Outline view

Term explanation  •  Category PowerPoint

Definition and meaning

The outline view in PowerPoint shows a list with the whole text of all slides on the left of the screen. There are no images and graphics displayed in this view. It's useful for editing the presentation and can also be saved as a Word document.

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