Thursday, January 24, 2008

kickoff pg 531




the post PowerPoint Vocabulary #2.

  • Color Scheme- The eight colors used in the design of a PowerPoint presentation-colors for background, fonts, hyperlinks, etc. A presentation's color scheme varies depending on the design template used in the presentation.
  • Design Template- A file that contains the preprogrammed formatting available for a PowerPoint presentation, such as colors, background design, fonts, and bullets.
  • Slide Layout- A particular combination of placeholders on a PowerPoint slide, reserving space for text and/or graphical elements.

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PowerPoint Vocabulary

  • Presentation-is a formal or an informal report usually given orally sometimes called a "speech" or a "talk".
  • Thumbnail-A small-size view of a slide in a PowerPoint presentation. Thumbnail appear on the Slides tab, in slide sorter view, and in various task panes.
  • Splitter bar-In PowerPoint, one of the narrow bars that separate the left, slide, and notes panes in normal view.
  • Title slide-The first slide in a PowerPoint presentation that displays the main topic of the presentation.
  • Title- In PowerPoint, the main topic of a presentation or slide; the first line of text on a slide.
  • Placeholder-In word, formatted text within a template file that you can replace with your own text. In PowerPoint, a preset location reserving space for a slide element.

  • Title area- In PowerPoint, a place-holder that reserves space for a slide's title.
  • Text area- In PowerPoint, a placeholder that reserves space for a subtitle or a numbered or bulleted list.
  • Object area- A placeholder on a PowerPoint slide that is reserving space for objects such as tables, charts, or graphic images.
  • Rich Text Format (RTF)- A file format with the extension that enables the text in the file to be transferred and read by different application;most word processing programs can read RTF.
  • AutoContent Wizard- A tool to help PwerPoint users create a presentation easily by using a set of preprogrammed slide layouts, a design template, and boilerplate text.
  • Boilerplate- Standard text that is appropriate for the type of presentation selected when using PowerPoint's AutoContent Wizard.
  • Indent Level- In PowerPoint, a number that indicates the indent and importance of a subtitle in relation to the title.
  • Promote- In PowerPoint, to raise the level of a subtitle so that it has a smaller indent and a larger type size.
  • Demote- In PowerPoint, to lower the level of a subtitle so that it has a larger indent and a smaller type size.
  • Object- In PowerPoint, a nontext element such as a chart, table, clip, or another type of information.
  • Subtitle- In PowerPoint, any text in one or two columns, or a bulleted item in a list, that follows the title and gives more detail about the title.