Organizing a presentation

When you are working with your presentation you can choose from various ways to view the slides you are creating. These include the Outline view, Slide Sorter view, Creating a Slide Show, and Running a Slide show. To switch between these views, choose the appropriate icon from the lower left of your screen: .

As you rest your mouse cursor over each little icon, a window will pop up that tells you which view it is for.

• The Outline view has been discussed. It allows you to directly edit the text of a slide while the slide itself is minimized. This allows you to concentrate on the content and not appearance of your presentation.
• The Slide view shows a single slide as it will look in the presentation. You can work directly on the slide in this view.
• The Slide Sorter view displays thumbnail size images of each slide so that you can look at many at once. From this view you can drag an drop slides to change the order in which they appear. To edit a slide, double-click on it and the view will switch to the Slide view.
• The Slide Show view expands your presentation to fill your entire screen with a slide. To advance to the next slide, click anywhere on the screen. To return to PowerPoint, hit Esc.