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| Autocontent Wizard | A tool to help PowerPoint users create a presentation easily by using a set of preprogrammed slide layouts, a design template, and boilerplate text. |
| Boilerplate text | Standard text that is appropriate for the type of presentation selected when using PowerPoint's AutoContent Wizard. |
| Demote | In PowerPoint, to lower the level of a subtitle so that it has a larger indent and a smaller type size. Contrast with promote. |
| Indent level | In PowerPoint, a number that indicates the indent and importance of a subtitle in relation to the title. |
| Object | In PowerPoint, a non-text element such as a chart, table, clip art image, picture, photo, movie clip, or another type of information. |
| Object area | A placeholder on a PowerPoint slide that is reserving space for objects such as tables, charts, or graphic images. Compare with text area and title area. |
| Placeholder | A preset location reserving space for a slide element. |
| Presentation | A formal or an informal report, usually given orally, which is sometimes referred to as a "talk" or a "speech." |
| Promote | To raise the level of a subtitle so that it has a smaller indent (or no indent at all) and a larger type size. Contrast with demote. |
| Rich Text Format (RTF) | A file format with the extension .rtf that enables the text in the file to be transferred and read by different applications; most word processing programs can read RTF. |
| Splitter bar | One of the narrow bars that separate the left, slide, and notes panes in normal view. |
| Subtitle | Any text in one or two columns, or a bulleted item in a list, that follows the title and gives more detail about the title. Compare with title. |
| Text area | A placeholder that reserves space for a subtitle or a numbered or bulleted list. Compare with object area and title area. |
| Thumbnail | A small-size view of a slide in a PowerPoint presentation. Thumbnails appear on the Slides tab, in slide sorter view, and in various task panes. |
| Title | The main topic of a presentation or slide; the first line of text on a slide. Compare with subtitle. See also title slide. |
| Title area | A placeholder that reserves space for a slide's title. Compare with object area and text area. |
| Title slide | The first slide in a PowerPoint presentation that displays the main topic of the presentation. |
| Color scheme | The eight colors used in the design of a PowerPoint presentation-colors for backgrounds, fonts, hyperlinks, etc. A presentation’s color scheme varies depending on the design template used in the presentation. |
| Design Template | A file that contains the preprogrammed formatting available for a PowerPoint presentation, such as colors, background design, fonts and bullets. |
| Slide layout | A particular combination of placeholders on a PowerPoint slide, reserving space fro text and/or graphical elements. |
