Includes the Slide, Notes, and Slides panes

The slide you are editing

Displays commands for managing files

A Ribbon tool that opens a dialog box

If you need more room on the screen, you can hide the Ribbon.

When you start PowerPoint, the last presentation you worked on appears on the screen.

To close a dialog box without accepting any changes you may have made to it, select the Cancel button.

Backstage view gives you access to all of the PowerPoint design tools.

In Normal view, PowerPoint displays five different panes for viewing different

aspects of your slides.