Here's a quick walkthrough of the PowerPoint 2011 for Mac interface, the PowerPoint 2011 interface is quite similar to the PowerPoint 2010 for Windows interface since it includes the Ribbon, but it continues providing the menus and toolbars as well, in this walkthrough, you will explore all the interface options.
Figure 1 shows a screenshot of the PowerPoint 2011 interface, each part of the interface is explained later on this page.
Figure 1: The PowerPoint 2011 interface
A. Menu bar
B. Standard toolbar
C. Formatting toolbar
D. Ribbon
E. Slides/Outline Pane
Note: If the Slides and Outline pane is not visible, click the Normal button in
the View tab of the Ribbon.
F. Slide Area
G. Notes Pane
H. View Buttons
- Normal View - Clicking this enables Normal view, Shift-clicking this gets you to Slide Master view.
- Slide Sorter View - Clicking this displays zoomable thumbnails of every slide in the open presentation. Shift-clicking this button gets you to Handout Master view. Learn more about Slide Sorter view here.
- Slide Show from current slide - Clicking this shows the presentation as a full screen slideshow starting from the selected slide. Learn more about Slide Show here.
I. Status Bar
Figure 2: The PowerPoint 2011 interface with toolbox and media browser opened
J. Toolbox
K. Media Browser
See Also:
Interface Overview: Interface in PowerPoint (Index Page)
Interface in PowerPoint 365 for WindowsInterface in PowerPoint 365 for Mac
Interface in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows
Interface in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows
Interface in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac
Interface in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
Interface in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
Interface in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows
Interface in PowerPoint 2003 and 2002 for Windows
Interface in PowerPoint Online