| A | B |
| An individual screen in a slide show | slide |
| A series of slides displayed in sequence | slide show |
| A special effect used to introduce a slide during a slide show | transition |
| The movement of text, graphics, or objects in a PowerPoint presentation | animation |
| The multimedia presentation software program in Microsoft Office | PowerPoint |
| The file extension for PowerPoint 2007 and 2010 | .pptx |
| The view that displays miniature versions of the slides so that you can move and arrange slides easily by dragging | slide sorter |
| Controls the formatting for all the slides in the presentation | slide master |
| Empty objects on a new slide that reserve a space for the type of information you want to insert. | placeholder |
| The combination of title, text or content placeholders and the arrangement on a slide | slide layout |