Normal View (Editing View) in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac

Learn about the Editing view (Normal View) in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac. This is the view that you will use most of the time when you are creating and editing slides.

Product/Version: PowerPoint 2011 for Mac

OS: Mac OS X

Date Created: May 3, 2011
Last Updated: May 19, 2025

PowerPoint 2011 for Mac for Mac has several views that let you edit and view your slides. The most often used view (and this is the default view as well) is Normal view, as shown in Figure 1, below, that displays one slide at a time in the Slide Area. Normal view is great for editing individual slides, and shows PowerPoint's typical tri-pane interface that includes the Slides/Outline Pane, the Slide Area, and the Notes Pane.

Normal view
Figure 1: Normal view

To navigate to the next slide you can use the vertical scrollbar on the Slide Area, or the Next and the Previous buttons located at its bottom. You can also use the Page Up and Page Down keys to navigate between the slides.

Get Back to Normal View

If you are not in Normal view, you can easily get to this view by choosing the View | Normal menu option. Also, if you click the Close button located in the Slides/Outline Pane, you can restore that pane by choosing the View | Normal menu option again.

Shortcuts Keys

Here are some keyboard shortcuts that will help you navigate Normal view:

F6: Move clockwise among panes in Normal view
If you are using a laptop such as a MacBook Pro, MacBook, or MacBook Air, use (Fn) + F6 instead.
Shift + F6: Move counterclockwise among panes in Normal view
If you are using a laptop such as a MacBook Pro, MacBook, or MacBook Air, use Shift + (Fn) + F6 instead.
Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Switch between Normal and Outline views

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Normal View (Editing View) in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac

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