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Keyboard Sequences for PowerPoint 365 for Mac

Unlike in Windows versions of PowerPoint, where you can quickly press the Alt key to access the menu or even the Ribbon tabs, the Mac versions of PowerPoint provide no equivalent feature. However there is an alternative, and you can learn how to invoke keyboard sequences by accessing your menu bar in PowerPoint 365 for Mac.

Explore Keyboard Sequences in PowerPoint 365 for Mac.

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Slide Sorter View in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows

Most of the time, you may work on a single slide in your PowerPoint presentation, but there are times when you want to copy, duplicate, reorder, or even delete a bunch of slides. It’s in scenarios like these that you will encounter PowerPoint 2019’s Slide Sorter view. Among the various views available in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows to play and edit your presentations, we have already covered both Normal view and Outline view. Although Slide Sorter view does not let you edit individual slide objects, it does let you work with whole slides. Any edits made will influence one or more slides, depending on your selection.

Learn about the Slide Sorter view in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows.

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Normal View (Editing View) in PowerPoint 365 for Windows

PowerPoint 365 for Windows provides several views that enable you to view and edit your slides. Unarguably, Normal view is the default and most often used view. This view displays one slide at a time in the Slide Area, and is used mainly for editing and creating slides, and shows PowerPoint’s typical tri-pane interface that includes the Slides Pane, the Slide Area, and the Notes Pane. If you cannot see the Slides Pane in Normal view, scroll down this page to read a tip that will help you restore that pane.

Learn about the Editing view (Normal View) in PowerPoint 365 for Windows.

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Normal View (Editing View) in PowerPoint 365 for Mac

PowerPoint 365 for Mac provides several views that enable you to view and edit your slides. Unarguably, Normal view is the default and most often used view. This view displays one slide at a time in the Slide Area, and is used mainly for editing and creating slides, and shows PowerPoint’s typical tri-pane interface that includes the Slides Pane, the Slide Area, and the Notes Pane. If you cannot see the Slides Pane in Normal view, scroll down this page to read a tip that will help you restore that pane.

Learn about the Editing view (Normal View) in PowerPoint 365 for Mac.

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Editing Picture Slides Created With PowerPoint Designer in PowerPoint 365 for Windows

Let’s assume that you already used some picture slide layouts from PowerPoint Designer, as explained in our Working With Pictures in PowerPoint Designer in PowerPoint 365 for Windows tutorial. And now, you want to change the picture used, or even add another picture. You’ll discover that changing pictures is not too easy, because PowerPoint does not respect the proportions of the picture you are replacing, and almost places a new picture without any concerns about visual aesthetics. So, how can you add another picture in the same position, and ensure that the size and the proportions of the picture also remain the same?

Learn how to edit picture slides created using PowerPoint Designer in PowerPoint 365 for Windows.

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