PowerPoint: The Parts
Click on the PowerPoint symbol to the left to return to the PowerPoint main page
LESSON TWO
The main screen n PowerPoint is divided into a number of parts which perform different functions. Different PowerPoint versions have very similar parts but they may be accessed in slightly different ways.
LESSON TWO
The main screen n PowerPoint is divided into a number of parts which perform different functions. Different PowerPoint versions have very similar parts but they may be accessed in slightly different ways.
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Once PowerPoint is opened and you have moved to the main screen, you will see something similar to the view (left) above. To make it easier to discuss here, I have colour coded the diffferent areas of the screen (above right) in blue, green, pink and yellow. Each of these areas is known as a pane: think of a set Window panes. Each pane serves a different function.
BLUE - Outline pane
GREEN - Slide Pane
PINK - Notes Pane
YELLOW - Task Pane
The borders of the panes are not fixed: they can be dragged to fifferent loccations such that any apne at any time can occupy more or less of the screen as desired. As the primary workspace is the Slide Pane (green), this should be the largest area of the screen. It is on this canvas that we will design and create our presentations.
As the Task Pane changes according to the specific task in operation at any one moment, it's contents vary as you perform different tasks. For the moment, however, we will concentrate on just two panes: the Oultine and the Slide panes.
The Oultine Pane (which I have colour coded blue) is the leftmost pane and lists each of the slides that have been created for a presentation. As we have not created any new slides, it will only contain one blank slide presently. As we add text and images and more slides, the Outline Pane fills with a representation of each slide that has been created. Clicking on any slide in the Outline Pane selects that slide for editing.
The Slide Pane (Which I have colour coded green) is the middle pane and by far the largest, Think of it as your workspace, a canvas on which you may 'paint' your presentation. It is with the Slide Pane that we will begin. The Slide Pane contains the view that will be seen when the presentation is run. All other panes are hidden away and are only used as tolos in the creation of the various slides that comprise a PowerPoint presentation.
NOTE: If you see something other than the panes on your screen, you have swapped to a different view of the presentation. Somewhere on your screen (depending on which version of PowerPoint you are running) there are three small icons that look like the image below. The first two of these icons switch between the Normal View of PowerPoint and the Slide Sorter View. For the moment, you do not need to be in the slide sorter view and may switch to the normal view by clicking on the first of the three icons.
BLUE - Outline pane
GREEN - Slide Pane
PINK - Notes Pane
YELLOW - Task Pane
The borders of the panes are not fixed: they can be dragged to fifferent loccations such that any apne at any time can occupy more or less of the screen as desired. As the primary workspace is the Slide Pane (green), this should be the largest area of the screen. It is on this canvas that we will design and create our presentations.
As the Task Pane changes according to the specific task in operation at any one moment, it's contents vary as you perform different tasks. For the moment, however, we will concentrate on just two panes: the Oultine and the Slide panes.
The Oultine Pane (which I have colour coded blue) is the leftmost pane and lists each of the slides that have been created for a presentation. As we have not created any new slides, it will only contain one blank slide presently. As we add text and images and more slides, the Outline Pane fills with a representation of each slide that has been created. Clicking on any slide in the Outline Pane selects that slide for editing.
The Slide Pane (Which I have colour coded green) is the middle pane and by far the largest, Think of it as your workspace, a canvas on which you may 'paint' your presentation. It is with the Slide Pane that we will begin. The Slide Pane contains the view that will be seen when the presentation is run. All other panes are hidden away and are only used as tolos in the creation of the various slides that comprise a PowerPoint presentation.
NOTE: If you see something other than the panes on your screen, you have swapped to a different view of the presentation. Somewhere on your screen (depending on which version of PowerPoint you are running) there are three small icons that look like the image below. The first two of these icons switch between the Normal View of PowerPoint and the Slide Sorter View. For the moment, you do not need to be in the slide sorter view and may switch to the normal view by clicking on the first of the three icons.