Arranging Windows

PowerPoint presentations open inside a window, which contains a title bar and a work area. This is where you create and edit your presentations. Most often, you'll probably fill the entire screen with one window. But when you want to move or copy information between programs or documents, it's easier to display several windows at once. You can arrange two or more windows from one program or from different programs on the screen at the same time. However, you must make the window active to work in it. You can also click the document buttons on the taskbar to switch between open documents.

Resize and Move a Window

• Maximize button. Click to make a window fill the entire screen.

• Restore Down button. Click to reduce a maximized window to a reduced size.

• Minimize button. Click to shrink a window to a taskbar button. To restore the window to its previous size, click the taskbar button.

• Close button. Click to shut a window.

Arrange or Switch Between Windows

Open the presentations you want to arrange or switch between.

Click the View tab.

In the Window group, click:

• Switch Windows, and then click the presentation name you want.

• Arrange All to fit the windows on the screen.

• Cascade Windows to arrange windows diagonally.

• New Window to open a new window containing a view of the current presentation.