| Subject | English | Chinese simplified |
| comp., MS | artistic effect | 艺术效果 (An effect that a user can apply to an image to achieve a specific artistic look) |
| comp., MS | bitmap effect | 位图效果 (An effect that can be rendered on content. Such bitmap effects include: Blur, drop shadow, bevel, outer glow, and emboss) |
| comp., MS | cause and effect diagram | 因果图 (A type of diagram that documents all the factors that contribute to or affect a given situation (all the causes that lead to a certain effect)) |
| comp., MS | chart effect option | 图表效果选项 (An animation enhancement that lets you apply effects to a chart by series, category, or element in a series or category) |
| comp., MS | 3-D effect | 三维效果 (A diagramming capability that shows charts in three dimensions) |
| comp., MS | diagram effect option | 图表效果选项 (An animation enhancement that lets you apply effects to a diagram piece by piece; for example, from top to bottom of a pyramid diagram) |
| comp., MS | Effect Compiler | 效果编译器 (A compiler that assembles shader code from the central processing unit (CPU) and the graphics processing unit (GPU) and executes shader computations on the CPU before the shader runs) |
| comp., MS | fill effect | 填充效果 (An effect that applies to the appearance of the interior of an enclosed text character or other shape) |
| comp., MS | glow effect | 发光效果 (An effect that applies a halo of color around the perimeter of an object) |
| comp., MS | outline effect | 边框效果 (An effect that applies to the exterior border around each character of your text or shape) |
| comp., MS | shadowing effect | 阴影效果 (A diagramming capability that creates shadows behind a chart for better visual effect) |
| comp., MS | text effect | 文本效果 (A visual effect that colors, tweaks, or otherwise graphically alters fonts) |
| comp., MS | theme effect | 主题效果 (One of a set of visual attributes that is applied to elements in a file. Theme effects, theme colors, and theme fonts compose a theme) |
| comp., MS | transition effect | 切换效果 (An animation effect that specifies how the display changes as a user moves from one item (such as a slide or Web page) to another) |