PowerPoint Tutorial - Key Vocabulary

A collection of vocabulary flashcards covering essential PowerPoint concepts, views, features, and keyboard shortcuts found in the provided notes.

PowerPoint

Microsoft's presentation software used to create and display slideshows with text, images, animation, transitions, and multimedia.

Presentation

A collection of data and information intended for an audience; in PowerPoint, the file consisting of slides.

Slide

A single page in a PowerPoint presentation that can contain text, images, graphics, charts, and media.

Ribbon

The horizontal toolbar at the top of PowerPoint that contains Tabs and Groups of commands.

Tabs

The top-level categories on the Ribbon (e.g., Home, Insert, Design, Animations, Slide Show, Review, View).

Microsoft Office Button

A button in older PowerPoint versions that provides access to New, Open, Save, Print, and related commands.

Quick Access Toolbar

A customizable toolbar with frequently used commands, which can be placed above or below the Ribbon.

Backstage View

The file-management interface in Office apps for creating, opening, saving, printing, and sharing documents.

Normal View

The default editing view showing the slide editor, outline, and notes.

Slide Sorter View

A view showing thumbnails of slides for easy reordering and organization.

Reading View

A full-screen viewing mode similar to a presentation, used for reviewing slides.

Slide Show View

The full-screen presentation mode used when delivering slides.

Home Tab

Ribbon tab containing core editing tools like Clipboard, Slides, Font, Paragraph, Drawing, and Editing.

Insert Tab

Ribbon tab for adding content such as tables, illustrations, links, text, and media.

Design Tab

Ribbon tab for page setup, themes, and background options.

Animations Tab

Ribbon tab for applying and managing slide animations and transitions.

Transitions

Animated effects that occur when moving from one slide to the next.

Animation

Effects applied to objects on a slide to animate their entrance, emphasis, or exit.

Custom Animation

Advanced animation controls providing more precise timing and sequencing of effects.

Slide Master

A master template that controls overall design, layout, and formatting for all slides.

Theme

A predefined set of design choices (colors, fonts, effects) applied to slides.

Background

The decorative layer behind slide content that can be customized.

Layout

The arrangement of placeholders on a slide (title, text, content).

WordArt

Stylized decorative text used for headlines and titles.

Hyperlink

Clickable link that navigates to a webpage, document, or another slide.

Action Button

A clickable object that triggers navigation or actions during a presentation.

SmartArt

A graphical tool to create diagrams and structured graphics (hierarchies, processes).

Shapes

Basic geometric objects used to build visuals on slides.

Eyedropper

Tool to sample a color from one object so another object can use the same color.

Merge Shapes

Commands to combine or subtract shapes (Union, Subtract, Intersect, Fragment) into new shapes.

3D Rotation

A feature to rotate objects in three dimensions for visual effects.

Bevel

A 3D edge effect that gives a raised or recessed appearance.

Shadow

A visual depth effect added to shapes or text.

Gradient Fill

A color fill that blends between two or more colors.

Transparency

The level of see-through applied to a shape or image.

AutoCorrect

Automatically fixes common misspellings and punctuation as you type.

Header & Footer

Tools to add dates, slide numbers, and custom text to slides.

Page Setup

Options to set slide size, orientation, and printing preferences.

Photo Album

A feature to collect and arrange multiple photos into a presentation.

Outline

The textual structure of slides shown in Normal View for navigation and editing.

Ctrl+M

Keyboard shortcut to insert a new slide.

Ctrl+D

Keyboard shortcut to duplicate the selected slide.

Ctrl+Y

Keyboard shortcut to redo the last action.

New Slide

Command to add an additional slide to the presentation.

Duplicate Slide

Creating an exact copy of the selected slide.

Zoom

A feature to zoom in or out on slides while editing or viewing.