| AutoContent Wizard | A wizard that will create a presentation with suggested content based on a series of questions answered by the user.
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| Backspace | The keyboard key used to move backwards through text deleting one character to the left of the cursor for each backspace.
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| Blank presentation | One method of creating a new presentation. When this option is used, the presentation has no background or color selections applied.
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| Del | The keyboard key used to delete the character to the right of the cursor.
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| Design template | Templates that contain backgrounds and color selections that can be applied to a new or existing presentation.
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| Drawing toolbar | The toolbar with tools to draw lines, shapes, and other graphic objects. Typically displayed at the bottom of the screen.
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| Formatting toolbar | The toolbar with options to format text, graphics, and slides.
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| Normal view | The view most often used to develop presentations consisting of the Outline, Slide, and Notes panes.
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| Notes pane | The Normal view pane that allows you to add notes to a slide that will not be seen as part of the presentation. Typically these are printed as speaker's notes.
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| Outline pane | The Normal view pane that contains the Outline and Slides tabs. It is most often used to enter and edit text.
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| Redo | A button on the Standard toolbar that will reinstate actions that have been undone. See also Undo.
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| Screen Tips | Text descriptions of screen elements that appear when the mouse pointer is paused over them.
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| Slide layout | A pattern of text and media that control what can be entered on a slide. Slide layout is selected from the Slide Layout panel of the Task pane and can be updated at any time.
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| Slide pane | The pane of Normal view that displays a slide as it will appear during the presentation. Most often used to add and modify media elements of a presentation.
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| Slide placeholders | Slide placeholders are the areas where text or media can be entered on a slide. Slide layout controls what placeholders are visible on a particular slide.
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| Slide Show view | The view used to preview a presentation. Each slide fills the screen. No editing is possible in this view.
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| Slide Sorter view | The view consisting of thumbnails of the presentation. Ideal for reorganizing the slides and adding transitions and animations.
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| Slides tab | The tab that displays thumbnails of the presentation in the Outline pane of PowerPoint's Normal view.
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| Standard toolbar | The toolbar that is common to most Windows applications with options to save, print, cut, copy, and paste.
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| Task pane | A window used to access important tasks conveniently without leaving your document.
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| Toolbar | A horizontal or vertical ribbon of icons used to accomplish application tasks like save a file, change the font, and adjust paragraph indention.
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| Undo | A button on the Standard toolbar that will allow you to reverse up to 20 actions. See also Redo.
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| View | The current view controls what panes and operations can be accomplished. Normal, Slide Sorter, and Slide Show views are each designed to support a specific part of presentation development.
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| View toolbar | The toolbar used to move between PowerPoint views. Typically displayed at the bottom of the Outline pane in Normal view.
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