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| Action Button | Used to connect to other locations within or external to the presentation, or perform other actions |
| Animations | Visual or sound effects added to text or objects on slides |
| Cropping | Removing the unwanted portions of a picture |
| Handouts | Pages that contain small versions of all slides in a presentation |
| Hyperlink | Used to connect to another slide, another presentation, a file, an e-mail address, or a web page |
| Notes Pane | Used to key information about the slide that the speaker can refer to when delivering the presentation |
| Placeholders | Boxes with dotted line borders containing instructions on inserting text and graphics on a slide |
| Slide Pane | Shows a large view of the current slide |
| Slide Show View | View that uses the full computer screen to display only the Slide pane of each slide |
| Slide Sorter View | View in which all the slides in a presentation are displayed as thumbnails |
| Slides/Outline | The Slides tab shows a thumbnail of the text and graphics on the slide; the Outline tab shows the text of the presentation in an outline format |
| Theme | A set of coordinated color schemes, font types and sizes, background design, and placeholder positions that can be applied to a presentation |
| Transitions | Effects that occur when one slide replaces another |