Version 2002 Updates

 

In this version of PowerPoint, the dialog boxes are now positioned directly on the slide page in boxes called panels and are in the Task Pane toolbar rather than pop-up boxes. This toolbar is like other toolbars in PowerPoint in that it can float or be positioned anywhere on your screen. These panels stay open on your desktop while you work giving you quick and easy access to the different commands. Almost everything can be accessed from here- including templates, transitions, animation, timeline, color and animation schemes, text and content layouts, etc.

Diagram of PPT 2002 Normal View.

When you start PowerPoint, the Task pane window is set to New Presentation. From this you can choose one of four main options: 1. Open a Presentation (one that you have previously created or received from someone else). 2. New - to choose either a blank presentation or a new presentation using a design template or the Autocontent Wizard. 3. New from Exisiting Presentation. 4. New from Template.

When you choose to start a New Presentation using a Design Template (click on the From Design Template link), the Task Pane now displays the Slide Design Task Pane with all the design templates you can choose from. The Slide Design task pane also includes the three main design options: Design Templates, Color Schemes, and Animation Schemes.Choose one of the designs and begin creating your presenatation.

Click on the down arrow at the top of the Task Pane window to access the dropdown menu of other Panes you can choose (labeled in PPT 2002 Window diagram as “Click here to select other Task Panes).
Down Arrow on Task Pane Window

Choose Slide Layout to specify what page layout you need for the current page. This pane is organized into four main areas: Text Layouts, Content Layouts, Text and Content Layouts, and Other Layouts.

The task pane is context sensitive, changing in relation to a current activity. For instance, when you select Custom Animation, the task pane will change to show animation attributes and effects.

You can also get back to previous activities using the browser like back and forward arrows above the task pane on the left side.
 
   
View Buttons in PPT 2002
 

View buttons in PPT 2002 are also located in the lower left of the screen. Rather than 5 buttons, this version has only 3 (Normal View, Slide Sorter View and Slide Show View).

Left to Right:
Normal View - shows four panes which contain outline, notes, slide views and Task pane.
Slide Sorter View - Shows miniatures of all slides in the presentation.
Slide Show - Runs a slide show (computer screen show).
Right Border in PPT 2002
  In this version, there are two right borders - one for the Task pane and the other for the Slide page. Both borders have a vertical bar or Elevator bar to scroll up and down to either a new page (for the Slide page) or to the rest of the list of commands or options (for the Task pane.
View- Grid and Guides
 

Guide lines in this version are similar to PPT 2000 version. Now you select View - Grid and Guides. This dialog box lets you selection options for both the grids and the guides as far as snapping, intervals and whether to display them on the screen. The dialog box looks like this:
 
Black and White
  The button for converting from color to black and white or gray scale is located in the Standard Tool bar. This version has added the feature of having a gray scale version.

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Last updated January 2002. These courses are copyrighted by the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Communications and Information Technology. Contact Lana Johnson at ljohnson1@unl.edu