that you have chosen and modified for selected slide parts

Default

What happens unless you have changed the setting or make a specific choice

Demote

To change the outline level of text in an outline hierarchy

Docked toolbar

A toolbar that is fixed to an edge of a window

Drawing Bar

A toolbar, usually docked to the bottom edge of the window, which has tools for creating, formatting, and managing drawing objects.

Effect

A transition or animation for slides

Emphasis

A change in a slide part that draws attention to it after it is revealed. Examples: change of color, change of size, blinking, spinning

Entrance

How a slide part is revealed

Exit

How a slide part leaves the screen

File extension

The part of a file's name that follows the dot, like mypresentation.ppt or myimage.gif

File name

The name you see in an Explorer window for the file, such as worldtraveloffer.ppt

File type

Floating toolbar

A toolbar that is not attached to an edge of a window. It can be moved by dragging.

Footer

An area at the bottom of a slide or printed page, above the margin, that will be repeated on each slide or page. You often find the page or slide number, the creation date, and copyright info in a footer.

Format

To set a characteristic of the appearance of text or an object, such as its font, its size,or its background.

Header

An area at the top of a slide or printed page, below the margin, that is repeated on each slide or printed page. You might see the company name, logo, address, or decorative art in the header.

Hyperlink

A file which is included by linking to another file in a way that allows it to be displayed in the newly created file.

Menu bar

The Menu bar contains commands or menus of commands for the program.

Merge cells

To combine two or more cells into a single cell

Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer

Software that allows a computer without PowerPoint to show a PowerPoint slide show.

Navigation pane

At the left of the Normal view in PowerPoint, the Navigation Pane has two tabs: Outline and Slides.

pane

A section of the program window. PowerPoint in Normal view has 3 panes: Navigation which shows either the outline or thumbnails of the slides, Slide, and Notes

Notes page

A view which shows a slide and its notes on a single page for printing

Notes Pane

A small pane at the bottom of the Normal view in which you can write notes to yourself or to be printed on handouts.

Slide layout

The arrangement of placeholders on the slide

Page Setup dialog

The PowerPoint Page Setup dialog offers fewer choices than in many other programs. You can choose the orientation of slides and print-outs but not the page margins. The Slides sized for: box has several choices, which affect the proportions of your slides.

Play button

A button which causes the Slide Pane to run the animations and transitions of the displayed slide

.ppt

File extension for PowerPoint presentations.

.doc

File extension for Word documents.

.pdf

File extension for permanent document files.

.xls

File extension for Excel spreadsheets

.mdb

File extension for Microsoft Access database

.wav

File extension for audio files

.aup

File extension for Audacity audio files prior to exporting as a .wav or .mp3

Presentation

A set of slides for use on-screen or in printed handouts, primarily to accompany a speaker

Print dialog

A dialog for controlling how your presentation prints

Print Preview

View of a presentation that show what will print

Print Preview Bar

Toolbar at the top of the Print Preview window. Contains commands and buttons for controlling what is printed and how it is printed

Rehearse timings

To step through a slide show and record the number of seconds between changes

Slide

in computing: one of a set of images to be shown on a monitor or projected onto a screen

Slide layout

The arrangement of placeholders on the slide

]Slide show

Displays the slides on the monitor as they will be shown on a screen

Standard Bar

A toolbar which has buttons and commands for the most commonly used actions, like Open, Save, Print, Preview, Spell Check, Undo and Redo

Status Bar

A bar at the bottom of the window which has areas that tell you of the current status of the program. In PowerPoint you will see a Message Area, Design Template area, Language area, and Status area for icons about spell check and printing

Task Pane

A feature since Microsoft Office 2002, which appears at the right of the window and offers choices for doing a task, such as creating a new document or inserting clipart, etc

Template

A file that already has a set of formatting choices along with temporary text that guides you in what to say

Thumbnail

A small image of a larger image or document

Timings

The set of time intervals between changes in a presentation

Title Bar

Bar at the top of the window that contains the title of the current document, the name of the program, and the window control buttons - Minimize, Maximize, Close.

Transition

An effect that controls how the next slide comes into view

View

A combination of window parts that work well together for a task

View: Masters

The Masters view shows the Title and Slide masters for a presentation. You set the default placeholders and formatting for a presentation on the masters

View: Normal

The Normal view includes the Slide pane, Navigation pane, and Notes pane

View: Notes

The Notes View shows the slides, one per page, with their notes below

View: Print Preview

The Print Preview view shows how the slides will print. There are several layouts to choose from

View: Slide Show

The Slide Show opens the presentation full screen so you can see how your audience will see the slides.

View: Slide Sorter

In Slide Sorter view you see rows of thumbnails of all the slides. You can drag the slides to new locations or delete them

In Slide Sorter view you see rows of thumbnails of all the slides. You can drag the slides to new locations or delete them

A bar at the bottom of the Navigation Pane. The buttons switch you to a different view. The Views Bar buttons vary depending on your version of PowerPoint