WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:11.500 --> 00:00:12.960 What's a slide? 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:14.770 Where's the zoom control? 00:00:14.770 --> 00:00:17.150 How do you view a presentation? 00:00:17.150 --> 00:00:21.300 If you're new to PowerPoint, or just need a refresher, reviewing how to navigate the 00:00:21.300 --> 00:00:25.200 environment and access basic tools can be very helpful. 00:00:25.200 --> 00:00:28.830 Let's start with the Ribbon, which is the collection of tools and features at the top 00:00:28.830 --> 00:00:30.060 of the screen. 00:00:30.060 --> 00:00:36.800 The Ribbon is divided into tabs - like Design, Insert, and Home - to help you find what you're 00:00:36.800 --> 00:00:39.280 looking for quickly and easily. 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:43.820 Also making things easier to find is the fact that all the commands are kept together in 00:00:43.820 --> 00:00:44.820 groups. 00:00:44.820 --> 00:00:48.860 For example, the Font group contains everything we need to work with text, including font 00:00:48.860 --> 00:00:53.110 color, size, and more. 00:00:53.110 --> 00:00:58.149 There's even a special tab that appears when you select certain items (like text) to give 00:00:58.149 --> 00:01:01.379 you access to special groups of commands. 00:01:01.379 --> 00:01:05.990 If you look closely at the upper left corner above the Ribbon, you'll find the Quick Access 00:01:05.990 --> 00:01:07.180 Toolbar. 00:01:07.180 --> 00:01:11.570 This little toolbar is designed to give you access to frequently used commands like Save 00:01:11.570 --> 00:01:15.140 and Undo no matter where you are on the Ribbon. 00:01:15.140 --> 00:01:18.050 Now let's take a look at the presentation itself. 00:01:18.050 --> 00:01:23.240 A presentation is what we call a PowerPoint file; and each presentation contains one or 00:01:23.240 --> 00:01:26.380 more slides, exactly like a slide show. 00:01:26.380 --> 00:01:30.600 One of the easiest ways to navigate and work with your slides is to use the Slides tab 00:01:30.600 --> 00:01:33.830 in the left pane. 00:01:33.830 --> 00:01:39.409 Here you can add, delete, duplicate, and rearrange the contents of your presentation. 00:01:39.409 --> 00:01:44.329 Also in the left pane is the Outline tab, which displays the text you have on each slide 00:01:44.329 --> 00:01:47.090 instead of a thumbnail. 00:01:47.090 --> 00:01:52.130 On the right side of the window are two more features you can use to navigate your presentation. 00:01:52.130 --> 00:01:57.890 Just click and drag the scroll bar to jump to any particular slide, or use the arrows 00:01:57.890 --> 00:02:04.290 below that to navigate between the Previous Slide and the Next Slide. 00:02:04.290 --> 00:02:07.260 Now let's take a look at the tools at the very bottom. 00:02:07.260 --> 00:02:11.610 That includes the zoom control, which lets you zoom in and out using the plus or minus 00:02:11.610 --> 00:02:15.570 signs, or the slider in the middle. 00:02:15.570 --> 00:02:18.500 Further to the right is a feature I use frequently. 00:02:18.500 --> 00:02:23.060 Just click this button, and it automatically zooms in or out to fit your slide perfectly 00:02:23.060 --> 00:02:24.770 to the current window. 00:02:24.770 --> 00:02:29.550 Finally, you have the ability to change the way you view your presentation using the slide 00:02:29.550 --> 00:02:31.220 view buttons here. 00:02:31.220 --> 00:02:39.230 Your choices include Slide Sorter; full-screen views like Reading View and Slide Show; and 00:02:39.230 --> 00:02:42.250 of course, Normal, which is the default view. 00:02:42.250 --> 00:02:46.790 We'll look at each of these - and the different ways you can use them - in a later lesson. 00:02:46.790 --> 00:02:50.640 Right now, what I'd like to do next is explore the PowerPoint environment in a little more 00:02:50.640 --> 00:03:14.950 detail, and start customizing it to fit our needs.