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| Animation | The way items move onto a slide. |
| Elements | The text, pictures, colors, and fonts on a slide. |
| Layout | The placement and choice of the elements on a slide. |
| Impress | The presentation application in Open Office. |
| Normal view | Displays a presentation in a window divided into three panes, which allows a slide, the outline, and speaker notes to be edited. |
| Notes pane | Contains notes for the speaker that correspond to the displayed slide. |
| Outline pane | Contains the text of all the slides in a format similar to Outline view in Word. |
| Placeholder | An object on a slide that contains text. |
| Presentation | A collection of slides stored in a file. |
| Template | An already formatted presentation which can be modified to fit specific needs. |
| Presentation | An informative talk, such as a lecture or speech, that usually includes visuals. |
| Slide | An individual screen of a presentation. |
| Slide indicator | Indicates the current slide and the total number of slides in a presentation. |
| Slide pane | Displays one slide at a time as it will appear in the presentation. |
| Slide Show view | Displays the current slide in full-screen size as it appears during a presentation. |
| Slide Sorter view | Displays miniature slides that allow the order of slides to be modified. |
| Slide transition | The way one slide changes to the next in Slide Show view. |
| Visuals | Slides projected onto a large screen while a speaker talks. |