P

Package for CD

A feature to help you gather all the components of a presentation and store them to a CD or another type of removable media so that they can be transported to a different computer.

paragraph

In word processing, a block of text of any length that ends when you press the Enter key.

paragraph formatting

Collectively, the settings used to vary the look of paragraphs.

paragraph style

A set of formatting that can be applied to the paragraph containing the insertion point by selecting the style from a list.

parameter query

A query that prompts for the information to be used in the query, such as a range of dates. This type of query is useful when used as the basis for a report that is run periodically. See also action query, crosstab query, and select query.

parent folder

The folder in which another folder is contained.

placeholder

An area on a slide into which you should enter a specific type of content.

Plain Text

An e-mail message format that does not support character or paragraph formatting. All e-mail programs support Plain Text.

point

The unit of measure for expressing the size of characters in a font, where 72 points equals 1 inch.

populate

To add data to a table or other object.

portrait

The orientation of a vertical page whose width is smaller that its height.

Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)

A common protocol used to retrieve e-mail messages from an Internet e-mail server.

precedents

The cells that are used in a formula.

Print Layout view

A view that shows how document will look when printed.

property

A setting applied to an object that can determine its content, such as the Required and Input Mask properties, and appearance, such as the Font and Alignment properties.

promote

In an outline, to change body text to a heading, or to change a heading to a higher level heading.