Discussion
In MS PowerPoint, what does the term ‘placeholder’ mean?
Answer: D
Correct answer: A box on a slide layout reserved for text or other content
A placeholder is a box defined on a slide layout, reserved to receive a title, body text, a picture, a chart or a table. It is what shows the prompt “Click to add title” on a new slide. Using placeholders rather than free-floating text boxes matters for three reasons. Their position and formatting come from the Slide Master, so slides stay consistent and can be restyled centrally. Text typed into a title placeholder appears in Outline View and in the navigation, where text-box content does not. And screen readers follow the placeholder order, so accessibility depends on them. The layout chosen for a slide determines which placeholders it has, and Reset on the Home tab restores any that have been moved or resized back to their defined positions. An empty placeholder is not printed or shown during a presentation, so one left unfilled does nothing visible - unlike an empty text box, which may leave stray formatting.
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