Recalling MS PowerPoint

• MS PowerPoint is a program from Microsoft Office that enables us to create dynamic presentations. It uses slides to convey information rich in multimedia.
• 1. Quick Access Toolbar - This contains the commonly used commands.
• 2. Title Bar - This displays the name of the file and the program. If we have not yet saved our file, the initial name is Presentation1.
• 3. Ribbon - This is found below the title bar. It contains all the commands that we will need to perform the tasks in MS PowerPoint. It has tabs that are divided into groups of commands.
• 4. Minimize, Restore or Maximize, and Close buttons - These buttons are found on the rightmost part of the Title bar. If we choose the Restore button, it changes to Maximize button, it will bring back the Restore button.
• 5. Slide Navigation Pane - this allows us to view and work with the slides in our presentation.
• 6. Ruler - This is located at the top of the and on the left of the current slide. It will be easy for us to align the text and objects on the slide of our presentation.
• 7. Slide Pane - This is the area where we can view and edit the the selected slide. It is the main working area where we type the text and place the objects.
• 8. Scroll Bars - We select, hold, and drag the vertical or horizontal scroll bar depending on which part of the slide we want to see.
• 9. Status Bar - This is found below the Slide Pane. It displays the following: a. Slide number b. Number of slides c. Speaker notes d. Comments e. Slide view option f. Zoom control
• The files we create in PowerPoint are called presentations.