what's a slide where's the zoom control
how do you view a presentation if you're
new to PowerPoint or just need a
refresher reviewing how to navigate the
environment and access basic tools can
be very helpful let's start with the
ribbon which is the collection of tools
and features at the top of the screen
the ribbon is divided into tabs like
design insert and home to help you find
what you're looking for quickly and
easily also making things easier to find
is the fact that all the commands are
kept together in groups for example the
font group contains everything we need
to work with text including font color
size and more there's even a special tab
that appears when you select certain
items like text to give you access to
special groups of commands if you look
closely at the upper left corner above
the ribbon you'll find the quick access
toolbar this little toolbar is designed
to give you access to frequently used
commands like save and undo no matter
where you are on the ribbon now let's
take a look at the presentation itself a
presentation is what we call a
PowerPoint file and each presentation
contains one or more slides exactly like
a slideshow one of the easiest ways to
navigate and work with your slides is to
use the slides tab in the left pane here
you can add delete duplicate and
rearrange the contents of your
presentation also in the left pane is
the outline tab which displays the text
you have on each slide instead of a
thumbnail on the right side of the
window are two more features you can use
to navigate your presentation just click
and drag the scroll bar to jump to any
particular slide or use the arrows below
that to navigate between the previous
slide and the next slide now let's take
a look at the tools at the very bottom
that includes the zoom control which
lets you zoom in and out using the plus
or minus signs or the slider in the
middle further to the right is a feature
I use frequently just click this button
and it automatically zooms in or out to
fit your slide perfectly to the current
one
finally you have the ability to change
the way you view your presentation using
the slide view buttons here your choices
include slide sorter fullscreen views
like reading view and slideshow and of
course normal which is the default view
we'll look at each of these and the
different ways you can use them in a
later lesson
right now what I'd like to do next is
explore the PowerPoint environment in a
little more detail and start customizing
it to fit our needs like what you just
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