The document describes the basic PowerPoint workspace and its key components. The workspace includes elements like the title bar, menu bar, standard toolbar, formatting toolbar, outline/slide tab, slide pane, task pane, notes pane, view buttons, and drawing toolbar. It also explains the different views in PowerPoint including normal view, slide sorter view, outline view, and slide show view. Placeholders are described as invisible boxes that hold text, titles, or other objects on slides.

1. BASICS

2. The PowerPoint Workspace
1. Title Bar
2. Menu Bar
3. Standard Toolbar
4. Formatting Toolbar
5. Outline/ Slide Tab
6. Slide Pane
7. Task Pane
8. Notes Pane
9. View Buttons
10. Drawing Toolbar

3. The PowerPoint Workspace

4. Title Bar
It displays the name of the program (Microsoft
PowerPoint) and the given name of the presentation
that is currently open (Presentation1 by default).

5. Menu Bar
It contains a list of options with a simple click to it
gives you the access to its command. (File, Edit, View,
Insert, Format, Tools, Slide Show, Window, Help)

6. Standard Toolbar
It contains shortcut buttons of the most commonly
used commands, such as opening, saving, and
printing.

7. Formatting Toolbar
It contains buttons used for formatting, such as font
type, font size and style, paragraph alignment, and
others.

8. Outline/ Slide Tab
Outline Tab
It shows pure text and it is used for creating and editing
the content of your presentation.
Slide Tab
It is used to navigate through a slide by clicking on a
thumbnail to go to that specific slide.

9. Slide Pane
It displays the current slide that you are working on.
The slide pane shows only one slide at a time.

10. Task Pane
It contains a list of commands that are relevant to
whatever you are doing in PowerPoint.

11. Notes Pane
This pane is used as “cheat-sheet”. This is where you
can add notes to be used as a guide of the things you
want to say during your presentation.

12. View Buttons
These buttons are used to quickly switch between
different PowerPoint views.

13. Drawing Toolbar
It contains buttons and menus used to draw and
manipulate objects.

14. Different View Orientations
Normal View
Slide Sorter
Outline View
Slide Show View

15. Normal View
Has three panes: Outline and Slide tab, the slide pane,
the Notes pane
Let’s you work on your presentation’s every aspect in
one place

16. Slide Sorter
All slides of your presentation are displayed as
thumbnails (miniature slides)
Lets you add, delete, move slides, add slide transitions,
preview slide animations on multiple slides

17. Outline View
Included in the normal view which lets you organize
and develop your presentation’s content
Lets you type all the text of your presentation and
arrange them accordingly

18. Slide Show View
Lets you preview your presentation in an electronic
slide show
Used when delivering your presentation to an audience

19. Types of Placeholders
Title placeholder
An imaginary box that holds the title of the slide
Text placeholder
Holds other text like a bullet list lines, or paragraph
text
Object placeholder
Holds objects such as graphics, charts, media clips, etc.

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