Slide Sorter View

As you are working on your presentation, you may want to change the order of your slides. You can rearrange slides in Slide Sorter View. It allows you to view miniature slides that you can drag and drop.

To Move Slides in Slide Sorter View:

• Click on the Slide Sorter View button in the left bottom corner of the page.
• Click the slide you want to move.
• Hold down the left mouse button and drag the slide to its new location. A pointer with a box appears as you drag the slide.

Working with Slides in Normal View

You can also easily move slides in Normal View. Remember, this is the Tri-Pane View that shows small slides on the left, a slide in the center and the Task Pane on the right.

To Move Slides in Normal View:

• Click on the Normal View button .
• Click a slide in the left pane and drag and drop it to its new location.
• Hold down the left mouse button and drag the slide to its new location. A pointer with a box appears as you drag the slide.

Changing and viewing Slides in Outline View

Outline View also allows you to make changes to slides. While you can drag and drop slides in this view, it's also useful for making changes to the text of your slides or for viewing multiple slides.

To View or Make Changes to Text in Outline View:

• Click the Outline View tab in the left pane.

• An outline view of your slides appears with text.
• Click on the small gray slide you want to make changes to.
• Scroll through the slides in outline view.
• Select the slide in the outline and then type changes directly onto the center slide.
• You can view the text of all of your slides in this view.
• Return to Normal View by clicking the Slides tab in the left pane.

Viewing Slides in Slide Show View

After you have made some changes to your PowerPoint presentation, you can get an idea of how it will look as a slide show.

To View Slides in Slide Show View:

• Click on the Slide Show button at the bottom left corner of the screen.

OR

• Click on ViewSlide Show.

• Click on each slide until you reach the end of the slide show. (black screen)
• Click to exit and return to Normal View.

• Open the presentation, Example One , which you have worked with in the last two challenges.
• View the presentation in Slide Sorter View. Currently, you should have three slides. Your slides may look something like this:

• Move the city/state slide (currently your second slide) so that it is the third slide in the slide show.
• View the slides in Outline View.
• Add an exclamation point (!) to the first slide after Example One! .
• View the slides in Slide Show View.
• Save and close your presentation.