CBSE Class 8 Computer Science Introduction to PowerPoint Worksheet

Very Short Answer Type Questions:

Question: What is the shortcut key to open existing file in PowerPoint?
Answer: Ctrl+O

Question: What is used to represent text data in graphical way?
Answer: Smart Art

Question: Who develops first PowerPoint?
Answer: Dennis Austin and Thomas Rudkin

Question: Which function key is used to play the Slide Show?
Answer: F5

Question: What is the old name of PowerPoint?
Answer: Presenter

Question: What is the shortcut key to close PowerPoint?
Answer: Alt+F4

Question: What is the shortcut key to insert a new slide in PowerPoint?
Answer: Ctrl+M

Question: What is the shortcut key to make a blank presentation?
Answer: Ctrl+N

Question: _________ is a picture gallery which contains the different types of clips?
Answer: Clip Art

Question: What is used to write text in different styles?
Answer: Word art

Question: What is the shortcut key to save a presentation?
Answer: Ctrl+S

Question: Which key is used to exit from the Slide Show?
Answer: ESC

Short Answer Type Questions:

Question: What is Animation?
Answer: Animation is the predefined Visual Effects. It is used to make presentation effective. We can apply animation on any object in PowerPoint. When we apply it on objects, it produces motion effects on them. To apply animation on objects, we use Animations Tab inPowerPoint.

Question: Write a note on Presentation.
Answer: Normally Presentation is a collection of slides. It may have one or more slides. PowerPoint is used to represent a particular topic in an effective way. Pictures, Text, Graphs, Charts, Animation, and Transitions etc. are used to make a presentation. To make a presentation, we can use PowerPoint.

Question: Write a note on the Slide.
Answer: As film is made of many smaller clips, the same way presentation is made of many slides. A slide is a single page of presentation. To make a presentation, we have to put different types of objects on the slide. To make a presentation in PowerPoint, we can use one or more slides in it.

Question: What is PowerPoint?
Answer: PowerPoint is an Application Software. It is product of Microsoft and it is a part of the Microsoft Office. PowerPoint is used to prepare effective presentation. Old name of PowerPoint is Presenter which was developed by Dennis Austin and Thomas Rudkin. It was named PowerPoint in 1987.

Question: Write the name of different methods of preparing presentation.
Answer: Following are the name of different methods of preparing presentation:
- Blank Presentation
- Recent Templates
- Sample Templates
- Themes
- My Template
- New From Existing

Long Answer Type Questions:

Question: Write Short Notes on Layout:
Answer: It is a simple design. It shows the placement of objects on the slides. PowerPoint provides many different types of layouts for making presentations easily. A Slide Layout may have Title, Table, Chart, ClipArt, SmartArt, Picture etc. on it.

Question: Write Short Notes on Slide Transition:
Answer: The visual effect that appears when a slide comes after the other slide during Slide-Show, is called Slide Transition. PowerPoint provides many types of visual effects for Slide Transitions. To apply slide transitions, we use Transitions tab in PowerPoint.

Question: Write the name of different views available in PowerPoint.
Answer: There are following 5 different views in PowerPoint:
1. Normal View
2. Slide Sorter View
3. Notes View
4. Reading View
5. Master View

Question: Write Short Notes on Animation
Answer: Animation is the predefined Visual Effects. It is used to make presentation effective. We can apply animation on any object in PowerPoint. When we apply it on objects, it produces motion effects on them. To apply animation on objects, we use Animations Tab in PowerPoint.