3.3.2 Typing and formatting text in slide

Typing and editing text in a presentation slide starts with opening a new presentation slide. For purposes of this illustration, we will use PowerPoint slide with the following functional tools/menu below

• Title bar – Displays the name of the application followed by the title of the presentation
• Formatting toolbar – Provides quick access to commands you need for formatting
• Outline and slides tab – The slides tab gives you a thumbnail view of all the slides in the presentation and allows to rearrange their order; the outline tab adds textual content to the slides in an outline format
• Slide pane – Area where you build the slides for your presentation
• View buttons – Change the way you view the presentation; the Normal view (left button) is the default, the Slide Sorter view (center button) shows you only the thumbnails and is used to sort and rearrange the presentation, and the Run view (right button) runs the presentation from the current slide
• Drawing toolbar – Provides all the tools you need to draw and format objects
• Notes pane – Adds notes for yourself for each slide in your presentation
• Task pane (Windows version) – Varies based on what you are currently working on; when you first start PowerPoint, you see the New Presentation task pane; other possible tasks include Slide Layout, Slide Design, and Effects
• Menu bar – Includes all of the PowerPoint menu choices
• Placeholders – Designate the space that will be filled with titles, text, or other objects such as graphics or charts
• Application close button (Windows Version) – exits powerpoint
• Presentation close button (Windows version) – Closes the current presentation