Switch Views Between Multiple Presentations in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

When you are working with one or two presentations in PowerPoint, you can easily access slides within any of them, compare presentations and edit content. And it is also easy to copy or move slides from one presentation to another. However, the situation may not always be the same. Let's imagine you have four presentations open, and presently you can only see the one that is active. What about the other three presentations? How do you navigate to those presentations without having to close or minimize the active presentation?

In this tutorial, you will learn how to switch between multiple open presentations in PowerPoint, which is different from how you do so in PowerPoint for Windows.

Follow these steps to switch views between multiple presentations in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac:

1. Open multiple presentations in PowerPoint. Do note that only the last opened presentation will be visible, as shown in Figure 1, below.
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   Figure 1: Only one of the multiple open presentations is visible

   See All Presentations?

   You cannot see how many presentations you have open within PowerPoint, as only active presentation can be seen up front, as shown in Figure 1, above.

2. There are two ways to access other open presentations. The first way uses the Menu option, and the second option uses the Dock:

3. Way 1

   1. Click on the Window menu option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 2, below. Doing so opens the Window menu, as shown in Figure 2. At the bottom of the Window menu, you can see a list showing the names of all open presentations, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 2. Note that the presentation name that has a check mark in front of it is the active presentation.
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      Figure 2: Window menu
   2. To open a particular presentation, click on the name of that presentation within the Window menu, as shown in Figure 3, below.
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      Figure 3: Select a presentation name to make it active
   3. This instantly makes the selected presentation active, as shown in Figure 3, above.

   Way 2

   1. You will find the PowerPoint icon on the Dock in Mac OS X, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 4, below. Right-click (or Ctrl + click) this icon to open a pop-up menu, as shown in Figure 4. Within this menu, select the Show All Windows option, as shown in Figure 4.
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      Figure 4: PowerPoint icon on the Dock
   2. This will reveal the thumbnail previews of all open presentations, as shown in Figure 5, below. Then, take your cursor over the preview of the presentation you want to access and click.
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      Figure 5: Preview of all open presentations
   3. This will make the clicked presentation active.
3. Use any of the ways explained above to make your required presentation active.
4. Save your presentation often.