1. 1 Setting Up Your
PowerPoint Environment
Introduction
1 : Before you begin creating presentations in PowerPoint, you may want to set up your
PowerPoint environment and become familiar with a few key tasks, such as how to
minimize and maximize the Ribbon, configure the Quick Access toolbar, switch views, and
access your PowerPoint options.
2 : The PowerPoint environment : When you open PowerPoint, a new presentation is
created, and a blank slide appears in the PowerPoint window. The slide has placeholders for
you to add a title and subtitle.
The tabbed Ribbon menu system is how you access the various PowerPoint commands. If
you've used previous versions of PowerPoint, the Ribbon system replaces the traditional
menus. Above the Ribbon in the upper-left corner is the Microsoft Office button. From
here, you can access important options such as New, Save, Save As, and Print. By default, the
Quick Access toolbar is pinned next to the Microsoft Office button and includes commands
like Undo and Redo.
On the left side of the window, you will see a task pane with slides and outline tabs, which
appears by default. On the bottom-right of the screen, you'll find view commands (Normal,
Slide Sorter, and Slide Show), as well as the zoom tool.

2. To zoom in and out:
Locate the zoom bar in the bottom-right corner.
Click the slider and drag it to the right to zoom in and to the left to zoom out.
To change views:
Locate the View options in the bottom-right corner. The view options are Normal,
Slide Sorter, and Slide Show.
Click an option to select it.
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