Interface & Basics

PowerPoint 2007

1. Where is PowerPoint? -- Locate PowerPoint 2007
2. Interface
3. Ribbons and Tabs, Groups and Galleries
4. Office Button
5. Quick Access Toolbar
6. Mini Toolbar
7. Slides/Outline Pane
8. Slide Area
9. Status Bar
10. Notes Pane
11. Task Pane
12. PowerPoint 2007 Views
    
13. Inserting a New Slide

PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 (and older versions)

1. Interface - 2002 and 2003
2. Inserting a New Slide - 2002 and 2003
3. Outlining Toolbar - 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
4. Changing Slide Layout - 2002 and 2003

See Also: Looking Back at Menus: Coping with the Ribbon -- It's been close to two years since I encountered the Ribbon in Office 2007, and that's probably not counting the beta period. And there must be many of you who moved up to PowerPoint 2007 since then. Most of you love the Ribbon and the tabs -- and the Quick Access Toolbar -- but many of you still want to use menus -- so you might be using one of the free add-ins that bring back the menus as a new tab in the Ribbon! These include the RibbonCustomizer from Patrick Schmid -- and Classic Menu from Addintools. Read more here...