Microsoft PowerPoint XP

The PowerPoint Views

When putting a presentation together, it can be helpful to work with your presentation from different views. For example, if you want to edit the content of your slide, you would want to use the Normal view. You can access your views from the View menu. Although not accessible through the View menu, the Outline and Slides Pane make up two significant view options in the Normal view. This document will show and explain each view option.

View		Action
Normal		Shows your slide as it will appear during the presentation. You are allowed to edit your slide from this view.
*Outline tab (within the Outline* and Slides Pane)**		Shows you the text of your slides in a larger outline format than the Normal view. You can organize information using drag-and-drop within outline view.
*Slides tab (within the Outline* and Slides Pane)**		Similar to Slide Sorter View, where you can view all the slides in your presentation, rearrange and hide slides and view set transitions while you work on your presentation.
Slide Sorter		Presents miniatures of each slide, allows you to reorder the slides, and add builds within them and transitions between them.
Notes Page		Illustrates what speaker notes and audience notes will look like.
Slide Show		Shows the slides as if you were actually presenting. You are not able to edit slides in this view.