PowerPoint Navigation

PowerPoint Navigation

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

Home Tab

Insert Tab

Design Tab

Slide Show Tab

Transitions Tab

Review Tab

View Tab

Animations Tab

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.

PowerPoint Ribbons

• 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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• 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.

Insert 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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.

• 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.

Slide Show Tab

Animations Tab

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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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View 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.

• 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.

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.

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

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.

Media Slide

Section Header 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.

Title Slide

Blank Slide

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

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PowerPoint Slides