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| multimedia | different types of media including text, video, sound, graphics and animations |
| multimedia presentation | a computer based, interactive experience that incorporates text, graphics, sound, video, and virtual reality. |
| copyright law | ensures that the author's rights of images and sounds used in multimedia products are protected and acknowledged. |
| fair use | Allows others to use copyright material without infringing on the rights of the owner. |
| Build Effect | An effect applied to text that makes it appear on a slide in increments of one letter, word or section at a time. |
| Hyperlinks | "hot spots" or "jumps" to locate another file or page |
| Menus | a list of options that link to other parts of the presentations |
| navigation buttons | allow the user to interact with a multimedia presentation. |
| slide transition | the visual effect of a slide as it moves on and off the screen during a slide show. |
| asymmetrical balance | distribution achieved by arranging non-identical elements on both sides of an imaginary center line on the screen |
| Balance | is the distribution of optical weight in the layout |
| Interactivity | the ability of the user to interact with an application |
| Inter-screen unity | the design that users encounter s they navigate from one screen to another |
| Intra-screen unity | how the various elements relate to one another on the same screen |
| linear presentations | author of the presentation controls the flow of information in the application |
| No balance | a design that has elements arranged on the screen without regard to the optical weight of elements. |
