Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Slide Finder


A tab where all you favorite slides are marked

Slide design


A style or design applied to a slide

Presentations


comprised of slides, which may contain text, images, and other media, such as audio clips and movies.

Placeholders


laceholders are boxes with dotted borders that contain content and reside within a slide layout.

Normal view


the preferred view to create a slide in PowerPoint. The slide is largest in this view.

Exit Effect


A preference allow objects to leave the Slide Show with animations.

Clip Organizer


Where all the clip arts are saved

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Statistical functions


Built-in functions in Excel can be used to perform calculations on spreadsheet data.

Relative cell references


the address of a cell based on the relative position of the cell that contains the formula and the cell referred to.

Order of evaluation

to change the grouping of operators.

Operator


A sign or symbol that specifies the type of calculation to perform within an expression. There are mathematical, comparison, logical, and reference operators.

Operand


Items on either side of an operator in a formula. In Excel, operands can be values, cell references, names, labels, and functions.

Mixed cell reference


In Excel cell references are used in formulas, functions, charts, and other Excel commands.

Mathematical functions


a function is a relation between a given set of elements (the domain) and another set of elements

Function formula


The function name tells Excel what calculation to perform.

formulas


is a mathematical equation used to caluculate a value. In Excel formulas must begin with an equal ( = ) sign.

Embedded chart


Chart sheet exists on a separate sheet in the workbook.

Chart


A graph, or a chart as it is known in Excel, is a visual representation of worksheet data.

Argument


Arguments supply the data for the function to use in its calculations.

Absolute cell reference


identifies the location a cell or group of cells.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Worksheet


a sheet of paper on which is printed a series of columns and into which tentative figures are entered as a preliminary step in preparing the adjusted or final statement.

Workbook


a manual of operating instructions.

Range


The upper and lower bounds of an array

Merge

To blend together, especially in gradual stages

Header row


A document or report, common text pritned at the top of every page

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Gridline


The lines that separate cells in a spreadsheet.

Filling

a means of quickly populating a column with formula or data.

Fill handle

The Fill Handle in Excel is possibly one of Excels most under utilized features. For those of you that don't know of it, it's the small black square in the bottom right of the active cell.http://www.ion.icaew.com/ClientFiles/ea801d54-868a-4a5b-9486-95d0f89c3dc4/exFillHandle1b.gif

Ascending order


To move from a higher to a lower place

Cell Reference


Cell references are used in formulas, functions, Chart, and other Excel commands.http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/Microsoft-Office-Excel-2007Images/Absolute_Cell_References___If_You_Dont_Want_Cell_Reference_To_.PNG

Ascending Order


Arranged from smallest to largest

Active cell


The intersection of a row and column in a spreadsheet that is currently selected.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Thumbnails


Thumbnails are reduced-size versions of pictures, used to help in recognizing and organizing them

Thesaurus


a book containing a classified list of synonyms

Template


a model or standard for making comparisons

Superscript


character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character

Style

a particular kind (as to appearance)

Sizing Handle


Also known as a handle, sizing grip, or resize corner, the sizing handle is a graphical indicator in a Graphical User Interface that allows users to click and drag on the indicator to resize the object.

Header


a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

Hard column break


To start a new line after clicking enter on your keyboard on anyway document writing software

Graphics


photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication

Footnote


a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

Footer


Text printed at the bottom of a sales draft. A merchant can customize the footer

Endnote


Software tool for publishing and managing bibliographies.

Drawing objects


Tools to help you sketch, plan, or outline

Drawing canvas


A page which is made for drawing or sketching

Desktop publishing


the use of microcomputers with graphics capacity to produce printed materials

Crop


Refers to the removal of the outer parts of an image to improve framing, accentuate subject matter or change aspect ratio.