At the end of this chapter, you will be able to
Pusey theSlide sorter View, Pusey the Outline View ,
P Change the Slide layout, Work with text,Work With fonts .
Using the slide sorter view
Slide sorter view
The Slide view gives you a miniature picture of each slide a shown in figure 2.1.
This view helps you to see the select and drag slides from one position to another within the slide show. This allows sorting or rearranging the order in which the slides are presented. The slide number is displayed near the bottom-right corner of each slide.
To select a slide in the slide sorter view, click on it A bold outline surrounds the selected slide. To select multiple slides, press and hold down the shift key while clicking on all the slides that you want to select, To cancel any selection, Click on any blank area of the slide sorter view window.
The steps to re-arrange the order of slides in the slide sorter view are:
1. Select the slide,
2. Click the left mouse button,
3. Drag the mouse to the new location where you want to shift the slide
The mouse pointer changes to a miniature slide with an up arrow. When you move the pointer between two slides, a vertical bar appears between slides to mark the location where the slide will be inserted.
4. Release the mouse button
You can also move more than one slide by using this method. PowerPoint automatically renumbers the rearranged slides.
You can also copy slides, For copying slides, the steps are:
1. Select the slide you want to copy
2. press and hold down the ctrl key as you drag the slide to the location where it has to be copied. The mouse pointer Changes to a miniature slide whit a plus symbol. As you move the mouse, a vertical bar appears between slides to mark the location where the slide will be copied.
3. Release the mouse button. When you release the mouse button a copy of the selected Slide is inserted in the new location.
