PowerPoint Navigation

PowerPoint Navigation

PowerPoint Ribbons

The Ribbon is organized into tabs, each representing a different set of commands related to specific tasks or functions. Common tabs in PowerPoint include Home, Insert, Design, Transitions, Animations, Slide Show, Review, View, and others.

Home Tab

Animations Tab

Review Tab

Design Tab

View Tab

Slide Show Tab

Transitions Tab

Insert Tab

Note: Not all features of PowerPoint 365 is available in the Web based app.

Home Tab

• Clipboard: Cut, copy, and paste commands, as well as the Format Painter tool.
• Slides: Commands for inserting, deleting, duplicating, and rearranging slides.
• Font: Options for formatting text, including font style, size, color, and alignment.
• Paragraph: Tools for adjusting paragraph alignment, indentation, and spacing.
• Drawing: Insert shapes, icons, SmartArt, and text boxes.
• Editing: Find and replace text, and access the clipboard options.

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Insert Tab

Home Tab

• Slides: Insert new slides, slide layouts, or slides from other presentations.
• Tables: Insert tables and access table-related commands.
• Illustrations: Insert pictures, online pictures, shapes, icons, SmartArt, and charts.
• Add-ins: Access add-ins for additional functionality.

• Links: Insert hyperlinks, action buttons, and navigate links.

• Text: Insert text boxes, headers, and WordArt.
• Media: Insert audio and video clips, or screen recordings.

• Clipboard: Cut, copy, and paste commands, as well as the Format Painter tool.
• Slides: Commands for inserting, deleting, duplicating, and rearranging slides.
• Font: Options for formatting text, including font style, size, color, and alignment.
• Paragraph: Tools for adjusting paragraph alignment, indentation, and spacing.
• Drawing: Insert shapes, icons, SmartArt, and text boxes.
• Editing: Find and replace text, and access the clipboard options.

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Design Tab

• Themes: Apply and customize slide themes.
• Variant: Choose different color schemes and font sets for the selected theme.
• Customize: Access advanced theme customization options.
• Slide Size: Change the slide size and orientation.
• Format Background: Modify the background style, color, or add a picture or gradient.

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Transitions Tab

Design Tab

• Transition to This Slide: Apply slide transitions to selected slides.
• Effect Options: Customize transition effects.
• Timing: Set transition timing and advance slide options.
• Preview: Preview transitions before applying them.
• Sound: Add sound effects to transitions.

• Themes: Apply and customize slide themes.
• Variant: Choose different color schemes and font sets for the selected theme.
• Customize: Access advanced theme customization options.
• Slide Size: Change the slide size and orientation.
• Format Background: Modify the background style, color, or add a picture or gradient.

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Animations Tab

• Preview: Preview animations before applying them.
• Animation: Apply animation effects to selected objects.
• Advanced Animation: Access advanced animation options and timing.
• Animation Pane: Manage animation effects and their order.
• Timing: Set animation timing and triggers.

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Slide Show Tab

Animations Tab

• Start Slide Show: Begin the presentation from the current slide or the beginning.
• Set Up: Configure presentation settings, such as resolution and monitor options.
• Monitors: Manage multiple monitors during the presentation.
• Show/Hide: Toggle display options for presenter tools, such as navigation buttons, pen tools, and slide show controls.

• Preview: Preview animations before applying them.
• Animation: Apply animation effects to selected objects.
• Advanced Animation: Access advanced animation options and timing.
• Animation Pane: Manage animation effects and their order.
• Timing: Set animation timing and triggers.

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Review Tab

• Proofing: Spelling and language tools, including spell check and translation.
• Comments: Add, view, and manage comments in the presentation.
• Compare: Compare different versions of the presentation.
• Accessibility: Check accessibility issues and improve accessibility features.
• Protect: Protect the presentation with passwords or restrict editing permissions.

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Review Tab

View Tab

• Presentation Views: Switch between different views, such as Normal, Slide Sorter, Reading, and Slide Master.
• Show: Toggle gridlines, ruler, and guides.
• Zoom: Adjust the zoom level of the presentation.
• Color/Grayscale: Switch between color and grayscale display modes.
• Window: Manage multiple windows and arrange open presentations.

• Proofing: Spelling and language tools, including spell check and translation.
• Comments: Add, view, and manage comments in the presentation.
• Compare: Compare different versions of the presentation.
• Accessibility: Check accessibility issues and improve accessibility features.
• Protect: Protect the presentation with passwords or restrict editing permissions.

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PowerPoint Slides

Blank Slide

Provides a blank canvas for creating custom content without predefined layouts or placeholders. Offers flexibility for designing slides from scratch using text boxes, shapes, and other objects.

Media Slide

Incorporates multimedia elements such as videos, audio clips, or interactive content. Allows for embedding or linking to multimedia files for dynamic presentations

Title Slide

Typically the first slide in a presentation. Contains the title of the presentation, subtitle (if any), and sometimes additional details like presenter's name, date, and organization.

Title and Content Slide

Includes a title followed by content placeholders. Content placeholders can accommodate text, images, charts, tables, and other objects.

Section Header Slide

Used to introduce new sections or topics within a presentation. Typically includes a large title and may have additional content placeholders for brief descriptions or bullet points.

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