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| Placeholder | a location on a slide where information is to be entered |
| Slide | an individual screen in a slide show |
| Outline | view that displays the organization of the presentation by headings and subheadings |
| Slide Sorter | view that causes several slides to display on the screen at one time |
| Notes Page | printout of presentation with space available for viewers to write notes |
| Slide Show | view to run a presentation, the slide fills the entire screen |
| Transition | how one slide is removed from the screen during a presentation and the next slide is displayed |
| Typeface | a set of characters with a common general design and shape |
| Serif | a small stroke at the edge of a character |
| Sans Serif | typeface without serifs |
| Type Size | a measurement specifying the size of characters |
| Pitch | measurement used for monospaced typefaces specifying the number of characters that can be printed in one horizontal inch |
| Point | approximately 1/72 of an inch (the higher the point size, the larger the characters) |
| Type Style | varying styles within a typeface |
| Roman | the standard style of a typeface |
| Bold | text that is darker or denser than surrounding text |
| Italics | style that gives characters a script look or a slanted look for some typefaces |
| Button | a graphic on a toolbar that performs an operation when clicked |
| Animation | effects added to objects in slides such as flying, camera, typewriter, laser, and flash effects as well as sound effects |
| Presentation File | the file you save to a disk that contains all the slides, speaker’s notes, handouts, etc. that make up your presentation |
| Object | any element that appears on a PowerPoint slide such as clip art, text, drawings, charts, sounds, and video clips |