Microsoft PowerPoint Vocabulary

Front

To remove a portion of a picture that you don't want.

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crop

Front

The box displaying an object's name that appears under a button or other object when you point to it.

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screen tip

Front

The slide currently selected or displayed.

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active slide

Front

The area where you can add presentation notes for either the presenter or the audience.

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notes pane

Front

Designed area in PowerPoint layouts that can be used to easily insert text, graphics, or multimedia objects.

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placeholders

Front

The visual effects used when one slide moves off the screen and another moves onto the screen.

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transitions

Front

The area that can display the presentations thumbnails (miniature pictures) of the presentation's slides.

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slides pane

Front

The introductory slide

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title slide

Front

A shape designed to hold text that can be positioned anywhere on a slide.

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text box

Front

Displays information about the presentation you're working on.

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status bar