ICDL Advanced Presentation key terms

A top-level template slide that stores fonts, colours, placeholders and background settings for every layout beneath it, so one edit updates the whole presentation consistently.

A predefined arrangement of placeholders for a particular kind of slide, such as title, title-and-content or two-content, chosen when a new slide is added.

A dashed box on a layout that reserves space for text, a picture, a chart or other object, and that formats whatever content is inserted into it.

A named set of coordinated colours, fonts and effect styles applied across a presentation to give it a consistent visual identity.

The set of accent, text and background colours defined by a theme, used so that recolouring elements stays consistent throughout the file.

A saved presentation file, including masters, layouts and themes, that is reused as a starting point for new presentations.

A simple sketch or outline sequence of planned slides, used to agree content order and message before any design work begins.

A working view that shows only the text of each slide in hierarchical form, useful for drafting and reordering content quickly.

A view that displays all slides as thumbnails at once, making it easy to reorder, delete, duplicate or hide slides.

A windowed view that plays the presentation with its animations inside the application, without entering full-screen slide show mode.

The proportional relationship between a slide's width and height, such as 16:9 widescreen or 4:3 standard, which affects how content is laid out.

The physical dimensions and orientation of every slide in a presentation, set once for the whole file and changeable only for all slides together.

A built-in tool that scans a presentation for issues such as missing alternative text or low colour contrast, and reports them for correction.

A short written description attached to an image, chart or other object so that screen-reader users can understand what it shows.

A measure of how strongly text colour differs from its background, used to judge whether text remains readable for people with low vision.

A movable, resizable container for text that is placed independently of the layout placeholders and does not inherit their formatting.

A placeholder that accepts mixed content such as text, tables, charts, pictures or SmartArt through a row of insertion icons.

A text-frame setting that shrinks text or resizes the shape so that typed content fits inside its container without overflowing.

The indent depth of a list item, which controls its bullet character, font size and left position within the text hierarchy.

A diagram object offering ready-made layouts such as lists, processes, cycles and hierarchies, which converts typed text into a formatted graphic.

A drawn geometric or decorative object, such as a rectangle, arrow or callout, that can hold text and be formatted with fill, line and effects.

Two or more objects combined into a single unit so they can be moved, resized or formatted together while keeping their relative positions.

The stacking sequence of overlapping objects on a slide, controlled by commands that bring an object forward or send it backward.

Commands that line objects up along a shared edge or centre, or space several objects evenly between the outermost ones.

Non-printing reference lines and a snapping grid that help position and align objects precisely on a slide.

A chart whose data is stored inside the presentation file, so it stays editable but does not update when the original source data changes.

A chart connected to data held in an external file, which refreshes when that source changes but can break if the file is moved.

The block of cells, including series and category labels, that supplies the values plotted in a chart.

A set of related values plotted as one line, bar or column set in a chart, usually corresponding to one row or column of data.

The key on a chart that maps colours or patterns to the data series they represent.

A named combination of borders, shading and fonts applied to a table, often with banded rows to improve readability.

Combining two or more adjacent table cells into one larger cell, commonly used for a heading that spans several columns.

The visual effect applied to how one whole slide replaces another during a show, with optional speed and trigger settings.

An effect applied to individual objects or text on a slide, controlling how and when they appear, change or leave.

A task pane listing every animation on the current slide, where order, timing, duration and start options are adjusted.

A setting that starts an animation only when a specified object is clicked, rather than automatically or on a simple advance.

A transition that automatically animates movement between matching objects on consecutive slides, creating smooth motion without manual animation.

A speaker screen showing the current slide, next slide, notes and a timer, while the audience sees only the slide show on another display.

Text attached to an individual slide for the presenter's reference, visible in presenter view and printed notes pages but hidden from the audience.

The full-screen mode in which a presentation is delivered to an audience, advanced by click, key press or a set timing.

A feature that records how long each slide is displayed while you practise, then offers to save those durations for automatic advance.

A named subset of slides, in a chosen order, that can be run instead of the full presentation for a particular audience.

A setting that keeps a slide in the file while skipping it during a normal slide show, useful for optional or backup content.

A print layout that places a slide image above its speaker notes, giving the presenter a paper handout of the talk.

A print output containing several slide thumbnails per page, optionally with lines for audience notes, distributed to listeners.

Saving the presentation in a fixed-layout file format that preserves appearance on other devices but cannot be edited or animated.

A feature that gathers the presentation together with linked files and a viewer onto a folder or disc for reliable playback elsewhere.