Having trouble finding the features you use in the new Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 "Ribbon" interface? If you are, maybe this can help. The following is a fairly complete list of tabs and the main sections below each tab in the PowerPoint 2007 Ribbon.

Note that where a "flyout" icon is shown in the bottom-right corner of a sub-section, clicking it will popup a small window with more options/features. We put an asterisk (*) next to those

• Office Button (round button on top-left corner)
  New, Open, Save, Save As (presentation, show, 97-2003 format), Print (incl. print preview), Prepare, Send (email, fax), Publish, Close, PowerPoint Options.
• Home
  • Clipboard *
    Cut/Copy/Paste and Format Painter.
  • Slides
    New Slide, Layout, Reset, Delete.
  • Font *
    Font family, Size, Clear All Formatting, Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough, Text Shadow, Character Spacing, Change Case, Font Color.
  • Paragraph *
    Lists (Bullets, Numbering, Increase List Level, Decrease List Level), Line Spacing, Justification (left/right/center/full), Columns, Text Direction, Align Text, Convert to SmartArt.
  • Drawing *
    Insert (Shapes Gallery), Arrange (Front/Back/Grouping/Position), Quick Styles (Style Gallery), Shape Fill, Shape Outline, Shape Effects.
  • Editing
    Find, Replace, Select.
• Insert
  • Tables
    Table (Insert, Draw, Excel Spreadsheet).
  • Illustrations
    Insert Picture, Clip Art, Photo Album, Shapes, SmartArt, Chart.
  • Links
    Hyperlink, Action.
  • Text
    Test Box, Header & Footer, WordArt, Date & Time, Slide Number, Symbol, Object.
  • Media Clips
    Movie, Sound.
• Design
  • Page Setup
    Page Setup, Slide Orientation.
  • Themes
    Theme Gallery, Colors, Fonts, Effects.
  • Background *
    Background Styles, Hide Background Graphics.
• Animations
  • Preview
  • Animations
    Animate, Custom Animation.
  • Transition to This Slide
    Slide Transition Gallery, Transition Sound, Transition Speed, Apply To All, Advance Slide (On Mouse Click, Automatically After [time]).
• Slide Show
  • Start Slide Show
    From Beginning, From Current Slide, Custom Slide Show.
  • Set Up
    Set Up Slide Show, Hide Slide, Record Narration, Rehearse Timings, Use Rehearsed Timings.
  • Monitors
    Resolutions, Show Presentation On [monitor selector], Use Presenter View.
• Review
  • Proofing
    Spelling, Research, Thesaurus, Translate.
  • Comments
    Show Markup, New Comment, Edit Comment, Delete/Previous/Next.
  • Protect
    Protect Presentation.
• View
  • Presentation Views
    Normal, Slide Sorter, Notes Page, Slide Show, Slide Master, Handout Master, Notes Master.
    (Presentation Views shortcuts are always visible at bottom-right corner, next to Zoom slider.)
  • Show/Hide
    Ruler, Gridlines, Message Bar.
  • Zoom
    Zoom, Fit to Window.
    (Zoom slider always visible at bottom-right corner, next to presentation views)
  • Color/Grayscale
    Color, Grayscale, Pure Black and White.
  • Window
    New window, Arrage All, Cascade, Move Split, Switch Windows.
  • Macros
• Developer (optional tab - activate from Office Button -> "PowerPoint Options")
  • Code
    Visual Basic, Macros, Macro Security.
  • Controls
    ActiveX Form Controls, More Controls, Properties, View Code.
• Add-Ins
  • Menu Commands
    Auto Events, Web Pages, Edit Page Property.
  
  
• There are also Context Sensitive Tabs which will vary depending on what you're doing
  (ie. click on a Shape object, and the Format tab appears to customize the selected Shape).

More resources:

Interactive PowerPoint 2003 to PowerPoint 2007 command reference guide
(a flash demo which shows the PowerPoint 2003 UI, clicking a function brings up an overlay with the 2007 UI (aka "Ribbon") and shows where the feature you clicked is located:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/HA101490761033.aspx

From this page, similar guides exist for the other Office 2007 applications:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/training/HA102295841033.aspx

Hope that helps!

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