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| Animation | movement of objects on a slide |
| Design Theme | coordinates your PowerPoint presentation with colors, graphics and fonts that all work together to create consistency for your presentation |
| Object | any element that appears on a slide Some examples include text boxes, Clip Art, sounds, videos |
| Placeholders | Designated areas on a slide where you can insert text or other objects. |
| Presentation | The file containing the collection of PowerPoint slides. A PowerPoint 2007 file has a .pptx extension. |
| Slide Layout | The way the slide is set up according to the position of text and/or pictures.Examples are title slide, title only, blank, and comparison. |
| Slide Show | The presentation of your PowerPoint slides. |
| Slides | the basic units that make up a presentation |
| Storyboard | used to plan and organize the slides in the proper sequence on paper |
| Title Slide | usually the first slide in a presentation; introduces the audience to the presentation |
| Transitions | the movement from one slide to the next |
| Educate | educate about or explain topics |
| Persuade | advertise or try to convince someone to do something |
| Narrate, Broadcast Messages, Entertain | display the words to a song; broadcast announcements; entertainment |