Presentation Terminology

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Banded

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A setting on tables where every other row or every other column has the same overall format.

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Custom Slide Show

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A slide show which contains a subset of slides rather than the entire presentation.

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Effect Options

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A setting used to adjust a direction or other aspect of an animation or transition.

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Font Embedding

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The taking of a font and adding it to presentation metadata so that a presentation keeps its fonts on a device even if the device does not have those fonts.

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Footer

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A section at the bottom of a slide, notes page, or handout that shows consistent information from slide to slide.

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Kiosk

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A mechanism for presenting a slide show without a presenter or attendant. These often loop until stopped.

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Motion Path

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A type of animation where an object travels the path of a line, circle, or custom path drawn by a user.

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Notes Master

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A boilerplate for notes a presenter uses to help give a presentation, usually including a picture of a slide and any extra notes.

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PDF

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Portable Document Format, a format in which apps like PowerPoint can export to maintain the integrity of presentation content.

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Placeholder

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A frame of content used to hold text, tables, charts, images, and media on a slide.