PowerPoint Slide Creation and Design Flashcards
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What happens when you click 'Reset' on a slide that has had its layout elements manually repositioned?
Answer: The slide reverts to the default layout position and formatting
Reset returns the slide's placeholders to the position, size, and formatting defined in the current slide layout.
Which Insert option allows you to add a scalable, color-editable graphic from Microsoft's built-in library without searching the web?
Answer: Icons
Icons in PowerPoint are SVG-based graphics from Microsoft's built-in library that can be resized without quality loss and recolored via Shape Fill.
You want the text in a text box to automatically shrink so it always fits within the box boundaries. Which option enables this?
Answer: Shrink Text on Overflow
Shrink Text on Overflow reduces font size automatically so all text stays within the placeholder's fixed boundaries.
Which feature in PowerPoint's Design Ideas pane (Designer) uses AI to suggest slide layouts?
Answer: PowerPoint Designer
PowerPoint Designer analyzes slide content and automatically suggests professional layout ideas using AI.
To remove the background from an inserted photo directly in PowerPoint, which tool should you use?
Answer: Remove Background
Remove Background (on the Picture Format tab) lets you mark areas to keep or remove, isolating the subject from its background.
A slide uses a dark background. Applying which contrast-related best practice ensures readable body text?
Answer: Use a light font color (e.g., white or yellow) against the dark background
High contrast between text and background — such as light text on a dark background — is essential for readability and accessibility.
Which command merges multiple selected shapes into one unified shape that you can further edit as a single path?
Answer: Union (Merge Shapes)
Merge Shapes > Union combines all selected shapes into one filled shape, removing internal boundaries to create a single unified path.