Wednesday, January 9, 2008

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.

Marketing NARCE

I learned that there are many different ways to view your slides. Also I learned that you could adjust the size of the slides. I didn't know how to use the page up and page down buttons to get to the previous or following pages. I remembered that you could use the outline tab on the side to view your presentation as an outline.