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COMPONENTS OF POWERPOINT WINDOW
Quick Access Toolbar Title Bar
File Tab
Ribbon
Slide
Slides/
Outline Placeholder
Pane
Status Bar
Title Bar: The title bar is located at the top of the PowerPoint window. It shows
the name of the active presentation or the file name if it has been saved.
Ribbon: The ribbon consists of several tabs, each containing various groups of
commands.
Quick Access Toolbar: The Quick Access Toolbar is located in the top left corner
of the PowerPoint 2021 screen. This toolbar holds icons for features that are
used often.
File Tab: The File tab opens the Backstage view, where you can access commands
like Print, Save, Open, etc.
Slide: A slide is a single page within a presentation.
Placeholder: A placeholder is a dotted box on a slide designed to hold content
such as text, images, videos, etc.
Slides/Outline Pane: The slides/outline pane is located on the left side of the
window. The slides pane provides thumbnail of each slide in the presentation.
The outline pane gives a list of the main points on all the slides.
Status Bar: The status bar is located at the bottom of the PowerPoint window.
It provides information about the current slide number, the total slide count and
the design theme applied.
CREATING A NEW PRESENTATION
A presentation consists of a series of slides, where each page within the presentation
is known as a slide. When you open PowerPoint for the first time, it automatically
creates a new presentation named ‘Presentation1’.
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