PowerPoint Reading View: Overview
PowerPoint Reading View, which started in PowerPoint
2010, allows you to view the content of a presentation as if it were
being displayed in “Slide Show View,” but within the frame of the
application window versus being displayed full screen. The options that
you have for advancing through this view are almost identical to the
options that you have when viewing the presentation in Slide Show View.
To enter PowerPoint Reading
View, either click the “Reading View” button in the Presentation Views
button group shown in the Status Bar, or click the “Reading View” button
within the “Presentation Views” button group on the “View” tab in the
Ribbon.
When you enter PowerPoint
reading view, you will be able to navigate to the next slide by simply
clicking directly onscreen- just as you would in Slide Show View. You
can also use the navigation tools that appear in the lower right corner
of the Status Bar to move back and forth through the slides, as well as
access more advanced navigation features. You can click the “Previous”
and “Next” buttons in this area to move to the previous or next slides.
You can click the “Menu” button to view a pop-up menu of other slide
show options that you can select from, as well. For example, you can
select the “End Show” command from the pop-up menu to end the show and
then return to your previous presentation view. Alternately, you can
also press the “Esc” key on your keyboard to exit the PowerPoint Reading
View.
PowerPoint Reading View- Tutorial: A picture of the “Reading View” in PowerPoint 2010.
PowerPoint Reading View: Instructions
- To enter PowerPoint Reading View, either click the “Reading View” button in the Presentation Views button group shown in the Status Bar, or click the “Reading View” button within the “Presentation Views” group on the “View” tab in the Ribbon.
- When you enter PowerPoint reading view, you will be able to navigate to the next slide by simply clicking directly onscreen- just as you would in Slide Show View.
- You can also use the navigation tools that appear in the lower right corner of the Status Bar to move back and forth through the slides, as well as access more advanced navigation features. You can click the “Previous” and “Next” buttons in this area to move to the previous or next slides.
- You can click the “Menu” button to view a pop-up menu of other slide show options that you can select from, as well. For example, you can select the “End Show” command from the pop-up menu to end the show and then return to your previous presentation view. Alternately, you can also press the “Esc” key on your keyboard to exit the PowerPoint Reading View.
PowerPoint Reading View: Video Lesson
You can watch the following video lesson, titled “Reading View,” to see how to use the PowerPoint Reading View. This video is from our complete PowerPoint training, titled “Mastering PowerPoint Made Easy v.2013-2007.”
