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| Presentation | formal or an informal report usually given orally, sometimes called a “speech” or a “talk.” |
| Thumbnails | little pictures of all slides in the presentation. |
| Splitter Bars | separate the left, slide, and notes panes in Normal view |
| Title Slide | displays the main topic of the presentation |
| Title | the main topic of any slide |
| Subtitle | any text that gives more detail about the title |
| Objects | non- text elements such as charts, tables, clip art, pictures, photos, movie clips, or other types of information. |
| Placeholder | is a preset location reserving space for a slide element |
| Title Area | a placeholder for the slides title |
| Text Area | a placeholder for a subtitle or a numbered or bulleted list |
| Content Area | reserved for objects |
| Rich Text Format(RTF) | a file format with the extension .rtf that enables text to be transferred and read by different applications, such as Word. |
| Auto Content Wizard | a tool to help you create a presentation easily with preprogrammed layouts, design, and text. |
| Boilerplate Text | standard text that is appropriate for that type of presentation |
| Indent Level | a number that indicates the indent and importance of the subtitle in relation to the title |
| Promote | decreases the indent and increasing the type size |
| Demote | a subtitle to lower level which increases the indent and reduces the type size |
| color scheme | the eight colors used in thedesign of a PPT presentation |
| design template | a file that contains the preprogrammed formatting available for PPT presentation |
| slide layout | a particular combination of placeholders on a PPT presentation, reserving space for text and/or graphical elements |