Create a presentation or use an existing one. Click the View tab and select Outline in the Presentation views group. The Outline view allows users to edit and jump between slides in your Outline pane.

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Microsoft Word opens documents using whichever view their last editors used. For example, if your document's author saved the file in Normal View, the file will appear in Normal View when you open it.