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| Placeholders | Designated areas in PowerPoint layouts that can be used to easily insert text, graphics, or multimedia objects |
| Transitions | The visual effects used when one slide moves off of the screen and another moves onto the screen |
| Storyboard | A series of drawings used to illustrate the sequence of action or outline of a presentation |
| Theme | Formatting feature that applies a background, colors, fonts, and effects to all slides on a presentation |
| Active Slide | The slide currently selected or displayed |
| Handouts | Printed copies of the presentation for the audience to refer to during and after the slide show |
| Slide Layout | Prearranged sets of placeholders for various types of slide content |
| Aspect Ratio | The ratio of width to height in a screen or other output device |
| Footer | An area at the bottom of a slide in which you can enter a date, slide number, or other information |
| Normal View | PowerPoint’s default view that displays the Slide pane and the Thumbnail pane |
| Header | An area at the top of a slide in which you can enter data or other information that repeats for each page |
| Landscape Orientation | A slide or printout is wider that it is tall |
| Portrait Orientation | A slide or printout that is taller than it is wide |
| Properties | Categories of information about a presentation |
| Crop | Remove a portion of a picture that you don’t want |
| Scale | Specify a percentage of original size to enlarge or reduce the size of an object |
| Format Painter | A tool that lets you copy text formatting from one text selection and apply it to any other text in the presentation |
| Autofit | - PowerPoint feature is designed to reduce font size to fit text in the current placeholder |
| Grayscale | A way of displaying the current slide so that you can see how it will appear when printed on a black and white printer |
| Destination | The location or application in which you place an object that was originally in another location or application |
| Source | The original location or application of an object you intent to place in another location or application |
| Advance Slide Timing | A setting that controls the amount of time a slide displays on the screen |
| Presentation | A set of slides or handouts that contains information you want to convey to an audience |