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Component Description

Ribbon Provides commands for various tasks, divided into Tabs and Groups.

Opens the Backstage view and provides commands to work with
File Tab
presentations.

Slides Pane Displays thumbnails of all slides in a presentation.

Slide Pane Displays one slide at a time to work on it.

Status Bar Provides information about the current presentation.

CREATING A PRESENTATION USING DESIGN TEMPLATES

A design template is a blank presentation with a theme

already applied to it. Each template provides some 2
specialised slide layouts and colour schemes.

To create a new presentation from a design template:

1. Click the File tab. 3
The Backstage view opens.

2. Click the New option.

3. Select the thumbnail of the desired template.

A preview window opens. It displays
the title slide of the selected template

with alternative colour schemes and
backgrounds.

4. Click the Create button.

PowerPoint creates a new presentation
based on the selected design template. 4

WORKING WITH SLIDES

Adding Slides

PowerPoint provides several ways to add new slides to a presentation. You can add
slides based on predefined slide layouts or duplicate existing slides.

Using Slide Layouts

You can add a new slide based on predefined slide layouts.

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