As you are working on your presentation, you may want to change the order of your slides. You can rearrange slides in
. It allows you to view miniature slides that you can drag and drop.
Working with Slides in Normal View
You can also easily move slides in
Normal View. Remember, this is the Tri-Pane View that shows small slides on the left, a slide in the center and the Task Pane on the right.
To Move Slides in Normal View:
- Click on the Normal View button
.
- Click a slide in the left pane and drag and drop it to its new location.
- Hold down the left mouse button and drag the slide to its new location. A pointer with a box appears as you drag the slide.
To toggle between the different views in PowerPoint 2003, click on the
View buttons or click on
View 
Slide Sorter,
Normal or
Slide Show.
Changing and viewing Slides in Outline View
Outline View also allows you to make changes to slides. While you can drag and drop slides in this view, it's also useful for making changes to the text of your slides or for viewing multiple slides.
To View or Make Changes to Text in Outline View:
- Click the Outline View tab in the left pane.
- An outline view of your slides appears with text.
- Click on the small gray slide you want to make changes to.
- Scroll through the slides in outline view.
- Select the slide in the outline and then type changes directly onto the center slide.
- You can view the text of all of your slides in this view.
- Return to Normal View by clicking the Slides tab in the left pane.
Viewing Slides in Slide Show View
After you have made some changes to your PowerPoint presentation, you can get an idea of how it will look as a slide show.
To View Slides in Slide Show View:
- Click on the Slide Show button
at the bottom left corner of the screen.
OR
- Click on View Slide Show.
- Click on each slide until you reach the end of the slide show. (black screen)
- Click to exit and return to Normal View.
in the left bottom corner of the page.
