| A | B |
| Animation | Adds motion to an object. |
| Broadcasting | Watching a presentation from a remote location such as the web |
| Handouts | Printouts that include a image of the slides and an area to take notes. |
| Layout | The way content and text placeholders are placed on the slide. |
| Live Preview | Feature that lets you point out a choice, and see the results before applying. |
| Normal view | Viewing Slides/Outline on left, Slide pane center, and Notes beneath slide pane. |
| Notes Page view | View in PowerPoint for working on the speaker's note page. |
| Note Pane | The area below the Slide pane where you can type speaker notes. |
| Outline tab | A tab on the side pane of Normal view with the Slide tab to view presentation outline |
| PowerPoint presentation | A computer slide show created in PowerPoint. |
| Reading view | A PowerPoint view you can use to display your presentation. |
| Slide pane | The main work area for the selected slide in Normal view. |
| Slide Show view | PowerPoint view showing slides on the full screen with animations and transitions. |
| Slide Sorter View | View in PowerPoint displaying thumbnails of each slide in order |
| Slides tab | A tab on the side pane of Normal view with the Outline tab displaying thumbnails |
| Thumbnails | A small graphic image. |
| Transition | The animated way in which a slide appears and leaves the screen during s slide show. |