A ready-made button that you can insert into a presentation and use to define hyperlinks.

A diamond-shaped handle used to adjust the appearance but not the size of most AutoShapes. For example, you can adjust a rounded rectangle to be more or less rounded.

In PowerPoint, an effect that you can apply to text or an object to produce an illusion of movement.

Individual items of character formatting, such as style or color, which determine how text looks.

A feature that automatically detects and corrects typos, misspelled words, grammatical errors, and incorrect capitalization. You can add custom AutoCorrect entries.

The underlying scheme, including colors, shading, texture, and graphics, that appears behind the text and objects on a slide.

An item in a list in which each list entry is preceded by a symbol, rather than by a number.

Descriptive text associated with a figure, photo, illustration, or screen shot.

The capitalization (uppercase or lowercase) of a word or phrase. In title case, the first letter of all important words is capitalized. In sentence case, only the first letter of the first word is capitalized.

A box formed by the intersection of a row and column in a worksheet or a table, in which you enter information.

The location of a cell, expressed as its column letter and row number, as in A1.

Formatting you can apply to selected text characters.

A diagram that plots the values in a table or worksheet.

A region in a chart that is used to position chart elements, render axes, and plot data.

A piece of ready-made art, often appearing as a bitmap or a combination of drawn shapes.

A storage area shared by all Office programs where cut or copied items are stored.

A gradual progression from one color to another color, or from one shade to another shade of the same color.

A set of twelve balanced colors that you can apply to slides, notes pages, or audience handouts. A color scheme consists of light and dark background colors, light and dark text colors, six accent colors, and two colors for hyperlinks.

Either the vertical arrangement of text into one or more side-by-side sections, or the vertical arrangement of cells in a table or worksheet.

In an Excel worksheet, a shaded rectangular area at the top of each column that displays a letter. You can click a column header to select an entire column. See also row header .

An annotation that is associated with text or an object to provide context-specific information or reviewer feedback.

A point on a shape where another drawing object can be connected.

A line used to connect two or more shapes and that remains connected to those shapes.

See placeholder .

A tab containing commands that are relevant only when you have selected a particular object type. See also tab (ribbon) .

A representation on the screen of the mouse pointer location.

A set of slides extracted from a presentation to create a slide show for an audience that doesn’t need to see the entire presentation.

A diagram that shows a continuous process.

A customizable symbol or shape that identifies a data point on a chart. A data marker can be formatted with various sizes and colors.

An individual value plotted in a chart and represented together with other data points by bars, columns, lines, pie or doughnut slices, dots, and various other shapes referred to as data markers. Data markers of the same color constitute a data series.

Related data points that are plotted in a chart.

A file that contains masters that control the styles used in a presentation, including placeholder sizes and positions; background design, graphics, and color schemes; fonts; and the type and size of bullets.

The file that a linked or embedded object is inserted into. The source file contains the information that is used to create the object. When you change information in a destination file, the information is not updated in the source file.

A drawing that is used to present relationships between abstract ideas and data. For example, an organizational chart or a Venn diagram.

On the ribbon, a button at the bottom of some groups that opens a dialog box with features related to the group.

A way of moving objects by pointing to them, holding down the mouse button, moving the mouse pointer to the desired location, and releasing the button.

An object created with one program and embedded into a document created by another program. Embedding the object, rather than simply inserting or pasting it, ensures that the object retains its original format. If you double-click the embedded object, you can edit it with the toolbars and menus from the program used to create it.

To programmatically disguise content to hide its substance.

The structure or organization of data in a file. The file format is usually indicated by the file name extension.

A set of characters added to the end of a file name that identifies the file type or format.

The triangle-shaped control, on the top of the horizontal ruler, that indicates the position of the first line of the paragraph.

A graphic design applied to a collection of numbers, symbols, and characters. A font describes a certain typeface, along with other qualities such as size, spacing, and pitch.

One or more items of information, typically at the bottom of a slide and typically containing elements such as the page number and the date.

Rich, customizable list boxes that can be used to organize items by category, display them in flexible column- and row-based layouts, and represent them with images and text. Depending on the type of gallery, live preview is also supported.

Any image, such as a picture, photograph, drawing, illustration, or shape, that can be placed as an object on a slide.

The spectrum (range) of shades of black in an image.

A set of buttons on a tab that all relate to the same type of object or task.

To assemble several objects, such as shapes, into a single unit so that they act as one object. Grouped objects can easily be moved, sized, and formatted.

A small circle, square, or set of dots that appears at the corner or on the side of a selected object and facilitates moving, sizing, reshaping, or other functions pertaining to the object.

A template that defines the layout for the printed handout pages distributed to a presentation’s audience.

The view from which you can change the overall look of audience handouts.

The triangle-shaped control, on the bottom of the horizontal ruler, that indicates the left edge of the second and subsequent lines of the paragraph.

A diagram that illustrates the structure of an organization or entity.

The text or graphic that you click to go to a file, a location in a file, or a Web site. Hyperlinks usually appear underlined and in color, but sometimes the only indication is that when you point to them, the pointer changes to a hand.

An application of the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) that uses tags to mark elements in a document to indicate how Web browsers should display these elements to the user and should respond to user actions.

One of four controls located on the horizontal ruler that indicate how far text is indented from the left or right margin.

Any combination of keystrokes that can be used to perform a task that would otherwise require a mouse or other pointing device.

A display mode in which a single window takes over the whole screen and the desktop is inaccessible.

The square-shaped control, on the bottom of the horizontal ruler, that indicates how far text is indented from the left margin.

A key that identifies the data series plotted in the chart.

A manual break that forces the text that follows it to the next line.

An object that is created in a source file to which a link is inserted into a destination file, maintaining a connection between the two files. The linked object in the destination file can be updated when the source file is updated.

A feature that temporarily displays the effect of applying a specific format to the selected element.

An action or a set of actions you can use to automate tasks. Macros are recorded in the Visual Basic for Applications programming language.

A slide or page on which you define formatting for all slides or pages in a presentation. Each presentation has a set of masters for slides, as well as masters for speaker notes and audience handouts.

In an Excel worksheet, to combine cells to create one cell that spans two or more columns or rows.

See Clipboard .

A viewer with which you can display presentations on a computer that does not have PowerPoint installed.

A toolbar that is typically displayed after you select text on a slide so that you can quickly format the text.

A view that displays three panes: Overview, Slide, and Notes.

A template that defines the formatting and content used by speaker notes pages.

The view from which you can change the overall look of speaker notes pages.

The view in which you can add speaker notes that contain objects such as tables, charts, and graphics.

The pane in Normal view in which you type notes that you want to accompany a slide. You print these notes as speaker notes pages.

An item, such as a graphic, video clip, sound file, or worksheet, that can be inserted into a PowerPoint slide and then selected and modified.

The tab of the Overview pane that shows all the text of the slides displayed as an outline.

The pane that appears in Normal view on the left side of the program window and that contains the Slides and Outline tabs.

A feature to help you gather all the components of a presentation and store them to a CD or another type of removable media so that they can be transported to a different computer.

Formatting that controls the appearance of a paragraph. Examples include indentation, alignment, line spacing, and pagination.

The string of characters that must be entered to open a password-protected presentation for editing.

A sequence of folders (directories) that leads to a specific file or folder. A backslash is used to separate each folder in the path. For example, the path to a file called invoice.txt might be C:DocumentsJulyinvoice.txt.

A specific kind of presentation into which you can insert and arrange collections of digital images.

A photograph, clip art image, illustration, or another type of image created with a program other than PowerPoint.

A diagram that uses pictures to convey information, rather than or in addition to text.

The smallest element used to form the composition of an image on a computer monitor. Computer monitors display images by drawing thousands of pixels arranged in columns and rows.

A area on a slide designed to contain a specific type of content that you supply.

In a two-dimensional chart, the area bounded by the axes, including all data series. In a three-dimensional chart, the area bounded by the axes, including the data series, category names, tick-mark labels, and axis titles.

The unit of measure for expressing the size of characters in a font, where 72 points equals 1 inch.

A tool with which you can control a presentation on one monitor while the audience sees the presentation’s slides in Slide Show view on a delivery monitor or projector screen.

A diagram that visually represents the ordered set of steps required to complete a task.

Settings of a file that you can change, such as the file’s name and read-only status, as well as attributes that you can’t directly change, such as the file’s size and creation date.

A small, customizable toolbar that displays frequently used commands.

The view in which each slide fills the screen. You can click buttons on the navigation bar to move through or jump to specific slides.

A setting that allows a file to be read or copied, but not changed or saved. If you change a read-only file, you can save your changes only if you give the file a new name.

A diagram that shows convergent, divergent, overlapping, merging, or containment elements.

A user interface design that organizes commands into logical groups, which appear on separate tabs.

A format for text and graphics interchange that can be used with different output devices, operating environments, and operating systems.

A small green handle that you can use to adjust the angle of rotation of a shape.

In an Excel worksheet, a shaded rectangular area to the left of each row containing a number. You can click a row header to select an entire row. See also column header .

A note that appears on the screen to provide information about a button, tracked change, or comment, or to display a footnote or endnote. ScreenTips also display the text that will appear if you choose to insert a date or AutoText entry.

To specify, or highlight, an object or block of text so that you can manipulate or edit it in some way.

An object created by using drawing tools or commands.

A small circle, square, or set of dots that appears at the corner or on the side of a selected object. You drag these handles to change the size of the object horizontally, vertically, or proportionally.

A type of SharePoint document library that is optimized for storing and reusing PowerPoint slides.

The set of slides that stores information about a presentation’s design template, including font styles, placeholder sizes and positions, background design, and color schemes.

The view from which you make changes to the slide masters.

The area in Normal view that shows the currently selected slide as it will appear in the presentation.

The view in which each slide fills the entire screen, the way it will when you deliver an electronic presentation to an audience.

The view in which the slides of the presentation are displayed as thumbnails so that you can easily reorganize them.

The time a slide will be displayed on the screen before PowerPoint moves to the next slide.

The tab in the Overview pane that displays thumbnails of all the slides in the presentation.

A predefined set of shapes and text used as a basis for creating a diagram.

A file containing an object that is inserted in a destination file.

The program used to create a linked object or embedded object. To edit the object, you must have the source program installed on your computer.

To separate a single cell into two or more cells.

A set of graphics that overlap each other.

A line of information related to the current program. The status bar is usually located at the bottom of a window. Not all windows have a status bar.

A subordinate item below a bullet point in a list.

An organizational element of the ribbon that displays related groups of buttons.

One or more rows of cells commonly used to display numbers and other items for quick reference and analysis. Items in a table are organized into rows and columns.

A text string used in HTML and XML to identify a page element’s type, format, or appearance. Many elements have start and end tags that define where the element starts and stops.

A file that can contain predefined formatting, layout, text, or graphics, and that serves as the basis for new presentations with a similar design or purpose.

A movable, resizable container used to give text a different orientation from other text on the slide.

A set of unified design elements that combine color, fonts, and graphics to provide a professional look for a presentation.

A feature that looks up alternative words, or synonyms, for a word.

A small representation of an item, such as an image, a page of content, or a set of formatting, obtained by scaling a snapshot of it. Thumbnails are typically used to provide visual identifiers for related items.

A small line of measurement, similar to a division line on a ruler, that intersects an axis in a chart.

A name you designate for a slide in the title placeholder.

The horizontal bar at the top of a window that contains the name of the window. Most title bars also contain boxes or buttons for closing and resizing the window.

The introductory slide in a presentation.

An effect that specifies how the display changes as you move from one slide to another.

The toolbar at the right end of the status bar with tools you can use to change the view of the open presentation.

Software that interprets HTML files, formats them into Web pages, and displays them. A Web browser, such as Internet Explorer, can follow hyperlinks, transfer files, and play sound or video files that are embedded in Web pages.

A text object you create with ready-made effects to which you can apply additional formatting options.

Also called a category axis, the axis for grouping data in a chart, usually the horizontal axis.

Also called a value axis, the axis for plotting values in a chart, usually the vertical axis.

Also called a series axis, the optical axis that is perpendicular to the x-axis and y-axis, usually the "floor."