Power Point Vocabulary

• Presentation- is a formal or informal report, usually given orally, sometimes called a speech or a talk.


• Thumbnails- They are a small sized views of slides.
• Splitter bars- Horizontial or vertical bars that separate the left, slide, and notes panes in normal view.
• Title Slide- The first slide in the presentation.
• Title- Main Topic of any slide
• Placeholder- A preset location reserving space for a slide element.
• Title Area- A placeholder for the slide's title.
• Text Area- A placeholder for a subtitle or a numbered or bulleted list.
• Object Area- is reserved for objects.
• Rich Text Format- A file format with the extension .rtf that enables text to be transferred and read by different applications.
• AutoContent Wizard- A tool to help you create a presentation easily with preprogrammed text/layouts/designs
• Boilerplate text- your slides can be automatically prepared for you which is standard text that is appropriate for that type of presentation.