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Lesson 19:  PowerPoint Essentials



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

PowerPoint presentations can include text, clip art, tables, charts, and sounds.
 

 2. 

If you like a slide design but don’t like the colors used in the design, you can change the color scheme of the design.
 

 3. 

A design template provides a consistent look for each slide in the presentation.
 

 4. 

Most PowerPoint design templates are available in only one color scheme.
 

 5. 

You can only add new slides when the presentation is displayed in Normal view.
 

 6. 

You can change the view by clicking the buttons at the lower-left corner of the PowerPoint window.
 

 7. 

When you add a new slide, the design you have already applied to the presentation is automatically applied to the new slide.
 

 8. 

PowerPoint’s General Templates already contain content that was previously organized and formatted on slides.
 

 9. 

You cannot create a new presentation based on an existing presentation.
 

 10. 

You can access the Slide Finder in Slide Sorter view or in Normal view.
 

 11. 

When you use the Slide Finder, you must copy slides one at a time to the new presentation.
 

 12. 

Using too many fonts or too many different formats generally makes the text harder to read.
 

 13. 

You can save a PowerPoint presentation in a format that will allow it to be viewed using a Web browser.
 

 14. 

The placeholder will not print or display in the actual presentation.
 

 15. 

When you use a design template, you must choose the formats for the text.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 16. 

Documents created in PowerPoint are called ____.
a.
slidesheets
c.
presentations
b.
transparencies
d.
datashows
 

 17. 

____ view gives you an overall picture of your presentation by displaying your slides as thumbnails.
a.
Slide
c.
Normal
b.
Outline
d.
Slide Sorter
 

 18. 

In ____ view, the current slide fills the whole computer screen. You use this view when you present the show to your audience.
a.
Slide Show
c.
Slide Sorter
b.
Normal
d.
Slide
 

 19. 

When showing your slide show, you can move to the next slide by ____.
a.
clicking the mouse button
c.
pressing the down arrow key
b.
pressing the spacebar
d.
all of the above
 

 20. 

To move to a different slide in Normal view, ____.
a.
click on a slide in the Outline pane
c.
use shortcut keys
b.
use the scroll bar
d.
all of the above
 

 21. 

To move to the last slide in the presentation in Normal view, press ____.
a.
Enter
c.
the spacebar
b.
Ctrl + End
d.
none of the above
 

 22. 

A PowerPoint design template specifies ____.
a.
a color scheme
c.
backgrounds
b.
text formats
d.
all of the above
 

 23. 

You would use the ____ pane to add notes and information to help you with your presentation.
a.
Notes
c.
Outline
b.
Slide
d.
all of the above
 

 24. 

The ____ pane allows you to see the slide as it will appear in your presentation.
a.
Outline
c.
Slide
b.
Notes
d.
Normal
 

 25. 

To add a new slide, ____.
a.
open the Insert menu and choose New Slide
b.
click the New Slide button on the Formatting toolbar
c.
open the Edit menu and choose Insert Slide
d.
either a or b
 

 26. 

When your presentation includes more than once slide, ____ appear in the window so you can move through the presentation using the mouse.
a.
status bars
c.
slide levers
b.
scroll bars
d.
all of the above
 

 27. 

You use the ____ pane in Normal view to organize the content of your presentation.
a.
Slide Number
c.
Notes
b.
Organization
d.
Outline
 

 28. 

To navigate through a presentation slide by slide in Normal view, you can click the ____ button.
a.
Next Slide
c.
Go To Slide
b.
Previous Slide
d.
Both a and b
 

 29. 

Placeholders in a slide layout provide placement guides to add ____ to a slide.
a.
text
c.
tables
b.
graphics
d.
all of the above
 

 30. 

To display the icons in the lower-left corner of Slide Show view, you must ____.
a.
click anywhere on the screen
c.
press the spacebar
b.
move the mouse pointer in the screen
d.
press the Menu key
 

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 31. 

The shortcut key combination to navigate to the last slide in a presentation is ____________________.
 

 

 32. 

In any new presentation, PowerPoint provides ___________________ for easy insertion of text and graphics in slides.
 

 

 33. 

When items in a list of information do not need to be in any particular order, use ____________________ to present each data entry.
 

 

 34. 

You can create ____________________ in PowerPoint to provide reminders of what you want to emphasize in the presentation or to include dialog you want to use when you present the slide show to an audience.
 

 

 35. 

The slide ____________________ refers to the way things are arranged on the slide.
 

 

 36. 

A(n) _________________________ provides a preformatted slide design with colors, styles, and layouts.
 

 

 37. 

The _________________________ will ask questions about the presentation you want to create and then customize a presentation for you.
 

 

 38. 

____________________ view displays three panes on the screen at the same time.
 

 

 39. 

The ____________________ allows you to quickly copy slides from one presentation to another.
 

 

 40. 

To select multiple slides to move, copy, or delete, even if they are not together in the presentation, hold down the ____________________ key as you click each slide to include in the selection.
 

 

 41. 

When you use the Cut, Copy, and Paste commands, PowerPoint stores the slide content and design in the ____________________.
 

 

 42. 

To remove a slide in Normal view, you must use the ____________________ command on the Edit menu.
 

 

 43. 

The shortcut key combination to copy a slide is ____________________.
 

 

 44. 

If you don’t want a slide to appear when you run a presentation, you can select the ____________________ command from the Slide Show menu.
 

 

 45. 

You can write on a presentation as it displays by clicking the ____________________ icon and selecting an option from the shortcut menu.
 

 

 46. 

The small versions of slides that display in Slide Sorter view are called ____________________.
 

 

 47. 

Pressing either the down arrow key or the PageDown key will move you to the _____________________ slide in the presentation.
 

 

 48. 

The default view in PowerPoint is ____________________ view.
 

 

 49. 

You should use ____________________ only to highlight relevant information, not to “decorate” a slide.
 

 

 50. 

To remove bullets from preformatted text on a slide, click the ____________________ button on the Formatting toolbar.
 

 



 
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