| A | B |
| Analogous | Colors directly next to each other on the color wheel. |
| Animation | Used to control how the presentation is viewed and to add visual interest. |
| Bullets | A list of items on a slide used to highlight main points. |
| Complementary | Type of colors opposite one another on the color wheel. |
| Continuous Loop | A method of sharing a presentation where the presentation is played repeatedly until manually stopped. |
| Embedded Object | Object is stored in the container rather than pointing to a linked document or file somewhere else. |
| Layout | The arrangement of text and graphics on a slide. |
| Linked Object | Type of object in which the container merely saves the actual file name, as opposed to the whole file. |
| Master | A special type of slide that serves as a model. |
| Multimedia | Presenting data in more than one medium, such as combining text, graphics, animation, video and sound. |
| Placeholder | The area where you type on a slide and is marked by a box with a dashed border. |
| Presentation Software | A program used to create slide shows or multimedia presentations. |
| Rolling Script | A method of presenting where the presentation is played one time to an audience. |
| Scheme | A polished sequence of effects that can be applied to several slides or the whole show. |
| Self-Serve | A presentation may be delivered via a website, such as the Microsoft training presentations that are user-selected and interactive. |
| Storyboard | A collection of frames on a paper document on which the content of each slide is planned. |
| Template | A pre-existing design that provides color, style, and decorative accents to a slideshow. |
| Thumbnail | A smaller version of an original. |
| Transition | Determines how the presentation will progress from one slide to the next. |
| White Space | Refers to planned areas where there is not any text or graphics. |