When you open up the PowerPoint screen, the image below will show up. Different features of this screen are explained below.

PowerPoint 2007 main screen:

PowerPoint 2010 main screen:

While learning PowerPoint, you should concentrate on three primary elements of the Microsoft PowerPoint window. Microsoft Office Button, Quick Access Toolbar, and Ribbon and Tabs are three of these features.

Microsoft Office Button 

This button is found in the PowerPoint 2007 version. In later versions, a “File” tab is found at the top of the ribbon. This would be orange in color. You can find this button on the upper-left corner of the PowerPoint 2007 window. When you click the button, a menu appears with several options for performing various different actions. They are listed below:

1. New: To make a brand-new presentation.
2. Open: To open an existing presentation, use the Open command.
3. Save: To save changes made in an open presentation, click Save.
4. Save As: To save the presentation to a specific location on the computer with a certain name.
5. Print: To print a hard copy of the open presentation, click here.
6. Prepare: To get the presentation ready for distribution.
7. Send: To send a copy of the presentation to someone else.
8. Publish: To make the presentation available to others.
9. End: To close the open presentation.

Quick Access Toolbar

It can be found just next to the big Microsoft Office Button. It displays three commands by default: Save, Undo, and Redo.

More commands are available when you click the drop-down arrow at the right end of the Quick Access Toolbar. With a left click on the selected command from this list, it may be added to the Quick Access Toolbar.

The Office Button and Ribbon commands can also be added. Simply right-click the command and choose "Add to Quick Access Toolbar" from the drop-down menu.

Ribbon and Tabs

The Ribbon can be found directly below the Title bar at the top of the PowerPoint window. Home, Insert, Design, Animations, Slide Show, Review, and View are the seven tabs. Each tab is broken down into groups of related commands that appear on the Ribbon. To see a group's extra instructions, click the arrow in the group's right bottom corner.

Title Bar

This is the window's upper part. It displays the file name followed by the software name, which in this case is Microsoft PowerPoint.

Area for Slides

The actual slide is developed and updated in this section. In this part, you can add, modify, and delete text, photos, shapes, and multimedia.

You may use the Support Icon to get PowerPoint help whenever you need it. The "?" button opens the PowerPoint Help window, where you can navigate through a list of frequent subjects. You may also use the search box at the top to look for specific topics.

You can use the zoom control to get a closer look at your text. The zoom control consists of a slider that may be dragged left or right to zoom in or out, as well as - and + buttons that can be used to increase or decrease the zoom factor. PowerPoint supports a maximum zoom of 400 percent, with the point in the centre indicating 100 percent. The button at the end is used to enter full screen mode.

You may switch between PowerPoint views using the group of four buttons to the left of the Zoom control, at the bottom of the screen.

• Normal Layout View: This option shows the page in normal view, with the slide on the right and a list of thumbnails on the left. This view allows you to alter and rearrange individual slides.
• Slide Sorter View: This creates a matrix of all the slides. You can only rearrange the slides in this view; you can't change the contents of any of them.
• Reading View: This view is similar to a slideshow, but it also includes access to the Windows taskbar in case you need to switch windows. This view, like the slideshow, does not allow you to alter anything.

Notes Section

You can add notes to the presentation in this section. These notes will not be displayed on the screen during the presentation; they are simply for the presenter's convenience.

Slides Tab

Only the Normal view has access to this section. It shows all of the slides in order. This area allows you to add, delete, and reorganize slides.