Computer Training

Microsoft PowerPoint 2003

Screen Views

Earlier versions of PowerPoint consisted of five view buttons. Today's version is reduced to three view buttons located in the lower left-hand corner of the screen.

• Normal View - the main editing view is divided into three working areas: (1) the left pane contains two tabs Outline and Slides, (2) in the middle is the Slide pane, which displays the largest view a slide, and (3) on the bottom is the Notes pane used for adding presentation notes.
  
  
  • Click on the Outline tab to display an outline of your presentation.
  • Click on the Slides tab to display a thumbnail view of all slides in your presentation.
    
  Note: Clicking on any thumbnail in this view makes that selection the current sliding in Slide View.
  
  
• Slide Sorter View - reveals all slides as thumbnails making it easier to delete, sort, or preview slide transitions and animations.
  Note: For more information, see "Sorting Slides."
  
  
• Slide Show View - clicking on this button will run your presentation in full screen.
  
  

How to:

1. To adjust the borders between panes place your cursor on any of the splitters bars. Splitter bars are dividers placed between the windowpanes.
   
2. When the cursor changes to a two-headed arrow hold the left mouse button down and drag the splitter bar in the direction that you want changed.
   
   

Creating New Slides in Outline View

The Outline tab in Normal View provides a quick way to create several slides by placing the insertion point next to the first slide's icon.

How to:

1. Type a title for the current slide and then press Enter. Each time you press Enter a new slide is added to the presentation.
2. After the last slide tap the Tab key, type some text, and then press Enter. Tap the tab key twice to create a sub-bullet. Up to five sub-bullets per slide can be created using this method.

Sorting Slides

Sorting slides refers to rearranging a slide’s placement in a presentation in either Normal View or Slide Sorter View.

How to:

1. To sort a slide in Normal View choose either the Outline or Slide tab. Depending on the tab selected, left click on the slide icon or the thumbnail that you want to move.
   1.  Outline tab - When the mouse pointer changes to a 4-way arrow hold the left mouse button down and drag the slide to the new position.
   2. Slides tab - Left-click and hold the mouse button down. As you move the slide, notice that the mouse pointer includes a small rectangle indicating a change in position.

   Note: A horizontal line is used to indicate the selected slides's position to the remaining slides.

2. Click on the button Slide Sorter View to change views.
   1. Hold the left mouse button down and drag the selected slide to the new location.
   Note: A vertical line is used as the active slide's position indicator.
   
   

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