Glossary
of Terms
- Audience
- Those
for whom the presentation is intended.
- Bold
- A
type style which makes the text to which it is applied heavier
than the surrounding text.
- Bullet
- Mark
used to set off a small block of text or individual items on
a list.
- Elements
- Any
entity which can be defined as a stand-alone item within a broader
context.
- Format
- The
structure or appearance of a unit of data. Also to change the
appearance of selected material.
- Font
- A
set of characters available in the same typeface, style, size
and stroke weight.
- Frame
- The
discrete images which form the presentation. Also a term used
in computer graphics referring to an outline or boundary.
- Heading
- A
word or group of words at the top of a section.
- Image
- A
picture in digitised format which can be placed in the presentation.
- Italic
- A
type style in which the characters have a more cursive appearance
than in a normal typeface and are evenly slanted towards the
right.
- Landscape
- The
orientation of a sheet of paper when the paper is wider than
it is tall.
- Line
Spacing
- Distance
between adjacent base lines.
- Page
Layout
- The
layout of the page with regard to features such as margins,
headers, footers, page length, page width and page number.
- Point
Size
- Unit
of measure used to indicate character height and the amount
of space between lines of text.
- Portrait
- The
orientation of a sheet of paper where it is taller than it is
wide.
- Presenter
- The
person controlling the presentation.
- Roman
- A
typeface or type style in which the characters are upright.
- Sans
Serif
- A
typeface with a more geometric appearance than a serif typeface;
that is, it does not contain serifs. Used more frequently in
display type such as headlines.
- Serif
- A
typeface whose characters contain short lines or ornaments at
the upper and lower ends of the stroke. Considered easier to
read for large bodies of text.
- Style
- A
set of attributes applied to a series of objects.
- Timing
- The
period of time a slide stays on the screen - useful for both
live and unattended presentations.
- Transition
- The
process of moving from one slide to the next. This may involve
moving one slide off the screen and bringing the next on, or
a process of fading or dissolving from one to the next.
- Typeface
- A
specific named design of a set of printed characters.
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