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Active Application: When a PowerPoint window is open its name appears in an icon on the Windows task bar; the active application is the one displaying in the foreground of the desktop
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Attributes: The properties or characteristics of an object
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Bullet: a symbol such as a heavy dot or other character that precedes text when the text warrants special emphasis
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Bulleted List: a list of paragraphs, each preceded by a bullet
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Default Setting: a particular value for a variable that PowerPoint assigns initially; controls the placement of objects, color scheme, the transition between slides, and other slide attributes, and it remains in effect unless you cancel or override it
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Landscape Orientation: The slide width is greater than its height
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Normal View: is composed of three working areas that allow you to work on various aspects of a presentation simultaneously
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Objects: the building blocks for a PowerPoint slide; can be things such as titles, text, graphics, tables, charts, and drawings
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Portrait Orientation: The slide height is greater than its width
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Slide: the basic unit of PowerPoint
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Slide Layout: choosing how the slide will be formatted; specifies the arrangement of placeholders on a slide
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Task Pane: a separate window that enable users to carry out some PowerPoint tasks more efficiently
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Text Slide: Most common type of presentation
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Title Slide: first slide in a new presentation; its purpose is to introduce the presentation to the audience
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Toolbar: contains buttons, boxes, and menus that allow you to perform frequent tasks quickly. They should appear on two separate rows