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03 INTRODUCTION TO POWERPOINT 2016
Your Aim
to learn about:
l Starting PowerPoint 2016 l Components of PowerPoint Window
l Creating a New Presentation l Entering Data on the Slide
l Using Built-in Templates l Slide Views
l Saving a Presentation l Opening an Existing Presentation
Microsoft PowerPoint is a part of Microsoft Office package. It is a program that allows you to create
presentations. It is a powerful yet easy-to-use software program. A single page of a presentation is
called a slide. A presentation is a combination of slides.
STARTING POWERPOINT 2016
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To start PowerPoint, follow the given steps:
Step 1 Click in Search box and type PowerPoint 2016.
Step 2 Click on Microsoft PowerPoint 2016.
COMPONENTS OF POWERPOINT WINDOW
Various components of the PowerPoint window are:
Title Bar: It is located at the top of the PowerPoint window. It shows
the name of the current presentation
Ribbon: It contains multiple tabs, each with several groups of
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commands.
Starting PowerPoint
Quick Access Toolbar: It appears in the top-left corner of the PowerPoint 2016 screen. It has
icons for features that are used frequently such as Save, Undo, Redo and Customize Quick
Access Toolbar icons.
File Tab: It displays a Backstage view. It has commands such as Print, Save, Open, etc.
Slide: It is a single page of a presentation.
Placeholder: It is a dotted box on a slide which may contain text, picture, video, etc.
Slides/Outline Pane: It is located on the left side of the window. The Slides pane shows
thumbnail of each of the slides in the presentation along with slide number. The Outline
pane shows a text outline of all the information on the slides. It gives an overview of your
presentation. It allows you to reorder the slides in the presentation.
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