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| adjustment handle | A handle that appears on a selected object that you can drag to change the object’s proportions without changing the size of the shape. |
| animation | An effect applied to an object that makes the object appear, disappear, or move. |
| animation sequence number | A number that appears next to an object on a slide in the slide pane that indicates the order in which the item will animate during the slide show. The animation sequence numbers only appear on the slide when the ANNIMATIONS tab is selected on the ribbon. |
| poster frame | The frame that appears on the slide when the video is not playing. |
| rotate handle | A handle that appears on a selected object that you can drag to rotate the object. |
| style | A combination of several formats that you can add to an object. |
| transition | The manner in which a new slide appears on the screen in place of the previous slide during a slide show. |
| aspect ratio | The ratio of an object’s height to its width. |
| AutoFit | A feature that automatically adjusts the size of the font and line spacing in a text box to fit the content. |
| content placeholder | A placeholder designed to hold several types of slide content including text, a table, a chart, SmartArt, a picture, or a video. |
| contextual tab | A ribbon tab that appears only in context—that is, when a particular type of object is selected or active—and contains commands for working with that object. |
| layout | The arrangement of placeholders on the slide; in SmartArt, the arrangement of the shapes in the diagram. |
| Notes Page view | A view in which the image of the slide appears at the top of the page, and the notes for that slide appear underneath the slide image. |
| Notes pane | A pane you can display below the Slide pane in Normal view in which in image of the slide appears in the top half of the presentation window and the notes for that slide appear in the bottom half. |
| placeholder | A region of a slide reserved for inserting text or graphics. |
| sizing handles | The small squares that appear in the corners and in the middle of the sides of a border of a selected object. |
| Slide pane | Displaysthe current slide as it will appear during your slide show. |
| Slide Show view | A way to view the presentation such that each slide fills the screen, one after another. |
| Slide Sorter view | A view in which all the slides in the presentation are displayed as thumbnails in the window; the Slides tab does not appear. |
| slide | A page in a presentation. |
| Slides tab | A column of numbered slide thumbnails providing a visual representation of several slides at once on the left side of the PowerPoint window. |
| Speaker notes | Information you add about slide content to help you remember to bring up specific points during the presentation |
| template | A special type of presentation file that has a theme applied and contains text, graphics, and placeholders to help direct you in creating content for a presentation. |
| theme | A coordinated set of colors, fonts, backgrounds, and effects. |
| thumbnails | Miniature images of all the slides in the presentation that appear in the Slides tab on the left side of the PowerPoint window when in Normal view. |
