While I don't have access to the exact features of PowerPoint that might have been released

today (May 29, 2025), I can provide a comprehensive overview of the core functionalities you've
asked about, which have remained largely consistent across recent versions of Microsoft
PowerPoint.
Here's a breakdown of the features, file operations, editing, formatting, page setup, printing,
slide addition, views, and animation in MS PowerPoint:

Microsoft PowerPoint: A Comprehensive Overview

Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful presentation software that allows users to create dynamic
and engaging slideshows. It is widely used for business presentations, educational lectures,
personal projects, and more.

Key Features of MS PowerPoint

●​ Slide-based Interface: Organizes content into individual "slides" that can be arranged
sequentially.
●​ Multimedia Integration: Supports embedding and linking various media types like
images, audio, video, and GIFs.
●​ Text and Object Tools: Provides extensive tools for adding, editing, and formatting text
boxes, shapes, SmartArt, and charts.
●​ Templates and Themes: Offers a wide range of pre-designed templates and themes to
quickly create professional-looking presentations with consistent design.
●​ Animation and Transitions: Enables dynamic movement of objects on slides (animation)
and smooth visual effects between slides (transitions).
●​ Collaboration: Allows multiple users to work on a presentation simultaneously, with
features for commenting and tracking changes.
●​ Presenter View: A dedicated view for presenters that shows the current slide, next slide,
speaker notes, and timer, while the audience only sees the main slide.
●​ Export Options: Can save presentations in various formats, including PDF, video, image
files, and outlines.
●​ Cloud Integration: Seamlessly integrates with OneDrive and SharePoint for online
storage, sharing, and co-authoring.

File Operations
The "File" tab (often called the "Backstage View") provides access to essential presentation
management functions:
●​ New:
○​ Blank Presentation: Starts a presentation from scratch.
○​ Templates: Choose from a gallery of pre-designed templates (online and offline).
●​ Open: Opens existing presentations from your computer, OneDrive, or other cloud
locations.
●​ Save: Saves the current presentation to its existing location.
●​ Save As: Saves the presentation with a new name or to a new location, or in a different
file format.
●​ Print: Accesses print settings and previews the presentation before printing.
 ●​ Share: Allows you to share the presentation with others via email, cloud links, or by
inviting people to collaborate.
●​ Export: Converts the presentation into other formats like PDF, XPS Document, Video
(MP4 or WMV), Animated GIF, or image files.
●​ Close: Closes the current presentation window.
●​ Account: Manages your Microsoft account and Office product information.
●​ Options: Customizes various PowerPoint settings and preferences.

Editing
Editing in PowerPoint involves modifying the content and structure of your slides:
●​ Text Editing:
○​ Adding Text Boxes: Insert text boxes to add written content anywhere on a slide.
○​ Typing and Deleting: Standard word processing functions.
○​ Selecting Text: Highlight text for formatting or moving.
○​ Cut, Copy, Paste: Standard clipboard operations.
●​ Object Editing:
○​ Inserting Objects: Add images, shapes, SmartArt, charts, tables, videos, and
audio.
○​ Resizing and Moving: Drag handles to resize, and drag the object to move it.
○​ Rotating and Flipping: Rotate objects to any angle, or flip them
horizontally/vertically.
○​ Ordering Objects: Bring objects to the front, send to the back, and arrange their
stacking order.
○​ Grouping/Ungrouping: Combine multiple objects into a single unit for easier
manipulation.
●​ Slide Editing:
○​ Adding/Deleting Slides: Insert new slides, or remove unwanted ones.
○​ Duplicating Slides: Create an exact copy of an existing slide.
○​ Reordering Slides: Drag and drop slides in the thumbnail pane to change their
order.
○​ Hiding Slides: Make a slide invisible during a slideshow without deleting it.

Formatting
Formatting involves changing the appearance of text, objects, and slides:
●​ Text Formatting:
○​ Font: Change font type, size, color.
○​ Styles: Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough.
○​ Alignment: Left, center, right, justified.
○​ Line Spacing: Adjust spacing between lines of text.
○​ Paragraph Spacing: Adjust spacing before and after paragraphs.
○​ Bullet Points and Numbering: Create lists.
○​ Text Effects: Shadows, reflections, glow, 3-D rotation.
●​ Shape/Object Formatting:
○​ Fill: Solid color, gradient, picture, texture.
○​ Outline: Color, weight, dash type.
○​ Shape Effects: Shadows, reflections, glow, soft edges, bevel, 3-D rotation.
 ●​ Picture Formatting:
○​ Corrections: Brightness, contrast, sharpness.
○​ Color: Saturation, tone, recolor.
○​ Artistic Effects: Apply various artistic filters.
○​ Compress Pictures: Reduce file size.
○​ Remove Background: Isolate the subject of an image.
○​ Picture Styles: Apply pre-designed borders and effects.
●​ Slide Background Formatting:
○​ Solid Fill, Gradient Fill, Picture or Texture Fill, Pattern Fill.
○​ Hide Background Graphics: Removes elements from the slide master.
●​ Themes and Design Tab: Apply pre-designed themes that include consistent fonts,
colors, and effects across all slides. You can also customize individual design elements.

Page Setup (Slide Size)

In modern PowerPoint, "Page Setup" is primarily managed through Slide Size under the
Design tab.
●​ Standard (4:3): The traditional aspect ratio for presentations.
●​ Widescreen (16:9): The most common aspect ratio for modern displays and projectors.
●​ Custom Slide Size: Allows you to define specific width and height dimensions for your
slides, often used for printing, specific screen requirements, or creating infographics. You
can also choose orientation (Portrait or Landscape) for individual slides or the entire
presentation.

Printing
The "Print" section (accessed via the "File" tab) offers extensive options:
●​ Printer Selection: Choose your desired printer.
●​ Print All Slides/Selection/Custom Range: Print the entire presentation, selected slides,
or a specific range.
●​ Print Layout:
○​ Full Page Slides: Prints one slide per page.
○​ Notes Pages: Prints slides with speaker notes below them.
○​ Outline: Prints only the text content of the presentation.
○​ Handouts: Prints multiple slides per page (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, or 9 slides per page), with
options for horizontal or vertical order. This is excellent for audience takeaways.
●​ Color: Print in Color, Grayscale, or Pure Black and White.
●​ Collated: Prints sets of the presentation in order.
●​ Duplex Printing: Print on both sides of the paper (if your printer supports it).
●​ Scale to Fit Paper: Adjusts the slide size to fit the chosen paper.
●​ Frame Slides: Adds a thin border around each slide on the printout.

How to Add a Slide

There are several ways to add a new slide:
1.​ Home Tab > New Slide: Click the "New Slide" button to add a slide with the default
layout, or click the down arrow next to it to choose a specific layout.
2.​ Right-Click in Thumbnail Pane: Right-click on an existing slide thumbnail in the
 left-hand pane and select "New Slide."
3.​ Keyboard Shortcut: Press Ctrl + M.
4.​ Duplicate Slide: Right-click an existing slide and select "Duplicate Slide" to create an
identical copy.

Views
PowerPoint offers various views to help you create, organize, and deliver your presentation:
●​ Normal View (Default):
○​ Slide Pane: The main area where you design and edit your slides.
○​ Thumbnail Pane: Shows small images of all your slides on the left, allowing for
easy navigation and reordering.
○​ Notes Pane: (Below the slide pane) Where you can add speaker notes for each
slide.
●​ Outline View: Displays the text content of your slides in an outline format, great for
organizing thoughts and quickly editing text.
●​ Slide Sorter View: Shows all slides as thumbnails, making it easy to rearrange, delete, or
duplicate slides in bulk. You can also apply transitions to multiple slides here.
●​ Notes Page View: Allows you to see how your notes pages will look when printed,
including the slide and corresponding notes.
●​ Reading View: Displays the presentation in a full-screen window, similar to Slide Show
view, but with control buttons at the bottom for easy navigation.
●​ Slide Show View: The full-screen presentation mode used for delivering your
presentation to an audience.
●​ Presenter View: A special view for the presenter, showing the current slide, next slide,
speaker notes, and a timer on their screen, while the audience only sees the main
presentation.

Animation
Animation in PowerPoint refers to the movement or visual effects applied to individual objects
(text, images, shapes, charts, etc.) on a slide.
●​ Animation Pane: A powerful tool (found under the "Animations" tab) that allows you to
manage the order, timing, and effects of all animations on a slide.
Types of Animations:
●​ Entrance Effects: How an object appears on the slide (e.g., Appear, Fade, Fly In, Wipe,
Zoom).
●​ Emphasis Effects: Draw attention to an object already on the slide (e.g., Pulse, Teeter,
Spin, Grow/Shrink).
●​ Exit Effects: How an object disappears from the slide (e.g., Disappear, Fade Out, Fly
Out, Zoom Out).
●​ Motion Paths: Defines a custom path for an object to move along on the slide (e.g.,
Lines, Arcs, Loops, Custom Path).
Animation Options:
●​ Start:
○​ On Click: Animation plays when you click the mouse.
○​ With Previous: Animation plays at the same time as the previous animation.
○​ After Previous: Animation plays immediately after the previous animation finishes.
 ●​ Duration: Controls how long the animation effect lasts.
●​ Delay: Sets a pause before the animation starts.
●​ Order: Change the sequence of animations on a slide using the Animation Pane.
●​ Effect Options: Customize specific aspects of an animation (e.g., direction of a "Fly In,"
color of a "Spin").
This comprehensive overview should cover all the aspects you asked about regarding Microsoft
PowerPoint. Remember that specific ribbon layouts or minor feature names might vary slightly
between different versions of PowerPoint, but the core functionalities remain consistent.