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Using Menus. As we have noted, the menus in PowerPoint run across the very top of your screen, and the menus basically contain most of the options that you will find listed on toolbars, and you are certainly free to use the menus and move around within them to pick the options that you need. Now one important point, before we move forward, is to remember that the menu bar here is really just another toolbar. Note that you can move it, for example if I want to put it at the bottom of the screen, I can, or I can even put it over on the side, but the point is you can move it around however you like. So, it's just another toolbar, but the difference is that it is giving you menu options. Menus are really easy to use, all you have to do is click them and you don't even have to hold down your mouse key once you click; then you are free to move around and select whatever you want. Now if you see one of the options on a menu that has an arrow, that means that there are sub-options available. If you simply land on that option, your sub-menu will pop out and you will see some of the options. Also note, however, that this little arrow that appears here and also the one here, what that means is that there are additional options found on the menu. What PowerPoint does is it tries to hide options that you are not likely to use very often to kind of reduce screen clutter. So anytime you point to a menu and you see a drop-down option appear, that means that all of the options for that menu don't appear. All you have to do is click it or just point to it. As you can see, this one has expanded and now I can get to everything that I need. And so to move between menus, all you have to do is point and look. When you find something you want, all you do is click it. Most options that you pick on any kind of a menu will appear with a checkmark besides them. This isn't true for everything but anytime you see a little box beside a menu option that is checked, that means that item is in use. For example, you can see the task pane here and, since we are using a task pane, it has a check box by it. Now if I click that and clear it, notice that the task pane disappears. That is no problem, though, because I can always go back and add it in again, but just remember that anytime that you see that little box beside any kind of item, that means the item is in use. Overall, toolbars are easy to use; simply move around between them as you need, and one last item to point out is if you will notice beside some toolbar options there is a command, for example control-n. What that means is you can also use keyboard shortcuts to access these menu options. For example, instead of using my mouse to pick file - new, I can just hold down the control key on my keyboard and then press the letter n, and it will do the same thing, it will give me a new dialog box; or if I want to open something I can press control-o. So anytime you see these keyboard shortcuts, you will know that there is a short cut you can use. Control-print, as you can see here. Some of them use your number keys at the top of your keyboard, such as F5. So take a look at what you have and use them. Now some people enjoy keyboard shortcuts; they think it makes their work faster, and you may enjoy those as well. Some people always prefer to use a mouse and point and click, that way you don't have to remember keyboard shortcuts. Of course there is no right or wrong, it's completely up to you, but just remember that those options are there and available for you. Overall menu items are easy to use, easy to move around in, and the more you use them, the more you will get familiar with what is on each menu item.