Interface & Basics
Date Created: June 2nd 2008
Last Updated: November 30th 2011
Basics
Buying and Installing PowerPoint
Creating Slides
- Creating
New Slides: Three Ways
- What is the Outline?
- PowerPoint Outlines in Notepad
- PowerPoint Outlines in Word 2003
- PowerPoint Outlines in Word 2007
- PowerPoint Outlines in Word 2010
- PowerPoint Outlines in Excel
PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
Interface - Overview
- Where is PowerPoint? -- Locate
- PowerPoint 2010 Interface
- Ribbon and Tabs
- Status Bar
- Notes Pane
- Slide Area
- Task Pane
- Mini Toolbar
- Slides and Outline Pane
- Quick Access Toolbar
- Live Preview
Views
- PowerPoint 2010 Views
- Normal View
- Slide Sorter View
- Notes Page View
- Reading View
- Slide Master View
- Handout Master View
- Notes Master View
- Slide Show View
- Presenter View
- Outline View
File Types, File Menu, and Backstage View
- PowerPoint File Formats
- File Types That PowerPoint 2010 Can Open
- File Menu and Backstage View
- Backstage: Save and Save As Options
- Backstage: Open, Close, and Exit
Working with Slides
- Inserting a New Slide
- Change Slide Layout
- Reuse Slides
- Rulers
- Gridlines
- Guides
- Adding More Guides
- Snap to Grid Settings
- Working with Snap to Grid
- Working with Guides
- Smart Guides
- Compare Presentations
Text and Outlines
- Text Placeholders vs. Text Boxes
- Import Outlines
- Outline Pane Options: Part I
- Outline Pane Options: Part II
- Outline Pane Options: Part III
New Features
PowerPoint 2007 for Windows
Interface - Overview
- Where is PowerPoint? -- Locate
- PowerPoint 2007 Interface
- Ribbons and Tabs, Groups and Galleries
- Office Button
- Quick Access Toolbar
- Mini Toolbar
- Slides/Outline Pane
- Slide Area
- Status Bar
- Notes Pane
- Task Pane
Views
Working with Slides
Text and Outlines
- Text Placeholders vs. Text Boxes
- Import Outlines
- Outline Pane Options -- Part l
- Outline Pane Options -- Part ll
- Outline Pane Options -- Part lll
PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 for Windows
Interface - Overview
Text and Outlines
Working with Slides
Basics
Buying and Installing PowerPoint
Creating Slides
- Creating
New Slides: Three Ways
- What is the Outline?
- PowerPoint Outlines in TextEdit
- PowerPoint Outlines in Word 2008
- PowerPoint Outlines in Word 2011
PowerPoint 2011 for Macintosh
Interface - Overview
- PowerPoint 2011 for Mac Interface
- Ribbon and Tabs
- PowerPoint Presentation Gallery
- Status
Bar
- Slides and Outline Pane
- Slide
Area
- Notes Pane
- Standard Toolbar
- Formatting Toolbar
- Toolbox
- Toolbox: Custom Animation Tab
- Toolbox: Scrapbook Tab
- Toolbox: Reference Tools Tab
- Toolbox: Compatibility Report Tab
- Customizing the Toolbox
- Media Browser
- Media Browser (Photos Tab)
- Media Browser (Audio Tab)
- Media Browser (Movies Tab)
- Media Browser (Clip Art Tab)
- Media Browser (Symbols Tab)
- Media Browser (Shapes Tab)
- Add Your Folder Within The Media Browser
- Customize Clip Art Categories within Media Browser
Views
- Views in PowerPoint 2011
- Normal View
- Notes Page View
- Slide Sorter View
- Slide Master View
- Slide Show View
- Presenter View
- Notes Master View
- Outline Pane
- Handout Master View
File Types
Working with Slides
- Inserting a New Slide
- Change Slide Layout
- Reuse Slides
- Compare Presentations
- Rulers
- Change The Unit Of Measurement
Text and Outlines
- Basic Outline Pane Options
- Advanced Outline Pane Options
- Text
Placeholders vs. Text Boxes
- Import Outlines
PowerPoint 2008 for Macintosh
Working with Slides
Text and Outlines
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...