outline view

Outline view shows a text outline of the content of your slides (the slide title and bullet-point text) in the left sidebar, with a full view of the selected slide on the right. You can add and edit text directly in the sidebar, which is useful for creating text-rich presentations or an initial draft of a new presentation.

Click the View menu button in the toolbar, then choose Outline.

The outline view displaying an outline of the presentation in the left sidebar, the selected slide in the center, and the Format sidebar on the right side of the screen.