PowerPoint provides four types of views. Three of them helps you to develop your presentation: Normal, Slide Sorter and Slide Show. Different types of views used by PowerPoint are as follows:

1. Normal view: Whenever a user first creates a slide, the screen opens in Normal view. It is a default view and is used for designing. It provides a large view of a single slide at a time.
2. Slide Sorter view: In slide sorter view, thumbnails of all the slides in your presentation are laid out for you in the workspace. An overall view of your presentation is provide in this view. It is a good tool to help you arrange and resequence the slides it comprises.
3. Slide Show view: Slide show view is used to deliver the presentation. It steps through each slide sequentially.
4. Notes page view: It provides a small writing area to write some notes about a slide. Notes are shown on printouts but not in slide shows.
5. Outline view: It used for adding users text for a slide show. When you switch to the outline pane by clicking on its tab, a list of numbered headings is displyed, each one corresponding to a slide. To display that slide in the workspace, click on a heading.

PowerPoint 2007 is the latest version of Microsoft PowerPoint. By using PowerPoint 2007, a user can create dynamic and high impact presentations. It provides tools and commands for protecting, securing, and sharing presentations.

Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 comprises the following features:

1. The Ribbon: The Ribbon is a GUI pane, which provides a collection of tabs. Each tab comprises its own significance and relevant set of commands. It replaces menus, toolbars, and task panes. Ribbon comprises some contextual tabs, which are activated only when an object is selected.

 

2. A spontaneous look: The interface of PowerPoint 2007 helps a user to create dynamic and better presentations than the previous versions of PowerPoint. Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 provides various effects, huge formatting features for creating high impact presentations.

 

3. Quick Access Toolbar: The Quick Access Toolbar is a changeable toolbar, which provides a fast and efficient way to run any command or feature in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 presentations.

 

4. Quick Style galleries and format: Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 ensures that any text, graphics, Word Art, SmartArt, and charts, which a user inserts in a presentation, will complement one another. Themes allow a user to quick use of common colors, backgrounds, and fonts to all elements of a presentation for a unified look. In previous version, a user had to make changes separately for the charts, slides, etc., which was a difficult task and could lead to errors.

 

5. Use of custom layout: A user can create custom layout for presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007. A user can also create multiple slide masters sets that contain different layouts. By using PowerPoint slide libraries, a user can easily share slides with other users.

 

6. SmartArt Graphic: SmartArt Graphic is a powerful feature of Microsoft PowerPoint 2007. It is used to add graphical lists and complex diagrams. SmartArt Graphics adds a visual conversation to data or information. By using SmartArt Graphics, a user can easily communicate information. SmartArt Graphic can easily convert bulleted points into a graphical presentation. By using SmartArt diagramming tools, a user can easily convert a list into a diagram.

 

7. Multimedia Integration: In Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, a user can easily add media clips such as sound track or a movie clip. A user can easily record sound clips by using a microphone. A user can insert an audio CD for background sound. A user can also add a clip from a file or a clip organizer. A user can use a media clip in MPEG or JPEG file format. Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 provides a feature to compress images for the target output.

 

8. Slide libraries: By using slide libraries, a user can make up-to-date the subject matter of slides. A user can publish the slides by using slide library. A user can share, reuse, and store the slides in the slide library. A user can add slides to the slide library. Slide library will automatically update the slides whenever a user inserts something new or traverse the slide. Eachslide is updated and its timestamp is recorded. A user can see the most recent version of any slide.

 

9. File format: In Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, various types of format can be used to save a presentation. PowerPoint uses new office XML file format, which has the .pptx extension or .pptm extension. If a user saves a presentation in PowerPoint 2007 format, all the previous versions of PowerPoint will not be able to view the presentation.

 

10. Security for presentations: Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 provides various features for securing a presentation. In Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, a user can mark a presentation as final to make it read only. Digital signature can also be added easily for securing presentations.

 

11. The presenter view: It is used to control the slide shows. In this view, all the icons and buttons are easier to navigate. By using the presenter view, a user can preview presentations. It provides multiple monitor capability. Screen resolution can be change by using thumbnails. It allows a user to project full screen slide show to one monitor while viewing a speaker view on another monitor.

 

12. Proofing tools: The spelling checker in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 has become more consistent. Here, a user can specify how spelling and grammar checking will work. In Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, a user can specify the spelling for a word.