Flashcards · 0417 · Topic 19

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What is a slide layout?: A pattern of placeholders for a slide's title, text, images, charts or tables. Placeholders keep their position and style linked to the master slide.
Transition vs animation: A transition is the effect when one slide changes to the next. An animation controls how objects on a slide appear, move or disappear.
What do hyperlinks and action buttons allow in a presentation?: Links to another slide, a file or a web page, so the presentation can be non-linear, e.g. with a home or back button.
Why should transitions and animations be used sparingly?: Too many different effects distract the audience from the message. Use the same transition throughout unless told otherwise.

What is a master slide?: A template that controls the appearance of every slide based on it. Anything set on the master appears automatically on all those slides.
What is normally set on a master slide?: Fonts, sizes and colours for titles and text, bullet styles, background, a logo in a fixed position, slide numbers, date and footer text, and placeholder positions.
Why use a master slide?: Consistency and speed: every slide matches, and one change on the master updates all slides.

What are speaker notes?: Notes attached to each slide for the presenter. They are not shown on screen to the audience but can be printed.
How do you reorder slides?: Drag them into the new order in the slide sorter view or the outline pane.
Why use alignment tools when editing a slide?: They line objects up exactly and space them evenly, which is more accurate than positioning by eye.

Name four ways a presentation can be output: Slide show, printed slides, handouts (several slides per page), notes pages, outline (text only), or a file such as PDF.
Handouts vs notes pages: Handouts show several slides per page (e.g. 2, 3, 4 or 6) for the audience to take away. Notes pages show each slide with the speaker notes below it.
12 slides advance every 25 seconds. How long is the show, and how many pages for 6-per-page handouts?: 12 × 25 = 300 seconds = 5 minutes. 12 ÷ 6 = 2 pages.
Why save a presentation as a PDF to share it?: A PDF opens the same on any device without the presentation software, though it can no longer be edited easily.