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PowerPoint 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aspect ratio | The ratio of an object’s height to its width. |
| AutoCorrect | A PowerPoint feature that automatically corrects many commonly mistyped and misspelled words after you press the spacebar or the Enter key. |
| AutoFit | A feature that automatically adjusts the size of the font and line spacing in a text box to fit the content. |
| Backstage view | The view that appears when you click the File tab on the ribbon, and contains the commands that allow you to manage your presentation files and PowerPoint options. |
| Bulleted list | A list of items with some type of bullet symbol in front of each item or paragraph. |
| Clipboard | A temporary storage area available to all Windows programs on which text or objects are stored when you cut or copy them. |
| Content placeholder | A placeholder designed to hold several types of slide content including text, a table, a chart, SmartArt, a picture, or a video. |
| Contextual tab | A ribbon tab that appears only in context—that is, when a particular type of object is selected or active—and contains commands for working with that object. |
| Copy | To leave the original selected text or object on the slide and place a copy of it on the Clipboard. |
| Crop | To remove the parts of a photo you don't want to include. |
| Cut | To remove the selected text or objects from one location so that you can place it somewhere else. |
| First-level item | A main item in a list. |
| Font | A set of characters with the same design. |
| Group | A collection of related buttons for related commands organized on a ribbon tab. |
| Insertion point | An object on the screen that indicates where text will appear when you start typing, usually appears as a blinking line. |
| Layout | The arrangement of placeholders on the slide; in SmartArt, the arrangement of the shapes in the diagram. |
| Live Preview | A feature which previews the change on the slide so you can instantly see what the text will look like if you apply that format. |
| Mini toolbar | A toolbar that appears when you first select text, and contains commonly used buttons for formatting text. |
| More button | A button that appears on all galleries that contain additional items or commands that don’t fit in the group on the ribbon. |
| Navigation bar | The bar on the left side of Backstage view that contains commands for working with the file and program options. |
| Normal view | A view in PowerPoint that displays slides one at a time in the Slide pane, allowing you to see how the text and graphics look on each slide, and displays thumbnails of all the slides in the presentation in the Slides tab on the left. |
| Notes pane | A pane you can display below the Slide pane in Normal view in which in image of the slide appears in the top half of the presentation window and the notes for that slide appear in the bottom half. |
| Numbered list | A list similar to a bulleted list except that numbers appear in front of each item instead of bullet symbols. |
| Paste | To insert copied or cut text or objects stored on the Clipboard anywhere in the presentation or in any file in any Windows program. |
| Placeholder | A region of a slide reserved for inserting text or graphics. |
| Points | A unit of measurement for indicating the size of text. |
| Presenter view | A view in PowerPoint that allows you to view your slides with speaker notes on one monitor, while the audience sees only the slides in ordinary Slide Show view on another monitor or screen. |
| Quick Access Toolbar | Toolbar that contains buttons for frequently used commands. |
| Ribbon | The main set of commands, located at the top of the PowerPoint window, organized into tabs and groups that you click to execute commands you need to work with PowerPoint. |
| ScreenTip | Appears when you rest the mouse pointer on a button, and identifies the name of the button; sometimes it also displays a key combination you can press instead of clicking the button and information about how to use the button. |
| Second-level item | An item beneath and indented from a first-level item; sometimes called a subitem. |
| Sizing handles | The small squares that appear in the corners and in the middle of the sides of a border of a selected object. |
| Slide pane | Displays the current slide as it will appear during your slide show. |
| Slide Sorter view | A view in which all the slides in the presentation are displayed as thumbnails in the window; the Slides tab does not appear. |
| Slide | A page in a presentation. |
| Slides tab | A column of numbered slide thumbnails providing a visual representation of several slides at once on the left side of the PowerPoint window. |
| SmartArt | A feature that allows you to easily create a diagram on a slide. |
| Smart Guides | Dashed red lines that appear as you drag a selected object, indicating the center and the top and bottom borders of the objects. Smart guides can help you position objects so they are aligned and spaced evenly. |
| Speaker Notes | Information you add about slide content to help you remember to bring up specific points during the presentation; also called notes. |
| Status Bar | An area at the bottom of the PowerPoint window that provides information about the file and contains commands for viewing the presentation in different ways and for zooming in on the view. |
| Subitem | An item beneath and indented from a first-level item; also called a second-level item. |
| Tab | The part of the ribbon that includes commands related to specific activities or tasks. |
| Task pane | A pane that opens to the right or left of the Slide pane and contains commands and options related to the task you are doing. |
| Template | A special type of presentation file that has a theme applied and contains text, graphics, and placeholders to help direct you in creating content for a presentation. |
| Text Placeholder | A placeholder designed to contain text, and usually display text that describes the purpose of the placeholder |
| Thumbnails | Miniature images of all the slides in the presentation that appear in the Slides tab on the left side of the PowerPoint window when in Normal view. |
| Title Slide | The first slide in a presentation and generally contains the title of the presentation plus any other identifying information you want to include, such as a company’s slogan, the presenter’s name, or a company name. |
| Unnumbered List | A list that does not have bullets or numbers preceding each item. Unnumbered lists are useful in slides when you want to present information on multiple lines without actually itemizing the information. |
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