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| PowerPoint | A computer application that allows the user to create multimedia presentations. |
| Presentation | A group of slides that can be created and viewed on a computer. |
| Slide | An individual screen in a slide show. |
| PPT or PPTX | The extension added to a PowerPoint presentation. |
| Slide Theme | Creates a unified look for your presentation by using colors, fonts, backgrounds, and graphics that complement one another. |
| Formatting Palatte | A Toolbox tool that contains tools for applying formatting such as fonts and styles, to text and other slide objects. |
| Object | any element that appears on a Power-Point slide |
| Elements Gallery | The row of tabs underneath the toolbars that provides quick access to some most used features. |
| Color Scheme | Consist of the 8 colors used in the design of the slide. Determined by design template applied. |
| Slide Layout | The way things are arranged on a slide. |
| Slide Transition | Special effects used to introduce a slide during a show |
| Normal View | The main editing view used to write and design your presentation; it has 3 working areas-tabs, slide pane, and notes pane. |
| Slide Sorter View | The view that gives an overall picture of your presentation by displaying your slides as thumbnails. |
| Slide Show View | In this full-screen view you see your presentation the way your audience will. |
| Entrance Effect | Controls how the text or object animates as it appears on a PowerPoint slide |
| Emphasis Effect | Controls the animation effects after the text or object appears on a PowerPoint slide |
| Exit Effect | Controls the animation effects at the end of the animation sequence. |
| Animation | Special visual or sound effects that occur when text or an object appears on the screen. |
| Trigger | Starts the animation on the slide. |
| Custom Animation | Manual selection of text and objects to be animated on a slide. |