MO-300 key terms

The top-level slide in the master view that stores theme fonts, colors, placeholder positions, and background styling; edits made here flow to every layout beneath it and to slides using those layouts.

A predefined arrangement of placeholders (title, content, picture, comparison) attached to a slide master; applying a layout repositions existing content without changing its text.

A dashed bordered box on a layout or slide that reserves space for a specific content type, such as a title, bulleted list, picture, chart, or table.

A placeholder containing a cluster of insert icons that lets you add text, a table, chart, SmartArt graphic, picture, online image, or video in one click.

A named grouping of consecutive slides used to organize a long deck; sections can be collapsed in the thumbnail pane, reordered, or printed as a group.

A view showing all slides as thumbnails in a grid, useful for reordering, duplicating, deleting, hiding, and applying transitions to multiple slides at once.

A text-only view that displays slide titles and body text in hierarchical order, letting you type, promote, demote, and rearrange content quickly.

The indentation tier of a paragraph in outline or body text, where levels 1 through 9 control bullet style and position; pressing Tab demotes and Shift+Tab promotes a level.

The area below the slide canvas where speaker notes are typed; notes appear in Presenter View and print on Notes Pages but are not shown to the audience.

A presenter-only screen showing the current slide, next slide, speaker notes, timer, and navigation controls while the audience sees only the slide show.

Options controlling how a presentation runs, including show type, slides to show, looping with Esc disabled, narration, and multiple-monitor configuration.

A named subset of slides within one presentation that can be run independently, letting different audiences see only the slides relevant to them.

The master view that controls the printed handout page, including slides-per-page count, orientation, header and footer text, and background graphics.

A coordinated set of colors, fonts, effects, and background graphics that determines the overall look of slides; variants offer alternate color schemes of the same theme.

A color-and-background alternative within the active theme family, selectable from the Design tab to restyle the whole deck without changing its fonts or effects.

A command that returns the selected slide's placeholders to the position, size, and formatting defined by its applied layout, discarding manual repositioning.

A tool that copies formatting from a selected object and applies it to another object; double-clicking locks it on for repeated application across multiple targets.

A tool that copies the complete animation settings from one object to another, so the target receives the same effect, timing, and options.

A motion effect applied between slides that plays as one slide replaces another; settings include effect type, duration, and advance-on-click or after-time options.

A transition that animates movement of matching objects between two slides, interpolating position, size, rotation, and color for shared shapes and text.

A task pane listing every animation on the current slide in playback order, with controls for timing, triggers, reordering, and per-effect options.

An effect applied to an object on a slide that controls how it enters, emphasizes, or exits during the show, or how it moves along a path.

An animation category that makes an object appear on the slide during the show, such as Fade, Fly In, or Wipe; the object is hidden until the effect plays.

An animation category that draws attention to an object already visible on the slide, such as Pulse, Spin, or Grow/Shrink, without changing whether it is shown.

An animation category that removes an object from view during the show, such as Fade or Fly Out; the object remains visible until its exit effect runs.

An animation that moves an object along a drawn line or preset route (arc, loop, line) during the show, with editable start, end, and direction.

A setting that starts an animation only when a specified object is clicked or when a bookmark in a media clip is reached, rather than on click or with the previous effect.

A diagram object built from predefined layouts such as list, process, hierarchy, and cycle, whose shapes and text are edited through a linked Text Pane.

The pane accompanying a SmartArt graphic that shows its structure as a bulleted outline, where typing or indenting text adds, nests, or reorders shapes.

The embedded spreadsheet behind a chart that stores categories and series values; editing its cells updates the chart, and closing it hides but does not delete data.

Text attached to a chart data point showing its value, category name, series name, or percentage, positionable and formattable per series or point.

The chart key that maps colors or patterns to series names, usually placed at the bottom or side and toggleable from the chart elements controls.

An inserted three-dimensional object that can be rotated, tilted, and resized in three axes, and animated with turntable or swing effects during the show.

A written description stored with an image, chart, shape, or 3D model so screen readers can convey its meaning to users who cannot see it.

The sequence in which a screen reader announces slide objects; it is set in the Selection Pane and should follow the logical flow of the content.

A pane listing every object on the current slide, allowing you to rename, hide, reorder, and select objects that are stacked behind others.

A table command that combines selected adjacent cells into one larger cell, commonly used for a header row spanning several columns.

A named combination of borders, shading, and header emphasis applied to a table, with options such as banded rows, banded columns, and a total row.

A link object that jumps to a chosen slide and returns afterward, optionally showing a live thumbnail of that slide on the current slide.

A feature that pulls slides from another presentation file or slide library into the current deck, optionally keeping the source formatting.