MS-PowerPoint Interface and components

A presentation program (also called a presentation graphics program) is a computer software package used to display information, normally in the form of a slide show. It typically includes three major functions: an editor that allows text to be inserted and formatted, a method for inserting and manipulating graphic images and a slide-show system to display the content.

MS-PowerPoint is the complete presentation graphic program, using which one can create extremely satisfying presentations to get the desired results. It allows the creation of presentation which can be a collection of slides, speaker notes, handouts or media clips, providing everything one needs to communicate clearly to others.

Interface of MS-PowerPoint consist of various components as explained in the image as

Window Section	Purpose
Title bar	Contains the name of the presentation.
Menu bar	Displays the names of menus to perform various tasks. Open menus by using the mouse or the keyboard.
Toolbars	Rows of buttons to access a wide range of commands. Each button is an icon and accessed also by mouse. Usually standard and formatting toolbars are displayed at top of the window.
Drawing toolbar	It is displayed at bottom of window and has buttons to add shapes, clip art, WordArt, change colors, and design aspects of objects.
Outline and   Slides pane	The area that can display either an outline of the presentation’s text or thumbnails (miniature pictures of slides).
Slide pane	Area to create, edit, and display presentation slides.
Notes pane	The area to add presentation notes for presenter or audience.
Task pane	An area which appear on right side of the window, showing a list of commands relevant to the currently working task.
Scroll bars	Used with the mouse to move a slide view wor outline text right or left and up or down. You can also use the vertical scroll bar to move from slide to slide.
View buttons	Three buttons located in the lower-left corner of the window. You use these buttons to switch between Normal view (the default), Slide Sorter view, and Slide Show.
Status bar	Displays information about the presentation you’re working on.

Moving in a presentation
PowerPoint provides several ways to move from slide to slide in a presentation as

• Use the mouse to drag the scroll box.
• Use the mouse to click the Previous slide or Next slide buttons.
• Use the[Page{Up] and [Page{Down] keys on the keyboard