Part of the Microsoft Office 2007 Suite, PowerPoint 2007 allows you to create dynamic, animated presentations in the form of digital slide shows. Slides containing text, charts, graphs, sounds and even video make up the core of a PowerPoint presentation, so the ability to scroll them is absolutely crucial for PowerPoint creators and presenters. PowerPoint 2007, like its predecessors and successors, offers numerous ways to scroll between slides. Methods for scrolling between slides vary depending on whether you are presenting a slide show or using PowerPoint to create and edit one.
1. Click on the small thumbnail image of any slide under the “Slides” tab on the left-hand side of the screen to jump to that slide on the main screen immediately. This method scrolls between slides when you are using PowerPoint 2007's default “Normal” view settings during the slide show creation and editing process.
2. Press the up or down arrows on the keyboard when a slide under the “Slides” tab is highlighted to scroll through the preceding and succeeding slides, respectively.
3. Click the bar on the right-hand side of the “Slides” section and drag it downward to scroll through your collection of slide thumbnails.
1. Click the left button of your mouse once to advance to the next slide during a PowerPoint 2007 presentation.
2. Press the “Page Down” or “Enter” button on the keyboard to advance to the next slide. These actions serve the same purpose as clicking the left mouse button once.
3. Press the “Page Up” key to return to the previous slide during a presentation. You can also click the right mouse button to return to the previous slide.
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