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PowerPoint Workspace

Microsoft Office Button

The Microsoft Office Button performs many of the functions that were located in the File menu of older versions of PowerPoint.  This button allows you to create a new presentation, Open an existing presentation, save and save as, print, send, or close.

Ribbon

The ribbon is the panel at the top portion of the document   It has seven tabs:  Home, Insert, Design, Animations, Slide Show, Review and View.  Each tab is divided into groups.  The groups are logical collections of features designed to perform function that you will utilize in developing or editing your PowerPoint slides.

Commonly utilized features are displayed on the Ribbon.  To view additional features within each group, click the arrow at the bottom right corner of each group.

  • Home:  Clipboard, Slides, Font, Paragraph, Drawing, and Editing
  • Insert: Tables, Illustrations, Links, Text, and Media Clips
  • Design: Page Setup, Themes, Background
  • Animations: Preview, Animations, Transition to this Slide
  • Slide Show:  Start Slide Show, Set Up, Monitors
  • Review:  Proofing, Comments, Protect
  • View: Presentation Views, Show/Hide, Zoom, Window, Macros

Quick Access Toolbar

The quick access toolbar is a customizable toolbar that contains commands that you may want to use.  You can place the quick access toolbar above or below the ribbon.  To change the location of the quick access toolbar, click on the arrow at the end of the toolbar and clickShow Below the Ribbon.

Mini Toolbar

A new feature in Office 2007 is the Mini Toolbar.  This is a floating toolbar that is displayed when you select text or right-click text.  It displays common formatting tools, such as Bold, Italics, Fonts, Font Size and Font Color.

Slide Navigation

Navigation through the slides can be accomplished through the Slide Navigation menu on the left side of the screen.  Also, an outline appears from materials that have been entered in the presentation.  To access the outline, click the outline tab.

Slide Pane

The “Canvas”. Where you add text, images, audio, and video

Notes Pane

This pane allows you to keep presentation notes for each slide. Can be Printed on a Notes Handout.

Toggle View

These buttons allow you to toggle between three different views.

  • Normal
  • Slide Sorter
  • Slide Show

Reference: http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2007/ppt/GettingStarted.asp