MS PowerPoint Chapter 4 Vocabulary

Question 1

template

Answer 1

A file with a theme applied and that may contain formatted placeholder text, headers and footers, and graphics that you replace with your own information for hundreds of purposes, including budgets, flyers, and resumes; template files have slightly different file extensions than standard application files, such as .xltx, .pptx., or .dotx.

Question 2

slide master

Answer 2

The template for the slides in a presentation that contains theme elements and styles, text formatting, the slide background, and other objects that appear on all the slides in the presentation.

Question 3

handout master

Answer 3

A template element that designates the placement of text, such as page numbers, on a sheet of paper intended for distribution to audience members.

Question 4

notes master

Answer 4

In PowerPoint, a layout template that defines the formatting for speaker’s notes.

Question 5

office clipboard

Answer 5

A temporary storage area in the computer’s memory that lets you collect text and objects from a file created by a Microsoft Office app, and then paste the text or objects into files created by any Microsoft Office app; can hold a maximum of 24 items

Question 6

synonym

Answer 6

A word similar in meaning to another word.

Question 7

thesaurus

Answer 7

A collection of alternate word choices.

Question 8

variant

Answer 8

In PowerPoint, a slight modification of a theme, usually with different colors for the slide background, objects, and text.

Question 9

fill

Answer 9

The formatting of the interior of a shape or slide background, such as color, picture, texture, or pattern.

Question 10

solid fill

Answer 10

A fill that consists of a solid color.

Question 11

gradient fill

Answer 11

A fill that consists of one color shade gradually progressing to another shade of the same color or one color progressing to another color.

Question 12

picture fill

Answer 12

A fill that consists of picture or image.

Question 13

texture fill

Answer 13

A background fill that uses a specific file or an image that simulates a material, such as cork, granite, marble, or canvas; also called a picture fill.

Question 14

pattern fill

Answer 14

A fill that adds designs, such as dots or dashes, which repeat in rows across the slide.

Question 15

transparency

Answer 15

The opacity of an object, such as a fill pattern that lets you see through the object so that any text behind it is visible.

Question 16

offset

Answer 16

In PowerPoint, a feature that lets you move the background away from the slide borders in varying distances by percentage.

Question 17

tiling option

Answer 17

In PowerPoint, a feature that repeats the background image many times vertically and horizontally on the slide; the smaller the tiling percentage, the greater the number of times the image is repeated.

Question 18

transparency slider

Answer 18

A formatting feature that lets you indicate the degree of an object’s opaqueness.

Question 19

hide slide

Answer 19

A command that hides a slide from the audience during the running of a slide show.

Question 20

document inspector

Answer 20

A feature that examines a file for hidden properties, personal information, and comments.

Question 21

mark as final

Answer 21

A command that saves a presentation as a read-only document.

Question 22

navigating

Answer 22

In Windows, to find a location on a storage device, such as from one file or folder to another.

Question 23

rehearsal feature

Answer 23

In PowerPoint, a feature that lets you advance through slides at your own pace, and the amount of time you view each slide is recorded.