PowerPoint Vocabulary

Shows buttons to perform frequently used commands with a single click.

Allows you to alter (change) an object by hiding, deleting or cutting parts of it.

A booth with a computer/monitor/touch screen-used for slide shows-located in public places

A cool way to represent your information-organization charts, flow charts, Venn diagrams etc.

Dotted lines that form a grid of squares on the slide to help you size and align objects

The method of playing a sound or audio repeatedly from start to finish until you make it stop

The horizontal space at the top of the window where all of your tabs and menus are.

The length of time something lasts

An animation effect that happens when a presentation moves from one slide to the next slide

A feature that allows you to copy formatting from one part of a slideshow to another

Information at the bottom of a slide that is repeated on every slide like a page number

Shows what changes in formatting would look like as you move the pointer over the choices

A range of gray shades from white to black, as used in a single color display or printout.

Where you manage your slideshow’s data and information— create, save, and send documents

A list of information with a circle or dot next to each short phrase or sentence

A file format with an electronic image of text and graphics that is viewed, printed or emailed.

Information located in the top of a slide that is repeated on each page such as page numbers.

Effects that allow you to show the things (objects) on a slide one by one

PowerPoint automatically checks spelling and indicates any misspelled words

Shows a smaller image of all the slides in a grid-like way, in order to arrange them