Assignment#: 2 – Finals

Name: Campillanos, Joel L. Student#1144-19 Date: 01/07/2021 Class# Online Class

Parts of MS Powerpoint

Title Bar Displays the name of the application and the file currently in use.

The Ribbon Displays the numerous functions and tools available to work with your presentation.

Quick Access Enables you to customise the toolbar to contain the commands you use most
Toolbar frequently.

File tab Provides access to basic commands such as New, Open, Save, Print and Share plus
(Backstage access to customise the application.
View)

Slides pane Displays a thumbnail version of each slide within the presentation.

Slide The area which will be displayed as full screen when viewed in Slide Show mode.

Status Bar Provides information relating to features such as slide number, spell check and
shortcuts to Notes, Comments, various different views and zoom functions.

Placeholder Displayed as dotted lines which allows you to identify where you can add text, and
insert elements such as images or tables.
 MS Powerpoint Terminologies

Action A button or text block programmed to perform a spe- cific action, such as jumping to a slide or
starting a program.

Action button A graphic that serves as a hyperlink to jump to a location or perform an action.

After Previous An animation sequencing setting that causes the animation to trigger after the previous
event has finished. Compare to With Previous.

Animation An effect you apply to placeholders or other con- tent to move the content in unique ways
on the slide.

Animation Painter A feature that copies animation settings from one object to another.

Animation Pane A pane that enables you to manage all the animation effects on the active slide.

Annotate To write or draw on a slide during a presentation.

Aspect ratio The relationship of width to height in a picture or shape.

Audio A sound or music clip.

Backstage view The view that opens when you click the File tab, containing commands for managing
files, setting program options, and printing.

Bulleted list Groups of items or phrases that present related ideas.

Cell In a table or spreadsheet, the text area at the intersection of a row or column.

Chart A visual representation of numerical data.

Chart area The entire area inside the chart container that holds background as well as plotted data.

Clip art Predrawn artwork in a wide variety of styles. Office clip art files can include drawn graphics,
photographs, sounds, and animated graphics.

Command A button, list, or other clickable option on the Rib- bon.

Comment A note you insert on a slide while reviewing.

Constrain To force a drawing object into a particular shape or alignment.

Contiguous Adjacent to one another. For example, slides 1 and 2 are contiguous.

Crop To remove a portion of a picture or shape that is not needed. The cropped portion is hidden until
you compress the picture.

Current slide The slide that is currently being edited.

Custom show A group of slides in a presentation that can be shown separately from the entire
presentation.

Data marker A single column, pie slice, or point from a data series.
Data series All the data points for a particular category of plot- ted information.

Delay An animation setting that specifies how long the effect should pause before it begins.

Dialog box A box that prompts the user for additional infor- mation when executing a command.

Dialog box launcher In some command groups on the Rib- bon, a small icon that opens a dialog box
related to that group.

Drop-down arrow A small, downward-pointing arrow next to some tools on the Ribbon.

Drop-down list A list that appears once a drop-down arrow is clicked, allowing you to choose from
available options.

Duration An animation setting that determines how long an animation effect should take to execute.

Embedded Data that has been placed in a destination applica- tion so that it can be edited with the tools
of its original source applications.

Emphasis effect An animation effect that causes an object to move, change color, or otherwise call
attention to itself when it is neither entering nor exiting the slide.

Encrypting The process of transforming data into a nonreadable form for security purposes.

Entrance effect An animation effect that occurs when an object is entering the slide.

Exit effect An animation effect that occurs when an object is exiting the slide.

File tab The tab on the Ribbon that opens Backstage view.

Font theme A combination of two fonts to be applied to head- ings and text as part of a theme.

Fonts Typefaces that are used to display characters, numbers, and symbols in your PowerPoint
presentations.

Footer Information such as a date, slide number, or text phrase that appears at the bottom of each slide
in a presentation.

Format Painter A tool to copy character and paragraph formatting.

Gridlines A grid of horizontal and vertical lines that can be used as guides when positioning objects on a
slide.

Group A set of related tools on the Ribbon.

Guides Nonprinting vertical and horizontal lines that you can move or copy to align objects on a slide.

Header Information such as a date, slide number, or text phrase that appears at the top of each page of
a presentation’s handouts or notes.

Hyperlink An address that refers to another location, such as a website, a different slide, or an external
file.
I-beam pointer The mouse pointer when over a text box or editable text area, appearing as a curly
capital I. If you click when the I-beam pointer is displayed, the insertion point moves to that spot.

Indent level The distance of a paragraph of text from the place- holder’s left border.

Ink The annotations created with the pen and highlighter tools during a slide show.

KeyTip A letter or number that appears next to an onscreen tool when the Alt key is pressed; keying that
letter or number activates the associated tool.

Keyword A word or phrase that describes a subject or category on which you can search.

Landscape orientation A page orientation that is wider than it is tall.

Lassoing To drag an imaginary box around a group of objects to select them.

Layout A predefined arrangement of placeholders for text or objects (such as charts or pictures).

Layout master The slide master for a particular slide layout.

Legend The key to a chart that explains what each data series represents.

Line spacing The amount of vertical space between paragraphs.

Linked Data that has been placed in a destination application so that it maintains a link with its source
file; changes to the source file are also made in the linked object.

Mark as Final A setting that prevents changes from being made to a presentation unless the user
chooses to acknowledge the warning and edit it anyway; does not provide security.

Markup The changes identified between two versions of a presentation when using Compare.

Mini toolbar A small toolbar that appears when the mouse pointer is placed on a selected text object;
provides commands for working with the text.

Motion path An animation effect that moves an object along a specified path.

Normal view PowerPoint’s default view, suited for editing individual slides; includes the Slide pane,
Notes pane, and Slides/ Outline pane.

Note Additional information associated with a slide.

Notes Page view A view that displays a single slide and its as- sociated notes.

Numbered list A group of steps, procedures, or actions that are listed in numerical order.

On Click A trigger for an animation or transition that occurs when the mouse is clicked.

OpenDocument A file format that most word processing programs support, including the free
OpenOffice suite.

Order The way in which objects stack up on a slide as you cre- ate them.

Organization chart A diagram that shows the relationships between personnel or departments in an
organization.
Orientation The direction that material appears on a page when printed. See portrait and landscape.

Password A word or phrase that a user must type for access to an encrypted file.

Pattern A repeating pattern of lines in a certain color (the fore- ground color) on a background of
another color (the background color).

Picture presentation A presentation that consists of a series of full-screen graphics of slide content,
placed on blank slide backgrounds.

Placeholder On a slide, a box that holds a specific type of content, such as text.

Platform-independent Able to be used on a variety of operat- ing systems.

Plot area The area in the chart container that shows the data series compared to the chart’s gridlines.

Portrait orientation A page orientation that is taller than it is wide.

PowerPoint show A presentation that opens by default in Slide Show view.

Presentation tools The tools and commands that are active during Slide Show view.

Presenter view A viewing mode that allows the presenter to see notes on one screen while the audience
views slides on another screen.

Quick Access Toolbar Toolbar at the upper-left corner of the PowerPoint window that provides easy
access to tools you use frequently, such as Save and Undo.

Quick Style Built-in formatting for text, graphics, SmartArt diagrams, charts, WordArt, pictures, tables,
and shapes.

Reset To restore a picture or other formatted object to its default settings.

Ribbon A strip of icons that appears across the top of the PowerPoint window; divided into tabs, each of
which contains groups of related tools.

Rich Text Format (RTF) A text file format that most word processing programs can open and save as.

Rulers Horizontal and vertical measures that help you position objects on a slide.

Scaling Specifying a percentage of the original dimensions to enlarge or reduce a picture or shape.

ScreenTip A pop-up box that gives a command’s name when you point at its button on the Ribbon.

Section A grouping of contiguous slides.

Shortcut menu A menu that appears when you right-click an area or object.

Slide master A slide that stores information about the formats applied in a presentation, such as theme,
fonts, layouts, and colors.

Slide Show view A view that allows the user to preview a pre- sentation on the screen as it will appear to
the audience.
Slide Sorter view A view that displays all of a presentation’s slides in a single window; suited for
reorganizing slides.

SmartArt diagram A visual representation of information.

Tab A labeled section of the ribbon; contains a group of related tools.

Table An arrangement of columns and rows used to organize information.

Template A predesigned presentation.

Text box A container that holds text on a slide.

Text pane The fly-out pane that allows you to key information for a SmartArt diagram.

Texture A graphic that repeats to fill an image, creating the appearance that the surface is a certain
material, such as marble, wood, or paper.

Theme A scheme of complementing colors.

Thumbnail A small picture of a slide.

Timings The amount of time assigned to each slide before it automatically advances to the next.

Transition The movement from one slide to the next.

Video A movie, animated graphic, or motion video clip.

Views The ways in which presentation content can be displayed onscreen, such as Normal view, Slide
Sorter view, or Slide Show view.

With Previous An animation setting that causes the animation to begin executing simultaneously with
the previous animation or event.

WordArt A feature used to turn text into a formatted graphic.

Worksheet An Excel document used to organize numerical data that can then be analyzed or otherwise
manipulated.

Zoom The amount of magnification used to show content onscreen; the higher the zoom, the larger the
content.

References:

http://landofhoz.com/For%20Students/MS%20IT%20Academy/PowerPoint%202010/BMGlossary.pdf

https://www.thetraininglady.com/powerpoint-window/

Prof. Joenard Pedro