Power Point® All?in?One Desk Reference For Dummies®

Chapter 3. Finding Your Way around the PowerPoint Screen

In This Chapter

• Looking at the different parts of the screen

• Understanding the new PowerPoint interface

• Zooming in and out on slides

• Changing your view to get a better look at your work

• Removing and resuscitating parts of the screen

• Seeing and hiding the rulers

Finding your way around a new computer program is like the first day of junior high school — it's intimidating. Your palms sweat. You feel agitated. To keep you from being intimidated, these pages give you the lay of the land. They explain what the different parts of the screen are and how to find your way around the new PowerPoint interface. You also discover how to zoom in and out and get a better view of your work by choosing one of the View options. Finally, this chapter shows how to hide different parts of the screen to get more room to work in.

A Brief Geography Lesson

Here is a brief geography lesson about the different parts of the PowerPoint screen. I'd hate for you to get lost in PowerPoint Land. Figure 3-1 shows the different parts of the screen. Fold down the corner of this page so that you can return here if screen terminology confuses you:

• Title bar: The stripe along the top of the screen. It lists your presentation's name.

• Window buttons: These buttons are for shrinking, enlarging, and closing the PowerPoint window.

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• Quick Access toolbar: A toolbar with three buttons ...