Displays information about system configuration, printers, system DLLs, fonts, proofing tools, graphics filters, text converters, display configuration, applications that are running, active modules, and OLE settings for your computer.


Displays technical support information.


Click Tech Support for information on obtaining technical support. Click System Info for information about your computer and the software that's currently running.


Finish button
Accepts all options and closes the AutoContent Wizard.


Back button
Moves to the previous page in the AutoContent Wizard.


Next button
Moves to the next page in the AutoContent Wizard.


Assistant button
Displays the Microsoft Office Assistant, which provides Help topics to assist you in creating your presentation.


bitmap in autocontent wizard
To accept all of the default options and create a presentation, click Finish. To select the type of presentation you want to create, click Next. To quit the AutoContent Wizard without automatically adding slides and placeholder text to your presentation, click Cancel.


Lists the add-ins that are available for use with this presentation. Add-ins that are already loaded have an X in front of them. To load or unload an add-in, select it and then click Load or Unload. If the add-in you want does not appear in this list, click Add New.


Loads or unloads the selected add-in. Unload removes an add-in from memory but keeps its name in the list. To remove an add-in from the list and also from the registered list of add-ins in the registry file, select its name, and then click Remove. Unloading or removing an add-in doesn't remove the add-in file from your computer.


Loads an add-in that doesn't appear in the Available add-ins list.


Deletes the selected add-in from the Available add-ins list and also from the registered list of add-ins in the registry file. Unloading or removing an add-in doesn't remove the add-in file from your computer.


Closes this dialog box and retains the changes you made.


Adds the routing slip to the presentation and closes this dialog box without sending the presentation. Click Add Slip when you want to continue to edit the presentation. Click Route when you want to send the presentation.


Adds the routing slip to the presentation and sends it according to the currently selected options. This button is unavailable if the To list is empty.


Removes all the recipients from the To list and deletes any text you typed in the Message text box. If you changed the contents of the Subject box, PowerPoint restores the default text.


Adds recipients to the routing slip.


Removes the selected recipient from the To list above. This button is unavailable if the To list is empty.


Click  [image]  or  [image]  to move the selected recipient up or down in the routing list. If you click One after another below, the presentation goes to recipients in the order they appear in the To list.


Routes the presentation to reviewers one after another, in the order they appear in the To list above. After reviewing the presentation, each reviewer points to Send To (File menu) and then clicks Routing Recipient to route the presentation to the next reviewer on the routing slip.


Routes the presentation to all reviewers at once. Each recipient returns a separate copy of the presentation with changes or comments.


Sends a routed presentation back to you automatically after the last recipient closes it.


Sends an electronic mail message to notify you when each recipient forwards a routed presentation.


This is the electronic or online address from which the routed presentation will be sent. This is usually your own electronic mail address.


These will be the recipients of your routed presentation when you click Route. To add recipients, click Address. To remove a recipient, click the name, and then click Remove.


Type what you want to appear as the subject line of the electronic mail that contains the routed presentation. PowerPoint automatically inserts the presentation's file name, which you can accept, modify, or delete.


Type the text you want to appear in the electronic mail message that contains the routed presentation.


Click All at once to send a separate copy to all reviewers at the same time. Click One after another to send a single copy to each person on the list in turn, which lets each reviewer see the comments of all previous reviewers.


Click the linked property to which you want to jump, and then click Go To. To add, remove, or modify properties for the current presentation, click Properties on the File menu, and then click the Custom tab.


Displays date and time information for the presentation that is about to be broadcast.


The time frame during which the presentation is scheduled to be broadcast.


The time frame during which the presentation is scheduled to be broadcast.


The date on which the presentation is scheduled to be broadcast.


The date on which the presentation is scheduled to be broadcast.


Displays the amount of time that remains until the scheduled start of the broadcast.


Displays the amount of time that remains until the scheduled start of the broadcast.


Displays status information about the broadcast, such as microphone and camera status. A check mark is displayed next to each item that checks out without problems.


Displays the status of presentation setup. If there are any network connection problems between the host computer and the shared location or NetShow server, information about those problems will be displayed here. A check mark is displayed next to this item if all critical network connections check out without problems.


If there are any problems with your microphone or other audio input device, information about those problems will be displayed here. A check mark is displayed next to this item if the microphone checks out without problems.


If there are any problems with your video camera or other video input device, information about those problems will be displayed here. A check mark is displayed next to this item if the video camera checks out without problems.


Displays the message "Press Start when ready" in bold when all status checks have been completed without problems, and the presentation is ready to be broadcast.


Click this button to check your microphone's gain settings to make sure that they have been set to the optimum level.


Click this button to check your video camara settings to make sure that they have been set to the optimum level.


Displays a green arrow when this check is in progress, and displays a blue check mark when this process has been completed without errors.


Displays a green arrow when this check is in progress, and displays a blue check mark when this process has been completed without errors.


Displays a green arrow when this check is in progress, and displays a blue check mark when this process has been completed without errors.


Displays a green arrow when this check is in progress, and displays a blue check mark when this process has been completed without errors.


Send a brief message to viewers who are waiting for the presentation to start. Your message is displayed in a small window on your lobby page. If you do not specify a message, the broadcast countdown timer will be displayed on your lobby page.


Enter a brief message, then click Update. Your message will be displayed in a small window on your lobby page. If you do not specify a message, the broadcast countdown timer will be displayed on your lobby page.


Enter a brief message, then click Update. Your message will be displayed in a small window on your lobby page. If you do not specify a message, the broadcast countdown timer will be displayed on your lobby page.


Microsoft PowerPoint encountered an error while trying to set up your broadcast. Click Details for more specific information about the error, or click Retry to attempt to set up the broadcast again.


Attempts to reinitialize the NetShow Encoder on your computer.


Displays more information about the error that occurred during setup of your broadcast.


Microsoft PowerPoint encountered an error while trying to set up the NetShow Encoder on your computer. Click Details for more specific information about the error, or click Retry to initialize the encoder again.


Opens your Web browser and displays the lobby page with the description information that you entered.


Animation order (Order & Timing tab)
Displays the animated objects on the current slide in the order in which they will play during the slide show. To change the animation order, click one or more items in the list and then click the up or down arrow.


Start animation radio buttons (Order & Timing tab)
Starts animation for the selected object in the Animation order list. Choose On mouse click if you want to control when the animation starts by clicking the text or object. To automatically start animation for the selected object, choose Automatically and then enter the number of seconds you want to have elapse between the previous animation and the current one.


Check to animate slide objects
Click the object you want to animate. To remove animation from the object, clear its check box. You can change the order of the animation on the Order & Timing tab.


Displays all the objects on the current slide. The slide object that is currently selected in the Check to animate slide objects list is shown in this preview. To preview the animation for this slide, click Preview.


Plays the movie or sound (either Automatically or On mouse click, depending on which option is selected on the Order & Timing tab) before running the rest of the slide's animations. Clear this check box if you don't want the movie or sound to play until all the slide's animations have run. The options on the Multimedia Settings tab are available only when the selected object is a movie or sound.


Sets CD audio track, looping, and rewinding options for the movie or sound. This button is available only when the selected object is a movie or sound.


Animates the AutoShape along with the text if All at Once is selected in the Introduce text box above. If any other option is selected in the Introduce text box, PowerPoint animates the AutoShape before the attached text (as if the AutoShape and text were two separate animations).


Introduces text by the paragraph level you click. This check box is unavailable if the current selection is an object other than text or if the selected text block is not currently animated.


Click the animation and sound effects you want for the selected slide object. To add animation to an object , click Appear. To remove animation from an object, click No Effect. To remove only the sound effect, click [No Sound] in the second box.

The options on the Effects tab are available unless the selected slide object is a chart. To animate charts, use the options on the Chart Effects tab.


Click the action you want to occur after the animation for the selected slide object. To hide each object after its animation runs, click Hide After Animation. To hide all the objects simultaneously, after all the animations run, click Hide on Next Mouse Click.


Click the way you want PowerPoint to introduce the text in the current slide object. The options under Introduce text are available only if the currently selected slide object is a text object or an AutoShape that contains attached text.


Click the way you want PowerPoint to build the chart during a slide show.


Animates the chart's grid, text, legend, and axis as separate slide objects before running the chart element animations. Clear this check box if you want to exclude these elements from the animation — that is, they appear when the slide appears. This check box is unavailable if All at Once is selected in the Introduce chart elements list.


Click the animation and sound effects you want for the selected chart. Fly-in animation effects are available only if All at once is selected in the Introduce chart elements box. To make the chart appear in the animation order, click Appear. To remove animation from the chart, click No Effect. To remove only the sound effect, click [No Sound] in the second box.


Click the action you want to occur after the chart animation. This setting affects the entire chart.


Click the action you want for the selected movie or sound.


Clear this check box if you want the movie or sound to remain visible on the slide before and after it plays.


Up button
Click this button to move the selected item ahead in the animation order for this slide.


Move label
Click an item in the Animation order list, and then click the up arrow or down arrow to adjust the order in which the item will appear.


Down button
Click this button to move the selected item back in the animation order for this slide.


While playing text (Multimedia settings tab)
Choose whether you want the slide show to pause or continue playing while the selected movie, sound, or OLE object is playing.


Pause radio button (Multimedia settings tab)
Click the Pause slide show button if you want the slide show to stop while the selected OLE object, movie, or sound is playing.


Continue slide show radio button (Multimedia settings tab)
Click the Continue slide show button if you want the slide show to continue playing while the selected OLE object, movie, or sound is playing.


Stop playing text (Multimedia Settings tab)
Choose whether you want the selected movie, sound, or OLE object to stop playing after the current slide or a specified number of slides.


After current slide radio button (Multimedia settings tab)
Click the After current slide button if you want the selected OLE object, movie, or sound to stop playing when the next slide in the slide show is displayed.


After radio button (Multimedia settings tab)
Click the After button if you want to specify how long you want the selected OLE object, movie, or sound to play.


Click the color you want for the bullet. Click Automatic if you want the bullet to be the color scheme font color.


Enter the bullet size you want as a percentage of the font size.


Click the symbol or character you want to use as a bullet. If you don't see the character you want, click a different font in the Bullets from list.


Bullets from text
Select a font to display its character set in the grid below.


Picture button
Select a picture or motion clip file to use as a bullet.


Character button
Select a different bullet style from a collection of different fonts.


Preview panes (Bulleted tab)
Click the bulleted list style you want. Click None to remove bullets from selected paragraphs.


Size label (Numbered tab)
Enter the number size you want as a percentage of the font size.


Color label (Numbered tab)
Click the color you want for the number. Click Automatic if you want the number to be the color scheme font color.


Start label (Numbered tab)
Enter a starting number or letter for the list.


Numbered list preview panes
Click the numbered list style you want. Click None to remove numbers from the selected paragraphs.


Capitalizes the first letter of the first word in the selected sentences.


Changes all selected text to lowercase letters.


Changes all selected text to capital letters.


Capitalizes the first letter of each word in the selection.


Changes all selected uppercase letters to lowercase and vice versa.


Locates files that contain icons you can use to represent embedded objects.


Type the caption—such as the file name—that you want to appear under the embedded object icon in your file.


Displays the name of the file that contains the icons that appear in the Icon box. To open a different file, click Browse.


Click the icon that you want to use to represent the object in your file.


Displays the selected object as an icon. To open or edit the object, double-click the icon.


Describes the effect of selected options.


Displays the icon PowerPoint will use for the selected object. To use a different icon, click Change Icon.


Changes the icon that represents the selected object.


Converts the object from the Current type to the application format or information type selected in the Object type box.


Opens the object as the type selected in the Object type box, but returns the object to Current type after editing.


Displays the type of object that you are converting or activating.


Click the application or object type that you want to use to convert or open the selected object. If the object type you want does not appear in this box, you may need to run Office Setup to install the source application.


Click the custom show you want the hyperlink to jump to. If you want to return to the current slide after the custom show runs, select the Show and return check box.


Returns to the current slide after the custom show runs. Clear this check box if you don't want to resume the slide show at the current slide after the custom show runs.

To create a custom show, click Custom Shows on the Slide Show menu.


Click the format you want for the date and time.


Inserts the date and time as a field, which means PowerPoint automatically updates the date and time in your slides.


Language label
Select the language you want.


Calendar type label
Select the type of calendar you want.


Displays the name of the selected custom show. You can enter a new name for the custom show. The name can contain up to 31 characters.


Lists all the slides in the active presentation. The slide number for a hidden slide appears in parentheses.


Copies the slides that are selected in the Slides in presentation list to the bottom of the Slides in custom show list. You can add the same slide more than once. This button is unavailable if no slides are selected in the Slides in presentation box.


Deletes the selected slides from the Slides in custom show list. This button is unavailable if no slides are selected in the Slides in custom show list.


These are the slides in the selected custom show, in the order in which they will appear when you run the custom show. To change the slide order, select a slide and then click the Up and Down arrows.


Moves up the slide that is selected in the Slides in custom show list. This button is unavailable if the first slide in the list is selected.


Moves down the slide that is selected in the Slides in custom show list. This button is unavailable if the last slide in the list is selected.


To distinguish between full-width and half-width characters (Katakana, English letters, or numbers), select the Match byte check box.


Searches for the next occurrence of the text in the Find what box.


Closes this dialog box and retains the changes you made.


Replaces the selection with the text in the Replace with box, finds the next occurrence, and then stops. If you want to automatically replace all occurrences of the Find what text in your document, click Replace All.


Replaces the selected instance of the criteria in the Find what box, finds the next occurrence, and then stops. If you want to automatically replace all occurrences of the search criteria in your document, click Replace All.


Type the information you want to search for, paste it from the Clipboard, or click a recent entry from the list.


Type the text that you want to use as replacement text, paste it from the Clipboard, or select a recent entry from the list. To delete the text in the Find what box from your presentation, leave the Replace with box empty.


Distinguishes between uppercase and lowercase characters. When Match case is selected, PowerPoint finds only those instances in which the capitalization matches the text you typed in the Find what box.


Searches for occurrences that are whole words and not part of a larger word.


To distinguish between full-width and half-width characters (Katakana, English letters, or numbers), select the Match half/full width forms check box.


Click the font you want to apply to the selected text.    appears to the left of TrueType fonts, and  [image]  appears to the left of printer fonts. Fonts with no icon next to them are native Windows fonts.


Click the font you want to apply to the selected text.    appears to the left of TrueType fonts, and  [image]  appears to the left of printer fonts. Fonts with no icon next to them are native Windows fonts.


Click the font you want to apply to the selected text.    appears to the left of TrueType fonts, and  [image]  appears to the left of printer fonts. Fonts with no icon next to them are native Windows fonts.


Click Italic, Bold, or Bold Italic to apply these formats to the selected text. Click Regular to remove bold or italic formatting.


Click Italic, Bold, or Bold Italic to apply these formats to the selected text. Click Regular to remove bold or italic formatting.


Click Italic, Bold, or Bold Italic to apply these formats to the selected text. Click Regular to remove bold or italic formatting.


Enter a font size for the selected text. The sizes in the Size list depend on the printer and the selected font in the Font box.


Enter a font size for the selected text. The sizes in the Size list depend on the printer and the selected font in the Font box.


Enter a font size for the selected text. The sizes in the Size list depend on the printer and the selected font in the Font box.


Select the font formats you want to apply to the selected text. Clear a check box to remove that font format from the selected text.


Underscores selected text.


Adds a shadow behind the selected text, beneath and to the right of the text.


Makes selected text appear as if it is raised off the page in relief.


Displays the inner and outer borders of each character.


Raises the selected text above the baseline and changes it to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available. If you select the Superscript check box, PowerPoint changes the Offset setting to 30.


Lowers the selected text below the baseline and changes it to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available. If you select the Subscript check box, PowerPoint changes the Offset setting to -25.


Enter the amount by which superscript or subscript text falls above or below the baseline. PowerPoint selects the Superscript check box if you enter a positive number and selects the Subscript check box if you enter a negative number.


Enter the amount by which superscript or subscript text falls above or below the baseline. PowerPoint selects the Superscript check box if you enter a positive number and selects the Subscript check box if you enter a negative number.


Enter the amount by which superscript or subscript text falls above or below the baseline. PowerPoint selects the Superscript check box if you enter a positive number and selects the Subscript check box if you enter a negative number.


Enter the amount by which superscript or subscript text falls above or below the baseline. PowerPoint selects the Superscript check box if you enter a positive number and selects the Subscript check box if you enter a negative number.


Click the color you want to apply to the selected text. Click More Colors if you don't see the color you want.


This information pertains to the font that is selected in the Font box.


Click the color you want to apply to the selected text. Click More Colors if you don't see the color you want.


Stores the current settings as the new default font settings.


To change the font of the selected text, click a new font in the English Fonts box.


To change the font of the selected text, click a new font in the Asian text font box.


To change the font of the selected text, click a new font in the Asian text font box.


Applies the current settings to the selected slides.


Temporarily updates your presentation with the selected settings so you can see how it will look. PowerPoint doesn't actually apply the selected settings until you click Apply or OK.


Applies the current settings to your entire presentation, including the corresponding master.


Applies and saves any changes you have made and then closes this dialog box.


The Cancel button closes this dialog box without saving any changes you have made. The Close button closes this dialog box and retains the changes you made.


Keeps the master's graphics and text from displaying on the currently selected slides or notes pages. This check box is unavailable when you are in Handout Master view.


Click the fill you want for the background of your handouts.


Shows how your presentation will look with the selected settings.


Select the placeholders that you want to add to your handout master. The Placeholders check boxes are available only for deleted placeholders. If you change a placeholder and then want to restore the default placeholder, first delete it on the handout master, and then select its check box here.


Adds a placeholder for today's date to your handouts. Don't insert the date itself in the master; switch to Notes Page view to insert the date or time. The Date check box is available only if you previously deleted the date placeholder from your handout master.


Adds a placeholder for page numbers to your handouts. Don't insert the page numbers themselves in the master; switch to Notes Page view to insert page numbers. The Page number check box is available only if you previously deleted the page number placeholder from your handout master.


Adds a header placeholder to your handout master. To add the header itself, click Header and Footer on the View menu. The Header check box is available only if you previously deleted the header placeholder from your handout master.


Adds a footer placeholder to your handouts. To add the footer itself, click Header and Footer on the View menu. The Footer check box is available only if you previously deleted the footer placeholder from your handout master.


Click the items you want to add to your slides, notes, and handouts.


Adds the date and time to the slide footer.


Displays and updates the current date and time in the slide footer. Click the date and time format you want in the Update automatically list. This option is unavailable unless the Date and time check box is selected.


Displays the date and time in the slide footer. Type the date and time you want in the Fixed box.


Adds the slide number to the slide footer.


Adds the text you type in the Footer box to the bottom of the slide.


Displays the footer information on all but the title slide.


Shows how your presentation will look with the selected options.


Adds the date and time to all notes pages and handouts.


Displays and updates the current date and time on your notes and handouts pages. Click the date and time format you want in the Update automatically list. This option is unavailable unless the Date and time check box is selected.


Adds the page number to your notes and handouts.


Adds a header to your notes and handouts. Type the header information you want in the Header box.


Applies the selected options to all the slides in the presentation. If you want to apply the selected options to only the current slide, click Apply instead.


Applies the selected options to the notes and handouts for the current presentation.


Language label
Select the language you want.


Calendar type drop-down box
Select the type of calendar you want.


Displays the linked or embedded object as an icon.


Describes the results of selected options.


Displays the icon that PowerPoint will use for the selected object. To use a different icon, click Change Icon.


Describes the results of selected options.


Changes the icon that represents the selected object.


Inserts a new object on the current slide. Click the type of object you want to create in the Object type list.


Inserts an existing object on the current slide. Type the object's file name in the File box, or click Browse to locate the file.


Type the name of the file you want to insert as a linked or embedded object or click Browse to locate it.


Locates the file you want to link or embed.


Click the application or object type you want to insert.


Creates a link to the selected file rather than embedding it.


Click the layout you want for your new slide.


This is the name of the selected AutoLayout.


Click an action on the Mouse Click tab to assign the selected object to a mouse-click action. Click an action on the Mouse Over tab to assign the selected object to a mouse-over action. Click None to remove a previously assigned mouse-click or mouse-over action. To assign two different actions to an object, enter one action on the Mouse Click tab and enter the other action on the Mouse Over tab.


Removes the mouse-over or mouse-click action from the selected object. If you want to remove both the mouse-over and mouse-click actions, click None on the Mouse Over tab and on the Mouse Click tab before you click OK.


Goes to the item you click in the Hyperlink to list.


Runs the program you enter in the Run program box. Click Browse to locate the program.


Locates the program you want to run in response to the mouse-click or mouse-over action. This button is available only when Run program is selected.


Opens, edits, or plays the embedded object you click in the Object action list.


Plays the sound you click in the Play sound list. To choose a sound that is not on the list, click Other sound. To remove a previously applied sound, click [Stop Previous Sound] or clear the Play sound check box.


Runs the macro you click in the Run macro list.


Highlights the selected object when you click it or move the mouse over it. This check box is not available when the current selection is text.


Change the default language for the text you want to check. If you change the default language, you might need to install the Microsoft Office 2000 MultiLanguage Pack in order to check your text. For more information, type the keywords multilingual features in the Office Assistant search box.


Click the language in which the text is written. If you want the spelling checker to skip the text, or if you don't have a dictionary for a specific language, click (no proofing) at the top of the list.


Adjusts the amount of vertical space between lines of selected text.


Enter the amount of space you want between lines of selected text.


Click the unit of measure you want for the Line spacing setting.


Adjusts the amount of vertical space before the first line of each selected paragraph.


Enter the amount of space you want to leave before the first line of each selected paragraph.


Adjusts the amount of vertical space after the last line of each selected paragraph.


Enter the amount of space you want to leave after each selected paragraph.


Click the unit of measure you want for the After paragraph setting.


Click the unit of measure you want for the Before paragraph setting.


Click the Microsoft Binder section you want the hyperlink to jump to.


Click the slide you want the hyperlink to jump to.


Shows you what the selected slide looks like.


Enter the URL you want the hyperlink to jump to.


Runs the selected macro.


Enter the macro name you want to run, create, edit, or delete. If the Edit button or Delete button is unavailable for a macro, that macro may be stored in a read-only template or presentation.


Type a description for the macro.


Click the list of macros you want to appear in the Macro name box. If you are creating a new macro, click the location where you want to store the new macro.


Displays the names of macros in the current Macros in location. If the Edit button or Delete button is unavailable for a macro, that macro may be stored in a read-only template or presentation.


Opens the selected macro in Visual Basic Editor and runs the macro one step at a time, pausing at each instruction and highlighting it before running it. To continue stepping through your macro, click Single Step  [image]  on the Debug toolbar in Visual Basic Editor.


Opens the selected macro in Visual Basic Editor, where you can edit it. The Edit button is unavailable for macros that are stored in a read-only template or presentation.


Opens Visual Basic Editor and creates a new macro. The Create button is unavailable until you enter a name in the Macro name box. Before you click Create, click the location where you want to store the new macro in the Macros in box.


Deletes the selected macro. This button is unavailable if the selected macro is stored in a read-only template or presentation.


Type a name for the macro. The name must begin with a letter and can contain up to 80 letters, numbers, and the underscore character. The name cannot contain any spaces, and you can't use any Visual Basic keyword — such as Private, Public, Integer, or Sub — as a macro name.


Type a description for the macro.


You can store a macro in a module attached to the active presentation or to the template. Click the location where you want to store the macro.


Select the placeholders you want to add to your slide master. The Placeholders check boxes are available only for deleted placeholders. If you change a placeholder and then want to restore the default placeholder, first delete it on the slide master, and then select its check box here.


Adds a title placeholder to your slide master. Don't type the title itself in the master; switch to normal view to type the title. The Title check box is available only if you previously deleted the title placeholder from your slide master.


Adds a text placeholder to your slide master. Don't type the text itself in the master; switch to normal view to type the text. The Text check box is available only if you previously deleted the text placeholder from your slide master.


Adds a date placeholder to your slide master. Don't insert the date itself in the master; switch to normal view to insert the date or time. The Date check box is available only if you previously deleted the date placeholder from your slide master.


Adds a slide number placeholder to your slide master. Don't insert the slide number itself in the master; switch to normal view to insert the slide number. The Slide number check box is available only if you previously deleted the slide number placeholder from your slide master.


Adds a footer placeholder to your slide master. To add the footer itself, click Header and Footer on the View menu. The Footer check box is available only if you previously deleted the footer placeholder from your slide master.


Adds a header placeholder to your slide master. To add the header itself, click Header and Footer on the View menu. The Header check box is available only if you previously deleted the header placeholder form your slide master.


Sends your action items or meeting minutes to a Microsoft Word document or posts action items to Microsoft Outlook.


Type meeting minutes here during a slide show. To send the minutes to Microsoft Outlook or to a Microsoft Word document, click Export.


Lists the items you enter in the Description, Assigned to, and Due Date boxes. This text automatically appears as the last slide in your presentation. To send action items to Microsoft Outlook or to a Microsoft Word document, click Export.


Schedules a meeting in Microsoft Outlook. This button is available only if you have Microsoft Outlook installed.


Sends your action items or meeting minutes to a Microsoft Word document or posts action items to Microsoft Outlook.


Type meeting minutes here during a slide show. To send the minutes to a Microsoft Word document, click Export. To schedule a meeting in Microsoft Outlook, click Schedule.


Type a description for the action item. After you enter the information you want in the Assigned to and Due date boxes, click Add. To edit an existing action item, click it in the list, click Edit, and then modify the text in the Description box.


Type the name of the person responsible for this action item. This is not a mandatory field. Click Add to complete the action item.


Enter a completion date for the action item. This is not a mandatory field. Click Add to complete the action item.


Adds the information in the Description, Assigned to, and Due date boxes to the action item list as a new action item. The Add button is unavailable until you enter something in the Description box.


Moves the selected action item to the Description, Assigned to, and Due date boxes, where you can change the information. After you edit the action item, click Add.


Removes the selected action item from the list.


Lists the items you enter in the Description, Assigned to, and Due Date boxes. This text automatically appears as the last slide in your presentation. To send action items to Microsoft Outlook or to a Microsoft Word document, click Export.


Select or clear the movie and sound play options you want. The Rewind movie when done playing check box is unavailable when the selected object is a sound.


Plays the movie or sound continuously until you stop it. Clear this check box if you want the movie or sound to play once and then stop.


Clear this check box if you don't want to rewind the movie after it plays.


Enter the starting and ending track and time for the selected CD sound. The options under Play CD audio track are available only when the selected object is a sound located on a CD.


This is how long it will take to play the selected movie or sound.


This is the file name and location of the sound or movie. If the movie or sound is stored in the current presentation, PowerPoint displays [Contained in presentation].


Sends your meeting minutes and action items to a Microsoft Word document.


Sends your meeting minutes and action items to the locations you selected above.


Sends your action items to the task list in Microsoft Outlook, where you can then send them to different people.


Double-click the presentation you want to activate.


Opens the Print dialog box, where you can set print options for the first print job or for all the print jobs, depending on the option you clicked above. If you click Cancel, PowerPoint prints none of the selected presentations.


Opens the Print dialog box, where you can enter a single set of print options that PowerPoint will use to print all the selected presentations.


Opens the Print dialog box, where you can set print options for the first print job. The Print dialog box appears for each selected presentation so you can set different print options for each print job.


If you want to choose different print options for each print job, click Show print dialog for each document. If you want to print all the print jobs using the same set of print options, click Show print dialog once and apply settings to all documents.


Click the name of the custom show you want to run or edit, or click New to create a new custom show.


Opens the Define Custom Show dialog box, where you can define and name a new custom show.


Opens the selected custom show in the Define Custom Show dialog box, where you can add, remove, or move slides. This button is unavailable if no custom shows exist for this presentation.


Deletes the selected custom show. This button is unavailable if no custom shows exist for this presentation.


Copies the selected custom show and names the copy Copy of <name of custom show>. This button is unavailable if no custom shows exist for this presentation.


Closes this dialog box and retains the changes you made.


Runs the slide show using the selected custom show. This button is unavailable if no custom shows exist for this presentation.


change quality button
Changes the sound quality for CD, radio, or telephone and adjusts other sound options, such as mono or stereo.


Displays the current recording settings. To change these settings, click Change Quality.

To begin recording the narration for your slide show, click OK. PowerPoint places a sound icon on the lower-right corner of each slide that contains a recorded narration. A recorded narration deletes and replaces any slide transition sounds.


Click Change Quality to change the settings under Current recording quality.


Stores the narration as a separate file, linked to the presentation. PowerPoint stores the narration file in the same location as the presentation, using the following file naming convention: <presentation file name> narration <slide number>.wav. To change the location of the linked narration file, click Browse. Clear the Link narrations in check box to embed the narrations in each slide, which means the narrations are stored with your presentation.


Changes the location of the linked narration file.


Set microphone level button
Ensures that the microphone is working and that the volume is appropriate for your recording.


This is the last slide you displayed in the current slide show.


Shows what the selected slide looks like.


Click the custom show that contains the slide you want to go to. This box is unavailable when your presentation contains no custom shows.


Displays the slides in the presentation or in the custom show currently selected in the Show box. Click the slide you want to go to.


Displays the slide you clicked in the Slide titles box.


The Cancel button closes this dialog box without saving any changes you have made. The Close button closes this dialog box and retains the changes you made.


Schedule a date and time or update the settings for your online broadcast. You must specify a shared location (folder) for your presentation files in Server Options before you can schedule the broadcast.


Opens your Web browser and displays the lobby page with the description information that you entered.


Type the title, description, speaker, and contact information that you want to appear on the lobby page of the broadcast. You can change these items later if you need to.


Type the title information that you want to appear on the lobby page of the broadcast.


Type the description information that you want to appear on the lobby page of the broadcast.


Type the speaker name that you want to appear on the lobby page of the broadcast.


Type the contact information, such as an e-mail address, that you want to appear on the lobby page of the broadcast.


Opens the address book, where you can select the contact name.


Send live audio from a microphone or other audio capture device that is connected to your computer to viewers of your online broadcast. To view your broadcast, viewers must use a computer that has an audio card installed.


Send live video images from a video camera or other video capture device that is connected to your PC to viewers of your online broadcast. If you select this option, we highly recommend that you use a NetShow server to broadcast your presentation. Broadcasting video without a NetShow server could place a great deal of strain on your computer's resources, and could further limit the number of people who are able to view your presentation.


Choose this option if you want to send live video or audio from a microphone or video camera that is connected to another computer on your network.

The remote audio/video computer must have PowerPoint 2000 installed and the Microsoft NetShow 2.0 Real-Time Encoder Proxy and NetShow Real-Time Encoder Callback Class DCOM objects properly configured for remote access before it can be used with this option. See the Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit for more information on this option.


Enter the name of the computer that you want to use for input of the audio/video portion of your online broadcast.

The remote audio/video computer must have PowerPoint 2000 installed and the Microsoft NetShow 2.0 Real-Time Encoder Proxy and NetShow Real-Time Encoder Callback Class DCOM objects properly configured for remote access before it can be used with this option. See the Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit for more information on this option.


Provide viewers of your broadcast with the option to send feedback via e-mail to you or someone whom you designate.


Enter the e-mail address of the person whom you want to receive viewer feedback.


Opens the address book, where you can select the e-mail address of the person whom you want to receive viewer feedback.


Provide viewers of your broadcast with an online chat room where they can discuss the presentation with you and other viewers during the broadcast. You must have access to a chat server to use this feature. See your system administrator or the Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit for more information.


Enter the name of the chat server where the chat room for your broadcast viewers has been created. See your system administrator or the Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit for more information.


Records your broadcast and saves it to a shared location so that viewers can replay the broadcast at a later time.


Enter the shared location where you want your broadcast to be saved. Viewers will be able to replay your broadcast from this location at a later time. If you do not specify a save location, your presentation will be saved in the shared location that is specified in Server Options.


Choose the shared location where you want your broadcast to be saved. Viewers will be able to replay your broadcast from this location at a later time. If you do not specify a save location, your presentation will be saved in the shared location that is specified in Server Options.


Provide viewers with access to your presentation speaker notes during the broadcast. Your notes will be accessible via the View Previous Slides link on the broadcast Web page.


Specify a shared location or NetShow server for your broadcast.


Click Server Options to specify a shared location or NetShow server for your broadcast.


Keeps the master's graphics and text from displaying on the currently selected slides or notes pages. This check box is unavailable when you are in Handout Master view.


Click the fill you want for the background of your notes pages.


Shows how your presentation will look with the selected settings.


Select the placeholders you want to add to the current notes page. If you want to change the layout of all the notes pages in your presentation, switch to Notes Master view and then click Notes Master Layout on the Format menu.


Restores the slide image placeholder to the current notes page if you've changed or deleted it. This is where the slide appears on the current notes page.


Restores the body text placeholder to the current notes page if you've changed or deleted it. This is where you type notes for the current notes page.


If the Slide image and Body check boxes are selected, reapplies the master layout for the selected placeholders to the current notes page.


Select the placeholders you want to add to your notes master. The Placeholders check boxes are available only for deleted placeholders. If you change a placeholder and then want to restore the default placeholder, first delete it on the notes master, and then select its check box here.


Restores the default slide image placeholder on the notes master. The Slide image check box is available only if you previously deleted the slide image placeholder from your notes master.


Restores the notes text placeholder on the notes master. Don't type note text itself in the master; switch to normal or notes page view to type notes. The Body check box is available only if you previously deleted the body placeholder from your notes master.


Adds a date placeholder to your notes master. Don't insert the date itself in the master; switch to notes view to insert the date or time. The Date check box is available only if you previously deleted the date placeholder from your notes master.


Adds a page number placeholder to your notes. Don't insert the page numbers themselves in the master; switch to notes view to insert page numbers. The Page number check box is available only if you previously deleted the page number placeholder from your notes master.


Adds a footer placeholder to your notes master. To add the footer itself, click Header and Footer on the View menu. The Footer check box is available only if you previously deleted the footer placeholder from your notes master.


Adds a header placeholder to your slide master. To add the header itself, click Header and Footer on the View menu. The Header check box is available only if you previously deleted the header placeholder from your notes master.


Click the color scheme you want. To create your own color scheme, click the Custom tab.


Updates all of the links selected in the Links list.


Opens the source file of the selected link in the source application, where you can edit it.


Opens the Change Source dialog box, in which you can specify a different source file for the selected link.


Breaks the link between the source file and your presentation and changes the object to an unlinked embedded object. After you break a link, it no longer appears in the Links list, and the embedded data in your presentation will no longer be updated if the source file changes.


Updates data for the selected link when you open the presentation and every time the source file changes.


Updates data for the selected link only when you click Update Now.


Click the links you want to modify. To select a block of links, hold down SHIFT and click the first and last links in the block. To select nonadjacent links, hold down CTRL as you click the links.


Lists information about the currently selected link. No information appears when you select multiple links in the Links box.


Click Automatic to change the selected links to automatic updating. Click Manual to change the selected links to manual updating.


Closes this dialog box without making any changes.


Shows a linked object's source application name and type.


Source type
Shows a linked object's source program name and type.


Changes straight quotation marks to smart (curly) quotation marks.


Automatically selects an entire word plus the space after the word when you select part of the word.


Removes extra spaces when you delete text, or adds spaces when you insert text from the Clipboard.


Clear this check box to stop automatically correcting and replacing text as you type.


Moves or copies selected text when you drag it with the mouse. After you select text, rest the mouse over the selection until the mouse pointer changes to a left-pointing arrow  [image], and then drag.

If you clear this check box, PowerPoint extends the selection when you drag over text.


Checks spelling automatically and marks errors as you type.


Automatically displays a list of suggested spellings for misspelled words during a spelling check. This check box does not affect background spelling checking.


Displays the status bar at the bottom of the PowerPoint window, which shows information about the current state of the presentation and program.


Displays the vertical ruler whenever the horizontal ruler is in view. To display or hide the rulers, click Ruler on the View menu.


Displays the names of the most recently used documents on the File menu. To change the number of documents listed on the File menu, enter a number from 1 to 9 in the Entries box.


Displays the Popup menu during a slide show when you right-click.


Displays the Popup Menu button in the lower-left corner of each slide during a slide show.


Displays a black slide as the last slide of your slide show. Clear this check box if you want to return to PowerPoint after the last slide of your slide show.


default file location box (save tab)
This is the folder that PowerPoint automatically opens when you click Save  [image]  or Open  [image]  (File menu). Enter a new location to change the default file location.


Displays the startup dialog box each time you start PowerPoint, where you can create a new presentation, run the AutoContent Wizard, or open an existing presentation.


Displays the New Slide dialog box each time you insert a new slide, where you can select the slide layout you want.


Type the name and initials you want PowerPoint to use on the Properties sheet (File menu) to track changes and to mark any comments you insert in a presentation.


Sets the font for inserted charts at 18-point Arial. To use the chart's fonts, clear this check box.


Prints presentations in the background, so that you can continue working in PowerPoint while you print.


Click the portion of the active presentation you want to print.


Includes hidden slides when you print this presentation.


Prints the presentation in black and white and prints colors in shades of gray. This check box is selected by default if the active printer is a black-and-white printer or if the Black and White check box is selected in the Print dialog box (File menu).


Prints the presentation in black and white only — prints all color fills in white, prints all text and lines in black, adds black outlines or borders to all filled objects, and renders pictures in grayscale. Select this check box when you want to print draft copies on a color printer or when you want to print very readable speaker's notes and handouts.


Scales slides automatically to fit the page when printed. This option affects only slides that are larger or smaller than the paper you're printing on.


Prints a thin, solid-line border around each slide.


Changes straight quotation marks to smart (curly) quotation marks.


Click the printing options you want for the active presentation.


Prints the presentation using the same print settings as the last print job.


Prints the presentation using the options you select below.


Adds sounds to certain actions or events throughout PowerPoint and Office. For example, PowerPoint plays a sound when a message appears or when a process is complete. To change the sound that is associated with an event, open the Sounds folder in Windows Control Panel. Your computer must have a sound card to play most sounds.


Prints TrueType fonts as graphic images rather than downloading the TrueType fonts to your printer. This check box is unavailable if the active printer does not support the printing of TrueType fonts as graphics.


Enter the number of actions you want to be able to reverse at one time. For example, if you enter 10, you can click  Undo  [image]  10 times or click the arrow next to  [image]  and then select up to 10 actions to reverse.


Prints objects at the printer's default resolution.


Creates a link to sounds whose file size is greater than the size you enter in the box. PowerPoint embeds sounds that are smaller than the size you enter.


Speeds up saving by recording only the changes in a presentation. When you finish working in the presentation, clear the Allow fast saves check box so that you can save the complete presentation with a full save. A full save may decrease the file size of your presentation.


Opens the Properties dialog box (File menu) when you save a presentation for the first time, where you can enter presentation properties — such as title, subject, author, keywords, and comments.


Automatically makes a presentation recovery file at the interval you enter in the Minutes box (enter a number from 1 to 120). If your computer hangs (stops responding) or you lose power unexpectedly, PowerPoint opens the AutoRecover file the next time you start PowerPoint. The AutoRecover file may contain unsaved information that would otherwise be lost from your original presentation. If your original presentation was damaged, you may be able to recover information from the AutoRecover file.

IMPORTANT: AutoRecover does not replace the Save command — you must still save your presentation when you finish working on it.


Click the default file format you want PowerPoint to propose each time you save a new presentation. If your office is gradually upgrading to PowerPoint 2000 from earlier versions of PowerPoint, this setting helps everyone remember to save presentations in the correct file format.


Checks spelling automatically and marks errors as you type.


Hides the wavy red line under possible spelling errors in your presentation. If you clear this check box, PowerPoint marks possible spelling errors with wavy red lines that are visible on the screen but that do not print. To display a list of suggested spelling corrections, click the wavy line with the right mouse button.


Automatically displays a list of suggested spellings for misspelled words during a spelling check. This check box does not affect background spelling checking.


Ignores words in UPPERCASE letters during a spelling check.


Ignores words that contain numbers during a spelling check.


To set the color of a character string during conversion by Microsoft IME 2000 (Japanese), click Undetermined String Colors.


Inserts text by word-wrapping unconfirmed text, along with confirmed text after the insertion point, at the right edge of the box.


Embeds only the TrueType font being used when the presentation is saved in order to keep files small.


Web options button
Select options that determine how your presentation will look when viewed in a Web browser.


Autofit text to text placeholder
Automatically fits text within the text placeholder. Many slide layouts contain placeholders for text such as slide titles, body text, or bulleted lists. If you have extra lines of text that do not fit in the placeholder, PowerPoint automatically adjusts the text on the slide.


AutoFormat as you type check box
Formats a presentation as you create it. Automatically formats headings, bulleted and numbered lists, borders, numbers, and symbols as you create your presentation. For example, if you type a number followed by a period, a space, and some text, Microsoft PowerPoint automatically formats as a numbered list this text and additional text that you type.


Convert charts when saving as previous version check box
Automatically converts charts to a usable format when you save your presentation so that the chart can be opened in an earlier version of Microsoft PowerPoint.


Use German post reform rules check box
Applies German post-reform rules when checking spelling. To use a pre-reform dictionary to check the spelling, clear this check box.


Check style check box (Spelling and Style tab)
Ensures that styles are consistently applied throughout your presentation, according to the style options you set. Automatically corrects spelling, capitalization, and punctuation errors and identifies other style inconsistencies in the presentation. Click Style Options to set the style options you want Microsoft PowerPoint to check.


Style Options button (Spelling and Style tab)
Set style options that ensure consistent use of punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and visual clarity of text, bulleted lists, and other items in your presentation.


Displays the linked or embedded object as an icon in your slide. To activate the object during a slide show, double-click the icon. This option is available only if the object is a linked or embedded object.


Inserts or embeds the Clipboard contents at the insertion point in the format you select in the As box. No link is created to a source file.


Inserts the Clipboard contents and creates a link to the object's source file. This option is available only when the Clipboard contents come from an application that supports linking. Be sure to save the source file in the source application before you link it in PowerPoint.


Click the type of information you want to paste from the Clipboard.


Displays the file format, source application, and selection area for the Clipboard contents.


Click the type of information you want to paste link from the Clipboard.


animate

To add a special visual or sound effect to text or an object. For example — you can have your text bullet points fly in from the left, one word at a time, or hear the sound of applause when a picture is uncovered. You can animate any number of objects on a slide, and you can even animate elements of a chart.


ActiveX controls

Controls such as scroll bars, spin buttons used to set numbers, command buttons, option buttons, toggle buttons, and others you use to create custom programs, dialog boxes, and forms. To insert an ActiveX control, use the Control Toolbox (View menu, Toolbars command). You can make a control active by writing macros that customize its behavior in the Visual Basic Editor. For information about setting properties for each control and writing macros in the Visual Basic Editor, see Visual Basic Editor Help.


adjustment handle

A diamond-shaped handle used to adjust the appearance (not the size) of most AutoShapes. For example — you can adjust a rounded rectangle to be more or less rounded, or you can adjust the arms of a cross to be thicker or thinner.


attribute

An object or text feature you can manipulate by using drawing tools and menu commands. Object attributes include line style, fill, shadow, color, and shape. Text attributes include font, style, color, size, and so on.


border

The visible line around the edge of an object. The four lines of a rectangle are its border, the three lines of a triangle are its border, and the single curved line of a circle is its border.


grid

An invisible matrix used to align objects automatically. If the grid is on as you draw or move objects, their corners align on the nearest intersection of the grid.


group

Two or more objects you treat as a single object. Groups can be composed of multiple sets of groups.


guides

Straight lines, both horizontal and vertical, used to visually align objects. You can add, move, and delete guides. When an object is close to a guide, its corner or center, whichever is closer, snaps to the guide.


multiple selection

When two or more objects are selected. To select multiple objects, hold down SHIFT and click the objects, or drag a selection rectangle around the objects. When you flip, rotate, and resize a multiple selection, all objects in the selection react independently.


picture

There are two kinds of pictures in this program: those you can ungroup and convert to objects (such as metafiles), and those you can't (such as bitmaps). After you ungroup a picture, you can manipulate it with the drawing tools. When you select a picture, the Picture toolbar appears with tools you can use to change the attributes of a picture — for example, you can crop it or adjust its brightness.


Resize handle
sizing handle

A square handle that appears at each corner and along the sides of the rectangle that surrounds a selected object. You drag a sizing handle to resize an object.


Vertex/vertexes
vertex

The highest point of a curve, the point where a curve ends, or the point where two line segments meet in a polygon or freeform.


AutoShape

A group of ready-made shapes that include such basic shapes as rectangles and circles, plus a variety of lines and connectors, block arrows, flowchart symbols, stars and banners, and callouts.

To insert an AutoShape, click AutoShapes on the Drawing toolbar. To attach text to an AutoShape — except to a line, connector, or freeform — click the shape and start typing. The text becomes part of the AutoShape.


bitmap

A picture made from a series of small dots that form shapes and lines. Bitmaps are created with paint programs, such as Microsoft Paint, or by scanning an image. Bitmaps can't be converted to PowerPoint objects, although they can be scaled, cropped, and recolored by using the tools on the Picture toolbar.


freeform

Any shape you draw by using the Curve, Freeform, and Scribble tools (AutoShapes menu, Lines category) — a puffy cloud, mountains, a lightning bolt, your name in cursive, and so on. Freeforms can include straight lines and freehand curves. They can be drawn opened or closed and can be edited by using the drawing tools.


array

A series of evenly spaced objects.


sweep

A series of overlapping evenly spaced objects.


crop

To trim vertical or horizontal edges of a picture by using the cropping tool on the Picture toolbar. After you crop a picture, you can always uncrop it. Photos are often cropped to focus attention on a particular area of the photo.


AutoLayout

The slide layouts available when you add a new slide to a presentation. AutoLayouts contain placeholders for titles, text, and such objects as clip art and charts.

You can change a layout whenever you want by clicking Slide Layout on the Common Tasks menu.


background color

The underlying color of a PowerPoint slide. The background color of a slide is similar to the canvas of a painting. For example — if the background color (the canvas) is white, you can paint any other color on top of it, but the underlying color remains white and appears anywhere you don't add paint.


color scheme

A set of eight balanced colors you can apply to all slides, an individual slide, notes pages, or audience handouts. A color scheme consists of a background color, a color for lines and text, and six other colors designed to make slides easy to read.

You can change any color in your color scheme by clicking Slide Color Scheme on the Format menu.


master text

The slide text on the slide master. The master text determines the format of text on all slides — such as the font, color, size, line spacing, and alignment — as well as the shape of a text placeholder and its placement on a slide. The look of text you've added with the Text Box tool is not governed by the master text.

To set attributes for the master text, point to Master on the View menu, and then click Slide Master.


placeholders

Boxes with dotted outlines that appear when you create a new slide. These boxes serve as placeholders for such objects as the slide title, text, charts, tables, organizational charts, and clip art.

Just click to add text in a placeholder, or double-click to add the specified object.


selection rectangle

The box formed by sizing handles after you select an object.


slide master

The slide that holds the formatted placeholders for the titles, main text, and any background items you want to appear on all slides in a presentation. If you make a change to the slide master, the change affects all slides in your presentation based on the master.


Template
design template

A template whose format and color scheme you apply to a presentation. A large selection of professionally designed templates come with PowerPoint, and you can also use any presentation as a template.


text attributes

Any characteristic of text — such as its font, size, style, color, or whether it is subscript or superscript. You can change text attributes before, after, or as you type text.


Transitions
transition

A special effect used to introduce a slide during a slide show. For example, you can fade in from black or dissolve from one slide to another. You can choose the transitions you want, and you can vary the speed of each.


PowerPoint object

Any shape you draw in PowerPoint or any graphic or picture you change from its original format to the PowerPoint format — for example, an AutoShape you draw or clip art you ungroup.


title master

The slide that holds the formatted placeholders for a title and subtitle for your presentation. If you make a change to the title master, the change affects all slides in your presentation that are based on the title master.


custom show

A presentation within a presentation. When you create a custom show, you group slides in an existing presentation so you can show that section of the presentation to a particular audience. For example — within a presentation for training purposes, you might create one custom show for the Marketing organization and another for the Testing organization.

To create a custom show, click Custom Shows on the Slide Show menu.


virus

A computer program or macro that "infects" computer files by inserting copies of itself in those files. When the file is loaded into memory, the virus can infect still other files. Viruses often have harmful side effects.


macro

A series of actions performed in PowerPoint that are recorded for subsequent playback. Macros are recorded in the Visual Basic for Applications programming language. You can also write macros directly by using the Visual Basic Editor.


master

A special slide or page on which you define formatting for all slides or pages in your presentation. Each presentation has a master for each key component  — slides, title slides, speaker's notes, and audience handouts. If you have pictures, text, or special formatting you want to appear on every slide, title slide, notes page, or audience handout, add it to the corresponding master.


object

A single element of your slide. An object can be text, an imported graphic, a shape, a picture, and so on.


broadcast
presentation broadcast

A feature in Microsoft PowerPoint that allows you to run a presentation over the Web. You can send invitations for a scheduled presentation broadcast by using Microsoft Outlook or any other e-mail program. The presentation is saved in HTML format and is displayed in the viewers' browsers. The presentation broadcast can contain audio and video, and it can be recorded and saved so that it can be viewed at a later time.


lobby page

When a viewer joins a presentation broadcast, a page of information about the broadcast is displayed in the viewer's browser before the broadcast begins. The lobby page contains the title, subject, host's name, and last-minute information about the broadcast, as well as a countdown to the starting time of the broadcast.


read-only

An option you can set that allows a file to be read but not changed. You can open and view a read-only presentation, but you cannot save changes to the presentation file. If you edit the read-only presentation, you can save your changes only if you give the presentation a new name or save a copy of the presentation to another location.


Click Properties to change Windows printer options for the selected printer.


Click a printer in the Name box. The information that appears below the Name box applies to the selected printer. The printer you click is the default printer for the rest of the current PowerPoint session, or until you change it.


Describes the state of the selected printer, for example, busy or idle.


Identifies the location of your printer and the printer port it is using.


Additional information about the printer that appears in the Name box.


Identifies the selected printer.


Prints your presentation to a file instead of to a printer. When you print, PowerPoint prompts you to enter a file name.


Click the portion of the presentation you want to print.


Prints the entire presentation. Click the component you want to print in the Print what box.


Prints the slide where the insertion point is located. If more than one slide is selected, PowerPoint prints the slide at the beginning of the selection.


Prints only the current selection. This option is not available if nothing is selected in your presentation.


Prints the slides you type in the Slides box.


Enter the number of copies you want to print.


Prints the copies of the presentation in proper binding order. PowerPoint prints a complete copy before printing the first page of the next copy.


Shows what collated copies look like if you select the Collate check box, and shows what uncollated copies look like if you clear the Collate check box.


Click the component of your presentation that you want to print.


Prints hidden slides along with the rest of the print job. This check box is available only when your presentation contains hidden slides.


Reduces or enlarges slide images so that they fill the printed page. This check box only affects the print-out; it does not change the dimension of slides in your presentation.


Optimizes the look of color slides for printing on a black and white printer.


Adds a thin frame around the border of printed slides, handouts, and notes pages.


Prints the custom slide show — the presentation within a presentation — that you click in the Custom show list.


Prints the entire presentation in only black and white. Changes all shades of gray to either black or white.


Order text (Handouts section)
When printing more than one slide per page, choose to print the slides horizontally or vertically on the handout.


Slides per page text
Sets the maximum number of slides that Microsoft PowerPoint will print on each page of the handouts.


Include animations check box
Prints the animation as an icon.


Horizontal radio button (Handouts box)
Arranges slides horizontally across the page when you print multiple slides per page of your handout.


Vertical radio button (Handouts box)
Arranges slides vertically on the page when you print multiple slides per page of your handout.


Handouts text box
Select the options you want for printing handouts.


Handout order bitmap
Shows how slides will be printed when you choose to print multiple slides per page of your handout.


Shows the status of the current print job.


Publish button
Places a copy of the presentation in HTML format (a Web page) in the location you specify, according to the options you set in this dialog box.


Publish what?
Select the options you want. You can publish your entire presentation or a portion of it, including the speaker notes for the presentation. Click Web Options to set options for how your presentation will look when viewed in a Web browser.


Complete presentation radio button
Publishes all of the current presentation to the Web.


edit box lower slide number
Type or use the arrows to select the first slide in the range of slides you want to publish to the Web.


through text (publish a range of slides)
Type or use the arrows to select the last slide in the range of slides you want to publish to the Web.


Custom show radio button
Publishes the custom slide show you choose in the list. This option is unavailable until you create a custom slide show.


Display speaker notes check box
Displays speaker notes in the notes pane of the browser (if the browser supports frames) when your presentation is viewed online.


Browser support text box
Choose the browser in which people will view your presentation. The browser support option you choose affects the way your presentation will look when viewed online. Choose the Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later (high fidelity) option to take advantage of all Microsoft PowerPoint presentation features and the more advanced Web browser features.


Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later (high fidelity)
Select to take advantage of all Microsoft PowerPoint presentation features and the more advanced Web browser features, such as animations, sounds, and movies. This option requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later. The Web presentation is not viewable in other browsers.


Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator 3.0 or later radio button
Choose this option to view the presentation by using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.0 or later or Netscape Navigator version 3.0 or later.


All browsers listed above (creates larger files)
Select to view the presentation in any Internet browser, or if your presentation will be displayed in both a Web browser and WebTV. This option creates a larger file.


Publish a copy as
Select the location where you want to place the presentation file or change the title of the presentation.


File name text
Displays the path to the location where the presentation will be stored for publication, and the name of the presentation file. To change the name or location of the file, type a different name or path in the box or click Browse.


Browse button
Opens a dialog box where you can select the location where you want to publish your presentation.


Open published Web page in browser
Automatically displays the presentation in your browser when you choose Publish.


Assistant button
Displays the Microsoft Office Assistant, which provides Help topics to assist you in publishing your presentation.


Web Options button
Select options to determine how your presentation will look when viewed in a Web browser.


Page title label
Displays the text that will appear in the title bar of the Web browser. To change the text, click Change.


page title
Displays the text that will appear in the title bar of the Web browser. To change the text, click Change Title.


Change button
Allows you to edit the text that appears in the title bar of the Web browser.


Slide number radio button
Publishes the range of slides you select to the Web.


Page title
Type the text you want to appear in the title bar of the Web browser.


Text label 1
As you speak into the microphone, adjust the recording level so that it remains in the green range. Move the slider to the right to increase the recording volume or to the left to decrease the recording volume.


Shows the original color of each picture's component. To revert to an original color in your picture, clear its check box.


Select this check box to use the new color. Clear this check box to use the original color.


Click the new color you want to use in your picture. PowerPoint applies the new color if its check box is selected. If the check box is cleared, PowerPoint retains the original color.


Drag the box or click the arrows to see more colors. The scroll bar is unavailable if your picture doesn't contain more colors.


Displays all the picture's colors (including line, background, and fill) in the box above, where you can change them.


Displays all the picture's colors except line colors in the box above, where you can change them.


Click Colors to display all the picture's colors in the box above. Click Fills to display all but the picture's line colors.


Tells you the effect of clicking the Fills or Colors option.


Tells Microsoft Graph to use all or part of the presentation's color scheme, which makes the graph colors match the rest of your presentation. Click None if you don't want Microsoft Graph to use the PowerPoint color scheme.


Tells Microsoft Graph to use the current PowerPoint color scheme for all components of the graph (including text, line, background, and fill).


Tells Microsoft Graph to use the current PowerPoint color scheme for the text and background colors of your graph only. With this option, Microsoft Graph chooses its own colors for the fill.


Tells Microsoft Graph to choose colors without regard to the PowerPoint color scheme.


Tells Microsoft Organization Chart to use all or part of your presentation's color scheme, which makes the organization chart colors match the rest of your presentation. Click None if you don't want Microsoft Organization Chart to use the PowerPoint color scheme.


Tells Microsoft Organization Chart to use the current PowerPoint color scheme for all components of the organization chart (including text, line, background, and fill).


Tells Microsoft Organization Chart to use the current PowerPoint color scheme for the text and background colors of your organization chart only. With this option, Microsoft Organization Chart chooses its own colors for the fill.


Tells Microsoft Organization Chart to choose colors without regard to the PowerPoint color scheme.


Elapsed Time (right timer)
Displays the elapsed time for the entire presentation.


Records the elapsed time for the current slide and advances to the next slide.


current slide timer (left timer)
Displays the elapsed time for the current slide. Let the timer run while you practice, or type a time directly in the box.


Resets the timer to zero for the slide in view so you can rehearse it again.


Stops the timer temporarily. Click Pause again to resume the rehearsal.


Replaces the font in the Replace box with the font in the With box.


Closes this dialog box and retains the changes you made.


Click the font you want to substitute for the font in the Replace box.


Click the font you want to replace in your presentation.


Reschedule the selected broadcast for another date or time or via another third party NetShow service provider.


Closes this dialog box and retains the changes that you made.


Click this button to change broadcast presentation settings, such as the shared location, audio and video settings, or NetShow server settings.


Select a broadcast from the list, and then click Reschedule to change the broadcast date and time or Change settings to modify other broadcast options.


Select a broadcast from the list, and then click Reschedule to change the broadcast date and time or Change settings to modify other broadcast options.


Removes the selected broadcast from the schedule list.


Click the file format in which you want to save the active presentation.


Tells you which fonts can't be embedded in your presentation because they aren't installed on your computer or because of embedding restrictions built into the font by the font manufacturer. To embed all the unrestricted fonts so your slides appear correct on other computers, use the Replace Fonts command (Format menu) to change the ones listed.


Specify a shared location
Type the full path to the folder where you want to place the presentation, or click Browse to select the location. All participants must have access to this location to view the broadcast. If you have an audience of more than 15, you must use a NetShow server. If you want to broadcast video, it is highly recommended that you use a NetShow server for your broadcast.


Browse button (specify a shared location section)
Select the location of the folder where you want to place the presentation. All participants must have access to this location to view the broadcast. If you have an audience of more than 15, you must use a NetShow server. If you want to broadcast video, it is highly recommended that you use a NetShow server for your broadcast.


Use the options below to configure your presentation for broadcast via a NetShow server. If you have an audience of more than 15, you must use a NetShow server. If you want to broadcast video, it is highly recommended that you use a NetShow server for your broadcast.


Use the options below to configure your presentation for broadcast via a NetShow server. If you have an audience of more than 15, you must use a NetShow server. If you want to broadcast video, it is highly recommended that you use a NetShow server for your broadcast.


Choose this option if you won't be using a NetShow server to broadcast your presentation. Keep in mind that by selecting this option, your maximum audience size will be limited to 15 viewers. If you want to broadcast video, it is highly recommended that you use a NetShow server for your broadcast.


Choose this option if you want to use a NetShow server on the same local area network as the computer from which you will be controlling the broadcast. If you have an audience of more than 15, you must use a NetShow server. If you want to broadcast video, it is highly recommended that you use a NetShow server for your broadcast.


Specify the name of the NetShow server on your LAN that you want to use to broadcast your presentation.


Specify the name of the NetShow server on your LAN that you want to use to broadcast your presentation.


Select the shared location where your broadcast presentation files should be stored for access by the NetShow server. Type the full path to the location where you want to place the presentation, or click Browse to select the location.


Select the shared location where your broadcast presentation files should be stored for access by the NetShow server. Type the full path to the location where you want to place the presentation, or click Browse to select the location.


Select the shared location where your broadcast presentation files should be stored for access by the NetShow server. Type the full path to the location where you want to place the presentation, or click Browse to select the location.


Choose this option if you want to use a third-party NetShow service provider to broadcast your presentation. If you are connected to the Web, a Web page with information about third-party presentation broadcasting service providers will be displayed when you schedule this broadcast. Contact the third-party service provider of your choice for more information about this option.


Click this button to learn more about Microsoft NetShow Services and streaming media solutions for business. You must be connected to the Web to view this information.


New broadcast option button
Choose this option to create a broadcast for the current presentation.


Change settings or reschedule option
Choose this option to reschedule a broadcast for a different time, or to change settings for a broadcast that has already been scheduled, such as the shared location for the broadcast files, audio or video settings, and NetShow server settings.


Replace a file option
Choose this option to replace a presentation that is currently scheduled for broadcast with the current presentation.


Microsoft Netshow icon
Choose the option you want and then click OK.


Tips for Broadcast button
Click this button to view additional information that can help you create a successful online broadcast.


Attaches a routing slip to the active presentation.


Sends the active presentation as an attachment to an electronic mail message.


Sends or routes the active presentation using electronic mail.


To enable this command, create a new presentation, or open an existing presentation.


To enable this command, install an electronic mail system.


To enable this command, install Windows multimedia extensions.


To enable this command, install Microsoft Exchange client software.


To enable this command, restore the application window.


To enable this command, restore the application window.


To enable this command, maximize or minimize the application window.


Cannot close or exit while another command or macro is executed.


To enable this command, insert a slide into the active presentation.


To enable this command, insert more than one slide into the active presentation.


To enable this command, paste a link into the active presentation.


To enable this command, add a custom property to the presentation.

To create a custom text property, click Properties on the File menu, click the Custom tab, enter the custom property you want, and then click Add.


This is the last slide in the active presentation.


This is the first slide in the active presentation.


To enable this command, restore the active presentation.


To enable this command, restore the active presentation.


To enable this command, maximize or minimize the active presentation.


To enable this command, use the Find or Replace command (Edit menu) to specify text.


This command is not available because this presentation is being edited in another application.


This command is not available because this presentation is only one slide.


To enable this command, switch to slide view.


To enable this command, switch to notes view.


To enable this command, switch to slide sorter view.


To enable this command, switch to outline view.


To enable this command, switch to any view except outline or slide sorter view.


To enable this command, switch to outline or slide sorter view.


To enable this command, switch to a master view.


To enable this command, switch to slide view or notes view.


To enable this command, switch to any view except a master view.


To enable this command, switch to any view except outline view.


To enable this command, switch to any view except slide sorter view.


This presentation already has a title master.


To enable this command, switch to slide master view and insert a title master slide.


Only the title master slide can be deleted.


To enable this command, close the OLE object you are editing.


To enable this command, switch to black and white view.


To enable this command, select an AutoShape, picture, or OLE object.


To enable this command, select one or more grouped objects.


To enable this command, select a text object.


To enable this command, select a line, polygon, or arc object.


To enable this command, select a slide that contains body text or a graph.


To enable this command, select a slide that contains a title object.


To enable this command, deselect all objects.


To enable this command, close the active text edit.


To enable this command, deselect any picture or OLE object.


To enable this command, deselect any QuickTime movie.


To enable this command, close any external object that is currently open for editing.


To enable this command, select an unpublished slide.


To enable this command, deselect the slide miniature object.


To enable this command, deselect any OLE object displayed as an icon.


To enable this command, deselect all placeholder objects.


To enable this command, deselect the title object.


To enable this command, deselect the slide image object.


To enable this command, select an object.


To enable this command, select an AutoShape.


To enable this command, select an AutoShape with adjust handles.


To enable this command, edit some text.


To enable this command, type some text.


To enable this command, select some text or an AutoShape with text.


To enable this command, select some text or an AutoShape.


To enable this command, select the entire group.


To enable this command, select an OLE object.


To enable this command, select a QuickTime movie.


To enable this command, select two or more objects.


To enable this command, select a single picture or OLE object.


To enable this command, select a graph that is not an OLE link.


To enable this command, select a single object or group.


To enable this command, select a single nongrouped object.


To enable this command, select a subscriber.


To enable this command, select an object that can be filled.


To enable this command, select an object that can be framed.


To enable this command, select an object to which you can apply shadow formatting — for example, an AutoShape or picture.


To enable this command, select a group or picture.


To enable this command, select an object that was previously grouped.


To enable this command, select any slide.


To enable this command, select a single slide.


To enable this command, select multiple slides.


To enable this command, select a single OLE link.


To edit the selected OLE object, install the OLE source application.


To enable this command, select a line, arc, or other open AutoShape.


To enable this command, select a single object with an animation effect.


To enable this command, select a sound or movie object.


To enable this command, select a sound object.


To enable this command, select a movie object.


The selected text has already been indented to the first level.


The selected text has already been indented to the lowest level.


The selected text has already been moved to the beginning of the text block.


The selected text has already been moved to the end of the text block.


To enable this command, select the Word wrap text in AutoShape check box in the AutoShape dialog box (Format menu, ,AutoShape command, Text Box tab).


All sublevels are already visible, or there are no sublevels.


All sublevels have already been hidden, or there are no outline or heading levels in this presentation.


There is currently nothing to undo.


To enable this command, undo the last action.


There is currently nothing to repeat.


The Clipboard is empty or not usable in this context.


To enable this command, add objects to the slide.


To enable this command, first copy a color scheme by clicking Format Painter  [image].


To enable this command, first copy a style by clicking Format Painter  [image].


To enable this command, close the Customize dialog box.


To enable this command, bring up the Customize dialog box.


To enable this command, copy a bitmap image or text to the Clipboard.


To enable this command, select a toolbar button with a bitmap or text (no edit or popup controls).


This toolbar button has not been changed from its original configuration.


To enable this command, you must install the Microsoft Network software on your computer.


This command is currently unimplemented.


To enable this command, cancel the selection of all tables.


To enable this command, select only text placeholders.


To enable this command, select only tables.


Displays a miniature version of the slides in the selected presentation


Displays the titles of the slides in the selected presentation.


Click the slide you want to insert in your presentation and then click Insert.


Click the title of the slide you want to insert in your presentation and then click Insert.


Inserts the selected slides in the active presentation, at the insertion point. This button is available only if one or more slides are selected in the Select slides list above.


Inserts all the slides in the active presentation, at the insertion point.


Closes this dialog box and retains the changes you made.


Enter the name of the presentation that contains the slides you want and then click Display, or click Browse to find the presentations you want.


Creates a shortcut to the selected file and then adds the shortcut to the Favorites folder. The original file or folder doesn't move.


Click Browse to find one or more presentations that contain the slides you want.


Displays the slides in the selected presentation. This button is unavailable if the slides from the selected presentation are already displayed.


Click the presentation you want to open from your Favorites folder, and then click Display.


Deletes the shortcut to the selected presentation from your Favorites folder.


Keeps the master's graphics and text from being displayed on the currently selected slides or notes pages. This check box is unavailable when you are in Handout Master view.


Click the fill you want for the background of your slides.


Temporarily updates your presentation with the selected settings so you can see how it will look. PowerPoint doesn't actually apply the selected settings until you click Apply or OK.


Click the layout you want to apply or reapply to the current slide. If you reapply the same layout, PowerPoint restores the master placeholders for titles, text, and objects.


Drag the box or click the arrows in the scroll bar to see more slide layouts.


Displays the name of the currently selected slide layout.


Don't show this dialog box again (New Slide dialog)
Select if you don't want to see this dialog box the next time you start Microsoft PowerPoint. PowerPoint will automatically create a new presentation with a Title Slide layout. To turn this option back on at a later time, click Options on the Tools menu. On the View tab, click New slide dialog.


Click the kind of slides you want to make. If you click Custom, PowerPoint changes the Width and Height settings to fill the printing area for the active printer.


Displays the width of the current selection in the Slides sized for box. If you enter a custom slide width, PowerPoint changes the Slides sized for setting to Custom.


Displays the height of the current selection in the Slides sized for box. If you enter a custom slide height, PowerPoint changes the Slides sized for setting to Custom.


Enter the starting number for the first slide.


Changes the orientation of the slides, notes pages, outlines, or handouts in your presentation. Click Portrait for a vertical orientation or Landscape for a horizontal orientation.


Changes the orientation of your slides. Click Portrait for a vertical orientation or Landscape for a horizontal orientation.


Shows how your slides will look when you click the Portrait or Landscape options.


Changes your slides to a vertical orientation; the short edge is the top of the slide.


Changes your slides to a horizontal orientation; the long edge is the top of the slide.


Changes the orientation of your notes, handouts, and outline. Click Portrait for a vertical orientation or Landscape for a horizontal orientation.


Shows how your notes, handouts, and outlines will look when you click the Portrait or Landscape options.


Changes your notes, handouts, and outline to a vertical orientation; the short edge is the top of the slide.


Changes your notes, handouts, and outline to a horizontal orientation; the long edge is the top of the slide.


Tells PowerPoint which slides you want to include in a slide show.


Includes all the slides in your slide show.


Includes only the range of slides you enter in the From and To boxes in your slide show. Type the beginning and ending slide numbers in the From and To boxes.


Type the beginning slide number of your slide show.


Type the ending slide number of your slide show.


Click the way you want to move from one slide to the next during a slide show. If you click Using timings, if present and the slide show does not include preset timings, you must advance the slides manually. If you click Manually, PowerPoint suppresses but does not delete any preset timings.


Runs the slide show and advances to the next slide only when you click the mouse or when you right-click and then click Next, Previous, or Go on the shortcut menu. If you click Manually, PowerPoint suppresses but does not delete any preset timings.


Runs the slide show automatically, using your previously set timings. If the slide show does not include preset timings, you must advance the slides manually.


Runs the slide show in full-screen mode. Clear the Full screen check box to run the slide show in a window.


Click the color you want for the pen you use to write on slides during a slide show.


Click the type of slide show you want to set up.


This is the traditional full-screen slide show. You can advance the slides and animations manually, or you can set automatic timings using the Rehearse Timings command (Slide Show menu).


Runs the slide show in a standard window, with custom menus and commands that make it easy for an individual reader to browse your presentation.


Runs the slide show full-screen as a self-running show that restarts after 5 minutes of inactivity. The audience can advance the slides or click hyperlinks and action buttons but cannot modify the presentation. When you click this option, PowerPoint automatically selects the Loop continuously until "Esc" check box.


Displays each slide as if all slide animation effects have already taken place. For example, no bullet items are dimmed, and all fly-in objects are in their final positions. Select this check box when your audience will be browsing your presentation rather than running a slide show.


Runs an electronic slide show over and over again until you press ESC to stop the slide show. This check box is selected and unavailable when Browsed at a kiosk (full screen) is selected above.


Runs the slide show without playing any voice narrations (to add narrations to your slide show, click Record Narration on the Slide Show menu).


Displays a scroll bar on the slide show window. This option is available only if Browsed by an individual (window) is selected.


Runs the custom slide show — the presentation within a presentation — that you click in the Custom show list. This option is unavailable if your presentation contains no custom shows.


Runs the slide show using the selected options.


Show on text
Select the monitor on which you will present the slide show. This option is unavailable unless you're running Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 5.0. In addition, you must have more than one monitor or projection system set up on your computer.


Projector Wizard button
Starts the Projector Wizard, which will help you connect your computer to the monitor or projection system on which your presentation will be viewed.


Click the color scheme you want for the current slide or for the entire presentation. To create your own color scheme, click the Custom tab.


Deletes the selected color scheme. If you delete the color scheme that's currently applied to your presentation and then click Apply or Apply To All, the color scheme will change to the newly selected color scheme. Click  [image]  to restore a deleted standard color scheme.


Displays the colors in the color scheme that 's selected on the Standard tab. To change a color, click it and then click Change Color.


Click the color you want to change, and then click Change Color.


Adds the above color scheme to the list of color schemes on the Standard tab. This button is unavailable if you haven't changed any of the above colors.


This is the length of the recorded sound.


Begins recording the sound.


Plays the recorded sound.


Stops recording or playing the sound.


Type a name for the sound you are about to record, or accept the default name. By default, PowerPoint assigns the name RecordingN.wav, where N is a number. PowerPoint embeds this sound on the current slide and adds the name to the Sounds list in the Custom Animation and Slide Transition dialog boxes (Slide Show menu).


Leaves the word in the Not in dictionary box unchanged and continues the spelling check. When this button changes to Start or Resume, you can click it to restart the spelling check.


Stops the spelling check and closes the Spelling dialog box.


Leaves all occurrences of the word in the Not in dictionary box unchanged and continues the spelling check. PowerPoint ignores the word throughout the remainder of the spelling check.


Replaces the word in the Not in dictionary box with the selected word in the Change to box and continues the spelling check.


Replaces all occurrences of the word in the Not in dictionary box with the word in the Change to box and continues the spelling check.


Adds the word in the Not in dictionary box to the selected dictionary and continues the spelling check.


Searches the selected dictionary and lists possible spellings of the word in the Not in dictionary box. To have PowerPoint suggest possible spellings all the time, click Options on the Tools menu, click the Spelling and Style tab, and then select the Always suggest corrections check box.


Shows words not found in the main dictionary or open custom dictionaries. To correct the word, select the correct spelling in the Suggestions box, or type the correction in the Change to box. To add the word to the open custom dictionary, click Add.


Shows the word that will replace the word in the Not in dictionary box when you click Change. You can edit the contents of this box or select a word in the Suggestions box to replace the word.


Displays possible correct spellings of the word in the Not in dictionary box. As you select a suggestion, it appears in the Change to box, where you can edit it if you want. If no words appear in the Suggestions box, click the Suggest button.


Click the custom dictionary to which words will be added if you click Add.


Adds the spelling error and its correction to the AutoCorrect list so that PowerPoint will correct it automatically as you type.


Click the type of presentation you want to create or open.


Creates a new presentation by prompting you for information about content, purpose, style, handouts, and output. The new presentation contains sample text that you can replace with your own information.


Creates a new presentation based on one of the PowerPoint design templates.


Creates a new, blank presentation using the default settings for text and colors.


Opens an existing presentation so that you can edit or show it.


Don't show this dialog box again check box
Select if you don't want to see this dialog box the next time you start Microsoft PowerPoint. PowerPoint will automatically create a new presentation and ask you to choose a layout for your slides. To turn this option back on at a later time, click Options on the Tools menu. On the View tab, click Startup dialog.


More files list box
Displays a list of recently opened files. To open a file in this list, click the name of the file and then click OK.


Resets the options in the Style Options dialog box to the original settings.


When the Slide title style check box is selected, checks the capitalization of slide titles in your presentation using the type of capitalization you select.


When the Body text style check box is selected, checks the capitalization of body text in your presentation using the type of capitalization you select.


Type the character you want the Presentation Advisor to look for instead of a period at the end of slide titles.


Type the character you want the Presentation Advisor to look for instead of a period at the end of each line of body text.


Enter the maximum number of fonts you want to use in your presentation. When the check box is selected, the Presentation Advisor notifies you if the presentation contains more than the maximum number of fonts but doesn't change any fonts.


Enter the minimum font size you want for title text. When the check box is selected, the Presentation Advisor notifies you if any title text is smaller than the minimum size but doesn't change any fonts.


Enter the minimum font size you want for body text. When the check box is selected, the Presentation Advisor notifies you if any body text is smaller than the minimum size but doesn't change any fonts.


Enter the maximum number of bulleted paragraphs you want in each body text placeholder. When the check box is selected, the Presentation Advisor notifies you if there are more than the maximum number of bulleted paragraphs but doesn't change any text.


Enter the maximum number of lines you want in each slide title. When the check box is selected, the Presentation Advisor notifies you if there are more than the maximum number of lines but doesn't change any text.


Enter the maximum number of lines you want in each bulleted paragraph. When the check box is selected, the Presentation Advisor notifies you if there are more than the maximum number of lines but doesn't change any text.


Slide title punctuation
When this option is selected, the Presentation Advisor checks for consistent use of punctuation, such as periods, in the slide titles of the presentation. When you select Paragraphs do not have punctuation in the list, the Presentation Advisor automatically removes periods from the end of slide titles in the presentation. In addition to periods, you can check for the consistent use of other punctuation in slide titles by typing the character you want to check for in the Slide title box.


Body punctuation check box
When this option is selected, the Presentation Advisor checks for consistent use of punctuation, such as periods, in the body text of the presentation. When you select Paragraphs do not have punctuation in the list, the Presentation Advisor automatically removes periods from the end of sentences within body text in the presentation. In addition to periods, you can check for the consistent use of other punctuation in the body text of your presentation by typing the character you want to check for in the Body text box.


Slide title punctuation drop-down list
When you select Paragraphs do not have punctuation, the Presentation Advisor automatically removes periods from the end of slide titles in the presentation. When you select Paragraphs have punctuation, the Presentation Advisor automatically inserts a period at the end of a sentence that doesn't already have one. In addition to periods, you can check for the consistent use of other punctuation in slide titles by typing the character you want to check for in the Slide title box.


Body punctuation drop-down list
When you select Paragraphs do not have punctuation, the Presentation Advisor automatically removes periods from the end of sentences within body text in the presentation. When you select Paragraphs have punctuation, the Presentation Advisor automatically inserts a period at the end of a sentence that doesn't already have one. In addition to periods, you can check for the consistent use of other punctuation in the body text of your presentation by typing the character you want to check for in the Body text box.


Label text (not a control)
Type a punctuation character other than a period that you want the Presentation Advisor to check for.


Inserts the selected symbol in your presentation and leaves the dialog box open so you can insert more symbols.


Closes this dialog box and retains the changes you made.


Click a font to display its character set in the grid below.


Click the symbol you want to add to your presentation, and then click Insert.


Displays the shortcut key that you can use to insert each symbol.


Enter the number of columns you want in the table.


Enter the number of rows you want in the table.


Style text
Click the line style you want for borders in your table, and then click on the table diagram or the border buttons  to apply the line style.


Color text
Click the line color you want for the border, and then click on the table diagram or the border buttons  to apply the color.


Width text
Click the line width you want for the border, and then click the border buttons to apply the line width.


Diagram text
Click the diagram or the border buttons to add or remove a line.


Top border button
Adds or removes a border from the top edge of the selected cell in your table.


Bottom border button
Adds or removes a border from the bottom edge of the selected cell in your table.


Diagonal down border button
Adds or removes a horizontal line from the upper-left corner to the lower-right corner of the selected cell in your table.


Left border button
Adds or removes a border from the left edge of the selected cell in your table.


Right border button
Adds or removes a border from the right edge of the selected cell in your table.


Diagonal up border button
Adds or removes a horizontal line from the lower-left corner to the upper-right corner of the selected cell in your table.


Fill color check box
Adds color to the selected cell in your table. To remove the color from the selected cell, clear this check box. To select a different color, click the arrow in the list below.


Fill color drop-down
Click the color you want to apply to the selected cell in your table. To remove color from the cell, clear the Fill color check box.


Semitransparent check box
Adds a lighter shade of color to the selected cell so that you can still see text. To add a darker shade of color to the cell so that you can't see text, clear this check box.


Text alignment (text)
Aligns text at the top, middle, bottom, or center of the selected cell.


Left margin text
Type or select the number in inches you want to use for the left margin of the selected cell.


Top margin text
Type or select the number in inches you want to use for the top margin of the selected cell.


Right margin text
Type or select the number in inches you want to use for the right margin of the selected cell.


Bottom margin text
Type or select the number in inches you want to use for the bottom margin of the selected cell.


Rotate text within cell by 90 degrees
Rotates text in the selected cell to the right by 90 degrees. To return text to its original position, clear this check box.


Click the special effect you want to use to introduce the current slide during a slide show. Each time you click an option, PowerPoint runs the effect in the sample picture. To see the preview again, click the picture.


Click Slow, Medium, or Fast to adjust the speed at which the special effect runs during a slide show. Each time you click a different speed option, PowerPoint runs the effect in the sample picture. To see the preview again, click the picture.


Click this picture to see a preview of the selected special effect and speed as it will occur during a slide show.


Tells PowerPoint when to advance to the next slide in the slide show. Select both check boxes if you want the next slide to appear when you click the mouse or automatically after the number of seconds you enter in the seconds box (whichever comes first).

Select the On mouse click check box and clear the Automatically after check box if you want the next slide to appear only when you click the mouse.


Click the sound you want to accompany the slide transition effect.


Continues playing the sound until the next sound starts. Clear this check box if you want the sound to play only once and then stop.


Applies the transition settings to all the slides in the presentation.


Click the slide transition effect and speed you want. Each time you click a different effect or speed option, PowerPoint runs the effect in the sample picture. To see the preview again, click the picture.


Seconds spinner box
Click the arrows or type a number to set the number of seconds after which you want the next slide to automatically be displayed.


alternative text

Descriptive text that appears as a substitution for a graphic image on a Web page. Alternative text is used by Web browsers to display text during image downloads, for users who have graphics turned off, and for users who rely on screen reading software to convert images on the screen to spoken words.


bounding box

The smallest rectangle that can enclose the text in a text frame. Knowing the position and dimensions of text bounding boxes allows you to overlap shapes on a slide without covering up any text.


class module

A module that can contain the definition for one or more new objects. When you create a new instance of a class, you create the new object(s). Any procedures defined in the module become the properties, methods, and events of the object(s).


coordinate pair

A pair of values representing the x- and y-coordinates of a point that are stored in a one-based two-dimensional array that can contain coordinates for many points.

The following example creates a one-based array that contains the coordinate pairs 50, 150 and 100, 200. Note that when you dimension the array, the size of the first dimension is the number of points you want to include, and the size of the second dimension is two (the first position within the dimension is for the x-coordinate, the second is for the y-coordinate).

Dim cpArray(1 To 2, 1 To 2)

cpArray(1, 1) = 50	' The x-coordinate of the first point

cpArray(1, 2) = 150	' The y-coordinate of the first point

cpArray(2, 1) = 100	' The x-coordinate of the second point

cpArray(2, 2) = 200	' The y-coordinate of the second point


default properties and methods

Many objects have a default property or method. Visual Basic applies the default property or method to a given object to resolve an expression that wouldn't otherwise be valid. You can write statements that use default properties or methods more concisely by omitting the default keywords. For example, the Item method is the default method for most collections in PowerPoint, so the following two statements are equivalent:

Presentations.Item(1).Slides.Item(1).Shapes.Item(1).Delete

Presentations(1).Slides(1).Shapes(1).Delete

Note   In the Object Browser, default properties and methods are indicated by a blue dot in addition to the property or method graphic that appears before the name.


default shape

A virtual shape that contains default formatting properties for new shapes. There's one default shape for each presentation.


design and run modes

Microsoft Office and the Visual Basic Editor have two modes: design mode and run mode.

In design mode, you can design custom dialog boxes and controls and write code. Events do not fire and event procedures do not automatically run in design mode.

In run mode, you interact with your application the way a user would: an event is triggered, and the related event procedure is run. You cannot edit code in run mode.


early and late binding

When you create an object variable in one application that refers to an object supplied by another application, Visual Basic must verify that the object exists and that any properties or methods used with the object are specified correctly. This verification process is known as binding. Binding can occur at run time (late binding) or at compile time (early binding). Late bound code is slower than early bound code. To make your code early bound, and therefore more efficient, you must set a reference to the type library that contains the objects you want to refer to, and you must declare your object variables as specific types.


encoding

The byte (or sequence of bytes) used to represent each character in an HTML or plain text document. Using the correct encoding (for example, using an encoding that supports Greek characters to display Greek text) is important if the characters are not part of the ASCII character set. If the encoding does not match the text content of the file, the file will be larger, and the page may not be readable on older browsers. Unicode encodings, such as UTF-8, support all characters in all languages, but are not readable in older browsers.


extra colors

Non-scheme colors that you use for special purposes. Extra colors appear in color palettes displayed by dialog box controls and toolbar buttons. Changing the color scheme doesn't affect either the available extra colors or objects formatted with extra colors.


pane

A portion of the document window bounded by and separated from other portions by vertical or horizontal bars. In normal view, there are three panes (outline, slide, and notes). In all other document window views there is only one pane.


placeholders

The boxes with dotted outlines that appear on newly created slides. These boxes serve as placeholders for objects such as slide titles, text, charts, tables, organizational charts, and clip art.


RGB value

Value returned by the RGB function; specifies a color as a combination of red, green, and blue values. The RGB function has the following syntax:

RGB(red, green, blue)

The arguments specify the red, green, and blue components of the color as integers from 0 to 255.


programmatic identifier (ProgID)

An identifier in the form OLEServerName.ObjectName (for example, Excel.Sheet or PowerPoint.Slide) that's used by the Windows registry to uniquely identify an object. To specify an object created by a specific version of an application, append a period and the version number to the identifier — Excel.Sheet.9 and PowerPoint.9, for example.


text frame

The area within a shape that can contain text.


verb

An action that an OLE object takes to activate its content. Common verbs are "Edit", "Open", and "Play."


view

A way of displaying the contents of a presentation and providing the user the means to interact with it.


x, y, and z axes

The three mutually perpendicular lines that are used to locate a point in a Cartesian coordinate system. Note that in the Microsoft Office drawing layer, the 'X'-axis runs horizontally across your document. The 'Y'-axis runs vertically, and the 'Z' axis runs perpendicular to the plane of your document (away from and toward you).


Places each slide's notes page next to the slide, on the right, in the Word document.


Places blank lines next to each slide, on the right, in the Word document.


Places each slide's notes below the slide image in the Word document.


Places blank lines below each slide in the Word document.


Sends your presentation to Word as an outline.


Embeds your slides in the Word document. No link is created to the source file, but you can double-click the slides in the Word document to use PowerPoint to edit them.


Inserts your slides in the Word document and creates a link to the presentation source file. The slides are updated each time you open the Word document and every time the presentation changes.


Enlarges or reduces the view of your presentation as a percentage of its normal size. The Fit option resizes the presentation to fit on your screen. To return your presentation to normal size, click 100%.


Resizes the presentation to fit on your screen.


Displays your presentation at four times its normal size.


Displays your presentation at twice its normal size.


Displays your presentation at its normal size.


Displays your presentation at two-thirds its normal size.


Displays your presentation at half its normal size.


Displays your presentation at one-third its normal size.


Enter the percentage—between 10 and 400—at which you want to view your presentation.