The template for the slides in a presentation that contains theme elements and styles, text formatting, the slide background, and other objects that appear on all the slides in the presentation.

A template element that designates the placement of text, such as page numbers, on a sheet of paper intended for distribution to audience members.

In PowerPoint, a layout template that defines the formatting for speaker's notes.

A temporary storage area in the computer's memory that lets you collect text and objects from a file created by a Microsoft Office app, and then paste the text or objects into files created by any Microsoft Office app; can hold a maximum of 24 items.

A word similar in meaning to another word.

A collection of alternate word choices.

In PowerPoint, a slight modification of a theme, usually with different colors for the slide background, objects, and text.

The formatting of the interior of a shape or slide background, such as color, picture, texture, or pattern.

A fill that consists of a solid color.

A fill that consists of one color shade gradually progressing to another shade of the same color or one color progressing to another color.

A fill that consists of a picture or image.

A background fill that uses a specific file or an image that simulates a material, such as cork, granite, marble, or canvas; also called a picture fill.

A fill that adds designs, such as dots or dashes, which repeat in rows across the slide.

The opacity of an object, such as a fill pattern that lets you see through the object so that any text behind it is visible.

In PowerPoint, a feature that lets you move the background away from the slide borders in varying distances by percentage.

In PowerPoint, a feature that repeats the background image many times vertically and horizontally on the slide; the smaller the tiling percentage, the greater the number of times the image is repeated.

A formatting feature that lets you indicate the degree of an object's opaqueness.

A command that hides a slide from the audience during the running of a slide show.

A feature that examines a file for hidden properties, personal information, and comments.

A command that saves a presentation as a read-only document.

In Windows, to find a location on a storage device, such as from one file or folder to another.

In PowerPoint, a feature that lets you advance through slides at your own pace, and the amount of time you view each slide is recorded.

In PowerPoint, a toolbar that contains buttons allowing you to start, pause, and repeat viewing the slides in the slide show and to view the times for each slide as well as the elapsed time.