PowerPoint and Basic Elements of a Slide

PowerPoint is one of the most popular presentation graphics software. Using PowerPoint, you can create all that is required to make successful presentation graphics.  You can prepare slides, handouts, speaker’s notes, outlines etc. it also has a set of tools: Wizards, Templates and AutoLayouts, which can help in creating presentations quickly and easily.

For any presentation, PowerPoint creates a single. PPT file that contains all the elements of (PPT) file consists of slides that contain information you desire to present to your audience. Each slide may have a different layout depending on the information present in the slide.

Basic Elements of a Slide

A slide may contain text, pictures, charts, tables etc. Quite often a combination will make an effective slide.  You can use text to present subjective information while charts can be used to represent numeric information.  Listed below are some of the basic elements of components that make up a slide.  

• Title:  It is a descriptive heading, which identifies a slide. It describes the contents of the slide in limited words.
• Sub-title: It is a distinctive message or brief description of the slide’s data.
• Footnote: It indicates the source of the slide’s data or any other explanatory text.
• Border: It is a frame for the slide. It is similar to a frame on a painting.

A slide, which contains a chart, may include the following:

• X-axis title:  A title that describes the data that is displayed along the X-axis.
• Scale:  The range of numbers or values that is equal to one unit.
• Y-axis title:  The title describing the numbers or values used on the Y-axis.
• Series:  A set of numerical data. Sometimes a chart depicts more than one series.
• Series label:  A label identifying a group of series.

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