Navigation and display of task panes

color scheme, or animation scheme; create a custom animation; set slide transitions; search for files; and copy and paste multiple items at once.

Switch between most recent task panes: In the upper-left corner of the pane, click the back and forward arrows to see most recently viewed panes.
Display the most recently opened task pane: On the View menu, click Task Pane. (Note: If this command has a check mark, clicking it will turn off a task pane that's displayed.)
Display task panes: In the upper-right corner of any task pane, click the down arrow, and then click the task pane you want.
Close the task pane: Click the Close box in the upper-right corner.

Display it: On the Format menu, click Slide Layout.
Show or hide it when you insert a new slide: At the bottom of the task pane, select or clear the Show when inserting new slides check box.

To display it: On the Formatting toolbar, click Design .; Or, on the Format menu, click Slide Design.
To see design templates: Click Design Templates at the top of the pane.
To see color schemes: Click Color Schemes at the top of the pane.
To see animation schemes: Click Animation Schemes at the top of the pane.

To display it: On the Slide Show menu, click Custom Animation.; Or, on the slide, select the item you're adding custom animation to, right-click, and on the shortcut menu, click Custom Animation.

Display it: On the File menu, click File Search, and then in the Basic File Search task pane, under See also, click Advanced File Search.