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Title Bar: The title bar is located at the top of the PowerPoint window. It shows the name
              of the current presentation or the name by which the presentation is saved.

               Ribbon: The ribbon contains multiple tabs, each with several groups of commands.
               Quick Access Toolbar: This toolbar appears in the top left corner of the PowerPoint 2016
              window. This has icons for features that are used frequently.

               File Tab: This displays a Backstage view. This has commands such as Print, Save, Open,
              etc.

               Slide: A slide is a page in a presentation.
               Placeholder: A placeholder is a dotted box on a slide that may contain text, a picture, a

              video, etc.
               Slides/Outline Pane: The slides/outline pane is located on the left side of the window.
              The slides pane shows the thumbnail of each of the slides in the presentation. The outline

              pane shows a text outline of all the information on the slides.
               Status Bar: The status bar is located at the bottom of the PowerPoint window. It displays
              information about the number of the current slide, the total number of slides, and the
              design theme used.

            Creating a New Presentation


            A presentation is made up of a series of slides. A single page of a presentation is called a
            slide. When you first start PowerPoint, the PowerPoint main screen will appear. Click on
            Blank Presentation option from the given templates. It will start a presentation for you and
            calls it ‘Presentation 1’. To start a new presentation, follow the given steps:


                                                          2  Select New option.






                          1  Click on File tab.

















                                                              3  Click on Blank Presentation.


            A new presentation opens with a single slide with two placeholders.



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