Animate

The process to make images move within the workspace.

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Backgrounds

The background is like a canvas on top of which text, characters and graphics are placed. Some monitors allow you to control the color or shading of the background.

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Drawing View

To be able to change the options of a specific image or clip-art. For example, to make it overlap another image, flip the image, or to rotate it and more.

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Manual Transition

The process of moving from one slide to another, with the click of the mouse while presenting.

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Object

Generally, any item that can be individually selected and manipulated. This can include shapes and pictures that appear on a display screen as well as less tangible software entities. In object-oriented programming, for example, an object is a self-contained entity that consists of both data and procedures to manipulate the data.

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Outline View

This option allows you to organize and develop the content of your presentation. You can type all of the text of your presentation and rearrange bullet points, paragraphs, and slides. This also allows you to name your slides so that it is easier to call up the preferred slide.

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Presentation Program

A program that allows you to present an electronic project on a computer which includes slides. An common example of a presentation program is Microsoft PowerPoint.

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Slide Layout

The screen where you can change the type of slide or layout of the slide. Examples of slides to choose from are, blank slides, chart & text slides, clip-art and text slides, title slides and more.

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Slide Sort View

A place where you can view thumbnails of each slide. You are also able to drag and drop the slides into the preferred order.

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Slide Transition

The process of moving from one slide to another during a presentation. The two options for slide transition is to use manual transition, or timed transition.

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Slides

A single card or frame for a presentation. Multiple slides can be obtained by inserting a new slide.

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