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1. 4) animate* – To apply movement to text or an object to control its display during the presentation.

2. 8) bitmap picture* – A collection of small dots that compose an image.3. 11) bulleted list* – A series of paragraphs accented by special characters known as

bullets. 4. 12) chart* – A series of numbers rendered as a graph. 5. 14) clip art* – Pictures, sound, and motion clips available for using in your

PowerPoint slides. 6. 15) Clipboard* – An invisible holding place. The Cut and Copy commands add stuff

to the Clipboard, and the Paste command copies stuff from the Clipboard to your presentation.

7. 16) color scheme* – A set of complementary colors chosen by designers that you can use in your presentations.

8. 19) crop* – To cut off part of a graphic to include only the section you want on your PowerPoint slide.

9. 20) default* - In computer science, refers to a setting or a value automatically assigned to a software application, computer program or device, outside of user intervention. Such settings are also called presets, especially for electronic devices.

10. 24) flip* – To rotate an object to create a mirror image of it.11. 25) font* – A set of characters with a specific size and style. 12. 27) grid* – Evenly spaced lines placed over your PowerPoint slide that help you

layout objects on your slides. 13. 31) Hard Copy or Printout* - Printed version of the presentation.14. 34) Landscape orientation* – A slide or printout that is wider than it is tall.15. 51) placeholder* – An area on a slide that is reserved for text, clip art, a graph, or

some other type of object. 16. 55) Portrait orientation* – A slide or printout that is taller than it is wide. 17. 56) PowerPoint Viewer* – A program that can display the presentation on a

computer that doesn’t have PowerPoint installed. 18. 63) Scaling* – Specifying a percentage of the original size to enlarge or reduce an

object. 19. 66) slide* – Each page of a PowerPoint presentation is called a slide.20. 73) Slide Views* – Normal View, outline view, slide sorter view, notes view21. 77) SmartArt* – PowerPoint feature that enables you to create diagrams,

organizational charts, and other graphical objects for your presentations. 22. 81) Task pane* – Located to the right of your selected slide, this pane helps you to

complete common tasks. 23. 83) Theme* – A set of design elements you can apply to slides in your presentation. 24. 88) transition* – Slide transitions are the visual movements as one slide changes to

another.