Normal View (Editing View) in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows

PowerPoint 2019 for Windows provides several views that enable you to view and edit your slides. Unarguably, Normal view is the default and most often used view, as shown in Figure 1, below.

Figure 1: Normal View in PowerPoint 2019

This view displays one slide at a time in the Slide Area, and is used mainly for editing and creating slides, and shows PowerPoint's typical tri-pane interface that includes the Slides Pane, the Slide Area, and the Notes Pane. If you cannot see the Slides Pane in Normal view, scroll down this page to read a tip that will help you restore that pane. And if you cannot see the Notes Pane, all you need to do is click the small Notes button on the Status Bar.

To navigate to the next slide, you can use the vertical scrollbar on the Slide Area, or the Next and Previous buttons located at its bottom of the same vertical scrollbar. You can also use the Page Up and Page Down keys on your keyboard to navigate between the slides. These techniques are explained in further detail within our Slide Area tutorial.

If you are not in Normal view, you can easily get to this view by choosing the View tab on Ribbon, and clicking the Normal button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 2, below.

Figure 2: Normal button within Presentation Views group

Other than the View tab of the Ribbon, you can also access Normal view by clicking the Normal button, as showm highlighted in red within Figure 3, below, located towards the right side of the Status Bar.

Figure 3: Normal view button on the Status Bar

Repeat clicking the Normal button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 3, previously on this page, on the Status Bar also switches between Normal and Outline views.

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