CG PPT flashcards
CG PPT · Build recall with a focused review session.
40 cards. Read the term and the definition here. The deck at the top of this page is optional.
- Audience prior knowledge
- The audience's existing familiarity with the topic. It determines how much context, jargon, and background the deck must supply before the main claim can land.
- Core takeaway
- The single sentence the audience should remember after the presentation. Every section and slide is tested against it; slides that do not support it are cut.
- Time budget rule
- Plan roughly one to two minutes per content slide for live delivery. A 20-minute slot therefore supports about 10 to 15 content slides plus title and closing.
- Decision-oriented deck order
- A deck structure that states the recommendation and requested action in the first two slides, then supplies supporting evidence. It suits audiences with approval authority.
- Storyboard line
- A one-sentence claim written for each planned slide before building. Slides without a distinct claim are merged or removed during planning.
- Contrast ratio
- The luminance ratio between text and its background. Normal text should reach at least 4.5:1; large text at least 3:1 for readable projection.
- Visual hierarchy
- The ordered prominence of elements created through size, weight, color, and position. It guides the eye from title to primary evidence to supporting detail.
- Rule of thirds
- A composition guideline dividing the slide into a 3×3 grid. Key objects placed near grid intersections feel more dynamic than centered placement.
- One idea per slide
- A design constraint limiting each slide to a single claim. Competing titles or charts signal that the slide should be split into two.
- Proximity grouping
- Placing related items closer together than unrelated items. The spacing difference must be visible so groups read as units rather than a single list.
- Slide master
- The top-level design layer storing fonts, theme colors, background, and placeholder positions. Edits propagate to every layout and slide that inherits from it.
- Layout placeholder
- A predefined content region on a slide layout, such as title or body. Editing a layout affects only slides using that layout, not the master.
- Theme color slots
- Named color positions such as text, background, accent 1–6, and hyperlink. Objects using slots remap automatically when the theme changes; hard-coded colors do not.
- Theme font pair
- A heading font and body font defined by the theme. Changing the pair updates all text using theme fonts, but not manually formatted runs.
- Template versus deck
- A template (.potx) stores masters, layouts, theme, and sample content and opens as a new deck. A .pptx opened from a template retains the prior content.
- Minimum body text size
- About 18 to 24 points for projected slide body text, with titles at 28 to 40 points. Smaller sizes belong in handouts or appendix material.
- Line length target
- Roughly 45 to 75 characters per line for slide body text. Longer lines increase tracking errors and slow reading on screen.
- Six-by-six guideline
- A ceiling of about six bullet lines per slide and six words per line. It is a maximum, not a target, and dense content should move to appendix.
- Auto-fit text
- A placeholder behavior that shrinks text to fit its box. It can silently push text below the 18-point floor, so font size must be checked after edits.
- Raster versus vector
- Raster images have fixed pixels and soften when enlarged; vector formats such as SVG and EMF scale without loss and suit logos and diagrams.
- Target image resolution
- About 96 to 150 ppi at final display size for projection, and 200 to 300 ppi for printed handouts. Higher resolution increases file size without visible gain.
- Alt text purpose
- A short description of an image's informational content for screen-reader users. Decorative images should be marked decorative rather than given redundant descriptions.
- Embedded versus linked media
- Embedded media travel inside the presentation file; linked media depend on external paths and break when files move. Embed or package before sharing.
- Crop versus stretch
- Cropping removes edges while preserving aspect ratio; stretching changes width and height independently and distorts faces, products, and chart proportions.
- Chart choice by relationship
- Bar for category comparison, line for trend over time, stacked bar or pie for part-to-whole, and scatter for correlation. The relationship determines the chart type.
- Bar chart zero baseline
- Bar charts must start the value axis at zero because bar length encodes magnitude. A truncated axis exaggerates differences and misleads the audience.
- Pie chart limits
- Slices must sum to 100 percent. More than about five slices, or slices below 5 percent, are better shown as a bar chart or table.
- Data-ink ratio
- The proportion of ink that encodes data versus decoration. Remove gridlines, borders, and 3-D effects that add no information and compete with the data.
- Transition versus animation
- A transition occurs between slides; an animation applies to an object on a slide. Both have duration and start-trigger settings that affect pacing.
- Start triggers
- Animation start settings: On Click waits for input, With Previous runs alongside the prior effect, and After Previous runs automatically when the prior effect ends.
- Animation pane order
- The list of animations in playback sequence. Dragging items reorders them, and numbered tags on the slide show the resulting sequence.
- Action button
- A shape with an assigned action such as jumping to a slide, file, or URL. It is an interactive object, not a slide transition.
- PDF export trade-off
- PDF preserves layout and fonts across machines but discards animation, transitions, and interactivity. Use it for distribution, not for live animated delivery.
- Package presentation
- A bundling feature that collects the deck with linked media and fonts so it runs on another machine without the original source files.
- Video export
- Rendering slides, transitions, animations, and narration into a single video file. Timing follows rehearsed slide timings or recorded narration.
- Presenter view
- A dual-display mode showing speaker notes and next-slide preview on the presenter's screen while the audience sees only the current slide.
- Reading order
- The sequence in which screen readers announce slide objects, set by the selection pane. It should run title, then body, then footer.
- Color as sole cue
- Encoding meaning only through color, which fails for color-blind users and grayscale printing. Pair color with labels, patterns, or text.
- Accessibility checker
- A built-in review tool that flags missing alt text, duplicate slide titles, low contrast, and missing table headers before distribution.
- Unique slide titles
- Distinct titles on every slide so the outline and screen-reader slide list remain navigable. Duplicate titles make navigation ambiguous.