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PowerPoint is an application program that allows you to create and show slides to support a   PowerPoint start screen opens. This screen is also called the Backstage view. You can use the
 presentation. You can combine text, graphics and multimedia content to create professional   Backstage view to create new presentations. You can also open, save, print, create PDF and
 presentations. As a presentation tool, you can use PowerPoint to:  share presentations from the Backstage view.

  organise and structure your presentation
                 COMPONENTS OF THE POWERPOINT WINDOW
  create a professional and consistent presentation
                 This is how the PowerPoint main window looks like.
  provide an illustrative backdrop for the content of your presentation

                                   Quick Access Toolbar     Tabs    Title Bar            Control Buttons
  animate your slides to give them greater visual impact
  insert online pictures same as in Word
                                                                                                        Ribbon
 It is commonly used by teachers, students and working people to create attractive
 presentations.  You  can  also  use  PowerPoint  to  make  audience  handouts,  outlines,  and

 speaker's notes.
                          Slides/Outline
                               Pane


 Suppose  you could  design a campaign to become an environmental hero using
 PowerPoint. What actions would you encourage others to take?


                                      Status Bar      Speaker’s Notes Pane     Placeholder
 STARTING POWERPOINT
                 Let us learn about the various components of PowerPoint window.
 To start PowerPoint, follow the given steps:
                    Title Bar: The Title bar is located at the top of the PowerPoint window. It shows the name
 2                 of the current presentation or the name by which the presentation is saved. It also shows
 Scroll and click on PowerPoint.
                   the name of the program.

                    Control Buttons: The Control buttons are present on the right of the Title bar. There are
                   three buttons Minimize button, Maximize/Restore Down button, and Close button.

                    Quick Access Toolbar: The Quick Access Toolbar appears on the left side of the PowerPoint
                   2019 Title bar. It contains commonly used command buttons such as Save, Undo, Redo and

                   Slideshow.

                    Ribbon: The Ribbon is made up of Tabs and Groups. Each tab has a set of commands
                   present in the shape of tool buttons.

                    Slides/Outline Pane: The Slides/Outline pane is located on the left side of the window.
                   The Slides pane shows thumbnail of each of the slides in the presentation. The Outline pane
                   shows a text outline of all the information on the slides.

                    Speaker's Notes Pane: The Speaker's Notes pane is where the speaker can write notes

                   for himself. These notes can only be viewed by the speaker. They do not appear when the
 Click on Start   1
 button.           presentation is running.





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