1.5. Work with Ribbon Groups, Commands, and Galleries

Rather than the traditional menu/command/toolbar system, PowerPoint now features the Ribbon. The Ribbon gathers related commands on tabs such as the Slide Show tab. On each tab, similar commands appear in groups, with the name of each group appearing along the bottom of the tab. Commands that you can execute immediately appear as buttons or check boxes on the ribbon. You can access other commands from a gallery or dialog box.

Work with Ribbon Groups, Commands, and Galleries

1 Click the desired tab on the Ribbon

NOTE

Sometimes additional contextual tabs appear on the Ribbon to offer more ...

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