PowerPoint helps you to create presentations that can be as simple as photographic slide shows, or as complex as corporate financial forecasts with animations, slide transitions, tables, and charts. You can run your presentation manually to accompany your comments during a meeting, or run it automatically to provide background visuals at a trade show or speaking engagement.

Thumbnails pane See Slide Views Pane border. See Customizing Toolbars and the Work Area View buttons. See Slide Views		Type a question for help on that topic. Task pane with slide layouts displayed.See Task Pane Overview, below, and Using Slide Layouts and Templates
Drawing toolbar. See Drawing Lines and Shapes                       Notes pane Slide with chart displayed. See Inserting Tables, Charts, and Pictures

Task Pane Overview

The task pane provides quick access to frequently used Microsoft Office features and helps you to do
specific PowerPoint tasks, such as changing the design of your current slide or creating transitions.

To show or hide the task pane: choose View > Task Pane or press CTRL+F1.

To switch to another task pane: click the task pane title bar (e.g. ) and choose a different pane (e.g. Help or Custom Animation). Click or to display recently viewed panes.