PowerPoint 2016 for Mac commands and functions are organized on a ribbon, which is a series of menus or toolbars at the top of the program. When you open a PowerPoint document, the ribbon appears as a row of labels, or what we call tabs.

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When you go to a tab, the ribbon for that tab opens and you can see the tools and functions available. When you see a feature with an arrow , you can click it to get more information or options.

What’s on the ribbon tabs?

Tools and features are arranged on the ribbon tabs based on their purpose. For example, to give your slides a cohesive appearance, look for options on the Design tab. To animate things on your slides use the options on the Animations tab.

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Here’s a look at what you’ll find in each of the PowerPoint ribbon tabs.

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1. Home

The Home tab holds the Cut and Paste features, Font and Paragraph options, and what you need to add and organize slides.

2. Insert

Click the Insert tab to add something to a slide. This includes pictures, shapes, charts, links, text boxes, video, and more.

3. Design

On the Design tab, you can add a theme or color scheme, or format the slide size or background.

4. Transitions

Set up how your slides change from one to the next on the Transitions tab. Find a gallery of the possible transitions in the Transition to This Slide group – click the arrow below the gallery to see all of them.

5. Animations

Use the Animations tab to choreograph the movement of things on your slides. You can see a variety of possible animations in the gallery, and you can see more of them by clicking the arrow below the gallery.

6. Slide Show

On the Slide Show tab, set up the way that you want to show your presentation to others.

7. Review

The Review tab lets you add comments, run spell-check, review comments, and set permissions.

8. View

The View tab allows you to look at your presentation in different ways, depending on where you are in the creation or delivery process.

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9. Tools tabs

When you click some parts of your slides, such as pictures, shapes, SmartArt, or text boxes, you might see a colorful new tab appear.

In the example above, the Shape Format tab appears when you click a shape or text box. When you click a picture, the Picture Format tab appears. Other such tabs include SmartArt Design, Chart Design, and Table Design. These tabs disappear or change when you click something else in your presentation.

Customize the ribbon

You can personalize the Ribbon and toolbars in Office just the way you like them, showing frequently used commands and hiding the ones you rarely use. See Customize the Ribbon and toolbars in Office for Mac. -->

Signing in to Visual Studio for Mac is how you activate your subscription. When you download Visual Studio for Mac, you'll always get the Community edition by default. If you have a Professional or Enterprise license, you should sign-in on first run to unlock any additional features. In addition you'll also get the following:
When you launch Visual Studio for Mac for the first time, you're prompted to log in using a Microsoft account. Use a Microsoft account that is connected to the license that you wish to use. If you do not have a Microsoft account, see How do I sign up for an account.
If you do decide not to log in straight away, you'll be able to use an evaluation copy for 30 days. After 30 days you must log in to continue using your copy of Visual Studio for Mac.

How to sign in to Visual Studio for Mac

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Make sure that you're connected to the internet before signing in to Visual Studio for Mac. > Subscriptions can only be activated online. If you're not connected, choose 'I'll do this later' and log in through the menu when you get connected.
To sign in to Visual Studio for Mac on first launch, do the following steps:
  1. Click the Sign in with Microsoft button on the sign-in window:
  2. Enter your Microsoft Credentials:
  3. After you've logged in, you'll see an option to select keyboard shortcuts. Pick the option you wish to use and Continue. You'll then be prompted with the Visual Studio 2019 for Mac start window. From here, you can open or create a new project:
Alternatively, you can use the Visual Studio > Sign in… menu item to sign in and out at any time.

Adding multiple user accounts

Visual Studio for Mac supports adding multiple accounts to your personalization account. These additional accounts will allow you to access resources, such as Azure, from any added account.

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To add additional user accounts, choose the Visual Studio > Account... menu from Visual Studio for Mac. Click the Add... button to enter additional account credentials.

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View or change your profile information

  1. Go to Visual Studio > Account… and select the My profile button.
  2. In the browser window, choose Edit profile and change the settings that you want.
  3. When you're done, choose Save changes.

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