| Animation |
a visual or sound effect added to an object or text on a slide |
| Animation Pane |
the pane that displays additional options that can be applied to animations |
| Audio |
sound files that can be recorded and embedded into a presentation |
| Background image |
an image that can be added to the background of a PowerPoint slide and will be automatically resized to fill the entire slide |
| Clustered column |
a type of chart that displays more than one data series in clustered vertical columns; commonly used for direct comparison of multiple series, but they become visually complex quickly |
| Contiguous |
slides that are adjacent to each other in a presentation |
| Color Variant |
a variation on the presentation theme style or color |
| Crop |
a command that removes unwanted or unnecessary areas of a picture |
| Crop to shape |
a command that removes unwanted or unnecessary areas of a picture and forms it into a specified shape |
| Effect options |
additional enhancements such as sound and timing that can be applied to an animation |
| Embedding |
the integration of links, images, videos, gifs, and other content from a variety of digital sources into a presentation |
| Eyedropper |
a tool that captures the exact color from an object on your screen and then applies it to any shape, picture, or text |
| Fit |
a function of the crop command that allows you to resize the picture so that the entire picture displays inside the picture area while maintaining the original aspect ratio |
| Homepage |
the main page of a website |
| Keep source formatting |
maintains formatting options from the source file |
| Layout |
the arrangement of elements in a PowerPoint slide such as title and subtitle, lists, pictures, shapes, charts, tables, and media |
| Lock aspect ratio |
a graphic option in which the ratio between height and width remains constant but the height and width can increase or decrease |
| Microsoft PowerPoint |
a presentation program used to create business, educational, or informal presentations |
| Noncontiguous |
slides that are not adjacent to each other in a presentation |
| Normal view |
the primary editing view in PowerPoint where you write and design your presentations |
| Notes pages |
a printout that contains the slide image on the top half of the page and notes that you have entered on the notes pane in the lower half of the page |
| Notes pane |
a printout that contains the slide image on the top half of the page and notes that you have entered on the notes pane in the lower half of the page |
| Online pictures |
allows you to find and insert online pictures into your presentation from a variety of sources |
| Outline view |
a PowerPoint view that displays the presentation outline to the left of the slide pane |
| Placeholder |
a box on a slide with a dotted border that holds the title, body text, or other content such as charts, tables, and media |
| Presentation |
the process of communicating on a topic to an audience, ty