| Term | Definition |
| Animation | adding sound or special effects to the way text and objects move on and off a slide during a slide show |
| Design template | prepared designs that can be applied to presentation slides that include patterns, formatting, and color schemes |
| Handouts | print option that allows you to choose 2, 4, 6, or 9 slides per page and places a thumbnail, or small picture, of each slide on the page |
| Hyperlink | a shortcut that allows you to jump to another location in another workbook, a file on your hard drive or network, or an Internet address |
| Normal view | the default view in a presentation, which contains the slide pane, the outline pane, the task pane, and the notes pane |
| Organizational chart | illustrates a company's hierarchy |
| Outline view | a view in some word processors and presentation/graphic programs that displays text in an outline format |
| Pack and go | a feature that compacts and compresses all presentation elements into a single compressed file that fits on a floppy disk |
| Placeholders | in presentation, blank boxes that define the placement of text and other objects on a slide |
| Presentation | an application that allows the user to create and save slides to use as slide shows |
| Slide master | the template that provides the basic organization, formatting, and color schemes for the slides in a particular presentation |
| Slide show view | runs your slides as they would appear during a presentation |
| Slide/sorter view | a presentation/graphic program option that displays all slides simultaneously in miniature form |
| Timing | the amount of time a slide remains in view before a slide show advances to the next slide; also used for animation effects to control when they occur |
| Transition | a feature that can be applied in presentations to control the way slides move on and off the screen |