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Creating PowerPoint Outlines

Outlines are stories that contain sequential structures of any text content that you use in a presentation. In many respects, an outline is more like a script for a movie production than a bunch of slides. However, it does form an ideal starting point for a bunch of slides! PowerPoint can import outlines created in many applications such as Word 2016 for Mac, Word 2010 for Windows, Word 2003 for Windows, and Microsoft Excel for Windows and Mac.

Creating PowerPoint Outlines in Microsoft Word 2016 for Mac

Creating PowerPoint Outlines in Microsoft Word 2010 for Windows

Creating PowerPoint Outlines in Microsoft Word 2003 for Windows

Creating PowerPoint Outlines in Microsoft Excel for Windows and Mac

PowerPoint Online

File Menu and Backstage View

The Backstage view in PowerPoint Online provides access to the File menu and some other options. However, don’t expect the Backstage view within PowerPoint Online to be as full featured, compared to the Backstage view in PowerPoint’s desktop versions—in fact, there’s almost no feature to control interface elements. The options here mainly accomplish basic tasks such as sharing, saving, downloading, etc.

Ribbons and Tabs

The Ribbon in PowerPoint Online is the long strip comprising tabs with buttons across the top of the main window within the PowerPoint interface. The Ribbon contains almost all the commands you need to work with your slides and is designed in a way that helps you quickly find the commands that you need to complete a task.

Tell Me

Everyone who uses PowerPoint has faced this situation: you know what you want to do with a slide or a slide object, but you don't know where to find the related option in PowerPoint! PowerPoint Online has a feature called Tell Me that will tell you what you need to do! Tell Me is a text field that you can see in PowerPoint Online after the last Tab of the Ribbon.

Learn PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Locate PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Are you unable to locate PowerPoint 2016 on your computer? Sometimes, such a question can be embarrassing! Or are there other versions of PowerPoint on your computer — maybe older versions? Yes, we know that this can happen, although it does sound a little strange. However, there are perfectly valid excuses for you to be unable to locate PowerPoint, mainly in scenarios such as these.

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