Matt Vic - Microsoft PowerPoint 2022 for Beginners & Advanced Users: A Complete Step by Step Illustration User Guide for Mastering PowerPoint 2022 for All Users

To begin any task on PowerPoint, you have to create a new presentation by launching the PowerPoint application either from scratch which is also known as a blank document, or from the preset template that comes with a specific model and formatting depending on the type template you select.

1. Click on the start menu at the bottom left of the window or strike the window key on the keyboard.

1. Move to the application list and scroll through the available apps to search for the PowerPoint icon .
2. Click on the PowerPoint icon to launch the application

1. Immediately you click on the PowerPoint on the Microsoft icon, you will see the opening screen of the PowerPoint, then tap on Blank Presentation to create a new presentation and begin structuring a presentation.

1. The result of the above is the new blank presentation document on the main screen as it is shown below.

To create PowerPoint with a preset template that has a specific PowerPoint model and formatting, simply:

1. Click on any available template of your choice from the start or Open screen.
2. You can as well search for more templates by making use of the search box on the start screen .

1. As soon as you clicked on a particular template, you will be shifted to the next screen as it is shown below.

1. If you are okay with that color, tap on create , but if not, you can click on other brands of color , then tap on Create .

Note: You can create a personal template for yourself and save it, it will also be displayed on the start screen under the personal tab, the personal tab will not come forth on the main screen until you create at least a single template.

Immediately you press Esc or Blank presentation from the start screen, you will be taken to the main screen which is also known as User Interface where all PowerPoint works will be executed.

1. The Title bar: it shows details or title name of the PowerPoint presentation you are working with, it will be in form of presentations 1, 2, 3, and so on by default which means you have not saved it with any name but immediately you save it with a name such default name will change to the new name you save it with.
2. Quick Access Toolbar (QAT): this is the toolbar that allows you to add some specific command that you always use into the (QAT) for quick access whenever the need to use it arises, some commands are inside QAT by default such as redo, open, save, and so on.
3. Ribbon: it contains the major command of PowerPoint applications that are grouped into tabs according to a particular function that each tab is designed for, each tab also has various sub-grouping under them, those sub-grouping will appear as you click on the main tab such as Home tab, File and backstage tab, Animation tab and others.
4. File menu and backstage tab: this is one of the Ribbon tabs but it is a special tab because it will switch the main screen view to a backstage view as soon as you click on it as it is seen below and it contains various commands such as Save, Open, print, Option and many more.
5. Slide Area: this is the main working area, it is divided into title and subtitle place holder, it is the area that shows the active slide.
6. Slide pane: it displays thumbnails of all slides in the active or open slide presentation.

Note: if your slide pane is hidden, click on the View tab and select the Normal view button to make it visible.

1. Task pane: it usually comes up when you select some specific sub-ribbon tab, it will show the tools for the sub-ribbon selected, for instance, if you click on the animation pane from the Animation tab , the task pane will show the t ools that are available under animation pane as it is seen below.