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| placeholders | the boxes that display when you create a new slide indicated by a dashed line |
| slide | the basic unit of a PowerPoint presentation |
| normal view | displays a single slide as it appears in your presentation |
| notes pane | allows you to create speaker's notes to use when creating your presentation |
| outline tab pane | displays a presentation in an outline format showing slide titles and text and provides a quick, easy way to create a presentation |
| title slide | introduces the presentation to the audience |
| slide show view | displays your slides as an electronic presentation |
| design template | provides consistency in design and color by using predefined color schemes, font and font size, and layout |
| slide layout task pane | a collection of place holders (slide layouts) |
| .ppt | the extension given to PowerPoint filenames |
| rehearse timings | runs your slide show in rehearsal mode allowing you to set or change automatic timing of your show |
| white space | the blank area on a document or slide by limiting your design to one main idea per visual |
| custom animation | allows you to define your own animation types and speeds and sound effects on a slide |
| title master | controls the appearance of the title slide only |
| storyboard | contains the main points and basic organization for a presentation used when planning a presentation |
| slide transition | defines special effects for progressing one slide to the next in a slide show |
| demote | to indent or push down a paragraph (or bullet) a level by using the tab key |
| promote | to raise a paragraph (or bullet) from a lower level to a higher level |
| slide sorter view | displays miniature version of all slides in your presentation |
| objects | the building blocks for a PowerPoint slide such as a title, text, graphic, table, chart, drawing, etc. |