PowerPoint

About the Tutorial

Microsoft PowerPoint is a commercial presentation application written and distributed by
Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. The current versions at the time of writing
this tutorial are 2010 for Microsoft Windows and 2011 for Mac OS X.

Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation tool that supports text, shapes, graphics, pictures
and multimedia along with integration with other Microsoft Office products like Excel.

By default, documents saved in PowerPoint 2010 are saved with the .pptx extension
whereas, the file extension of the prior PowerPoint versions is .ppt.

Audience
This tutorial has been designed for computer users who are willing to learn Microsoft
PowerPoint in simple steps and they do not have much knowledge about computer usage
and Microsoft applications. This tutorial will give you enough understanding on MS
PowerPoint from where you can take yourself at higher level of expertise.

Prerequisites
Before proceeding with this tutorial you should have a basic understanding of Computer
peripherals like mouse, keyboard, monitor, screen, etc. and their basic operations.

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Table of Contents
About the Tutorial ............................................................................................................................................ i
Audience ........................................................................................................................................................... i
Prerequisites ..................................................................................................................................................... i
Copyright & Disclaimer ..................................................................................................................................... i
Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................................ ii

PPT ─ Getting Started ................................................................................................................................ 1

PPT ─ Explore Windows ............................................................................................................................ 4

Backstage View in PowerPoint 2010 ......................................................................................................... 8

Accessing Backstage View ............................................................................................................................... 8
Organization of Backstage View ...................................................................................................................... 9

PPT ─ Create Presentation ...................................................................................................................... 11

PPT ─ Add New Slides.............................................................................................................................. 13

PPT ─ Adding Text in Boxes ..................................................................................................................... 17

PPT ─ Adding New Text Boxes ................................................................................................................. 20

PPT ─ Deleting Existing Slide ................................................................................................................... 24

PPT ─ Rearranging Slides ......................................................................................................................... 28

Normal View .................................................................................................................................................. 29
Slide Sorter View ........................................................................................................................................... 31

PPT ─ Adding Slide Notes ........................................................................................................................ 33

PPT ─ Managing Sections ........................................................................................................................ 38

Creating Sections ........................................................................................................................................... 38
Rearranging Sections ..................................................................................................................................... 45
Deleting Sections ........................................................................................................................................... 48

PPT ─ Working with Outlines .................................................................................................................. 49

PPT ─ Sidebars ........................................................................................................................................ 52

PPT ─ Presentation Views ....................................................................................................................... 56

Normal View .................................................................................................................................................. 57
Slide Sorter View ........................................................................................................................................... 58
Reading View ................................................................................................................................................. 59
Slideshow....................................................................................................................................................... 60

PPT ─ Setting Backgrounds ...................................................................................................................... 61

PPT ─ Slide Orientations .......................................................................................................................... 67

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PPT ─ Saving Presentation ....................................................................................................................... 68

PPT ─ Review Presentation ..................................................................................................................... 72

PPT ─ Adding Slide Numbers ................................................................................................................... 74

PPT ─ Adding Header & Footer ................................................................................................................ 78

PPT ─ Running Slideshow ........................................................................................................................ 82

PPT ─ Keyboard Shortcuts ....................................................................................................................... 84

PPT ─ Get Context Help ........................................................................................................................... 87

EDITING PRESENTATION ........................................................................................................... 89

PPT ─ Copy & Paste Content.................................................................................................................... 90

PPT ─ Find & Replace Content ................................................................................................................. 93

Finding Content ............................................................................................................................................. 93
Replacing Content ......................................................................................................................................... 95

PPT ─ Undo Edited Changes .................................................................................................................... 97

PPT ─ Spell Check .................................................................................................................................. 100

PPT ─ Content Translation ..................................................................................................................... 105

PPT ─ Setting Language Type ................................................................................................................. 108

PPT ─ Duplicating Content..................................................................................................................... 113

Cut-Paste Procedure .................................................................................................................................... 113
Copy-Paste Procedure ................................................................................................................................. 116

PPT ─ Special Characters ....................................................................................................................... 118

PPT ─ Slides Zoom In-Out ...................................................................................................................... 122

FORMATTING PRESENTATION................................................................................................. 125

PPT ─ Font Management ....................................................................................................................... 126

PPT ─ Setting Text Fonts ........................................................................................................................ 129

PPT ─ Text Decoration ........................................................................................................................... 133

PPT ─ Change Text Case ........................................................................................................................ 137

PPT ─ Change Text Size.......................................................................................................................... 140

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PPT ─ Change Text Color ....................................................................................................................... 144

PPT ─ Text Alignments .......................................................................................................................... 149

PPT ─ Indent Paragraphs ....................................................................................................................... 151

PPT ─ Set Line Spacing ........................................................................................................................... 154

PPT ─ Borders and Shades ..................................................................................................................... 157

Applying Borders ......................................................................................................................................... 157
Applying Shades .......................................................................................................................................... 160

PPT ─ Apply Formatting......................................................................................................................... 163

PPT ─ Using Slide Master ....................................................................................................................... 167

PPT ─ Save Design Template ................................................................................................................. 172

WORKING WITH MULTIMEDIA ................................................................................................ 177

PPT ─ Add Pictures to Slide ................................................................................................................... 178

PPT ─ Editing Added Pictures ................................................................................................................ 183

Image Adjustments...................................................................................................................................... 184
Picture Styles ............................................................................................................................................... 184

PPT ─ Format Added Pictures ................................................................................................................ 185

Picture Arrangement Features .................................................................................................................... 186
Picture Sizing Features ................................................................................................................................ 187

PPT ─ Inserting a Screenshot ................................................................................................................. 188

PPT ─ Adding Shapes to Slide ................................................................................................................ 192

PPT ─ Editing Added Shapes .................................................................................................................. 195

Insert Shape Features .................................................................................................................................. 196
Shape Styles Features .................................................................................................................................. 196

PPT ─ Format Added Shapes ................................................................................................................. 197

Shape Arrangement Features ...................................................................................................................... 198
Shape Sizing Features .................................................................................................................................. 198

PPT ─ Adding Text to Shapes ................................................................................................................. 199

PPT ─ Arrange Shapes/Images............................................................................................................... 201

PPT ─ Group/Ungroup Objects .............................................................................................................. 207

PPT ─ Adding Audio & Video ................................................................................................................. 214

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PPT ─ Add & Format Tables ................................................................................................................... 221

Table Design Features ................................................................................................................................. 226
Table Format Features ................................................................................................................................ 229

PPT ─ Add & Format Charts ................................................................................................................... 233

Chart Design Features ................................................................................................................................. 237
Chart Layout Features ................................................................................................................................. 239
Chart Format Features ................................................................................................................................ 242

PPT ─ Add & Format SmartArt............................................................................................................... 245

SmartArt Design Features............................................................................................................................ 249
SmartArt Format Features ........................................................................................................................... 252

PPT ─ Add & Preview Animations.......................................................................................................... 255

PPT ─ Add & Preview Transitions .......................................................................................................... 261

SHARING PRESENTATION ........................................................................................................ 265

PPT ─ Create a PDF File ......................................................................................................................... 266

PPT ─ Create a Video File ...................................................................................................................... 270

Create Image File in PowerPoint 2010................................................................................................... 275

PPT ─ Printing Presentation .................................................................................................................. 279

PPT ─ Broadcast Slideshow ................................................................................................................... 281

PPT ─ Packaging Presentation ............................................................................................................... 285

PPT ─ Setting Document Password ........................................................................................................ 288

PPT ─ Email Slideshow .......................................................................................................................... 292

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In this chapter, we will understand how to get started with PowerPoint 2010. We will
understand how to start PowerPoint 2010 application in simple steps. To access PowerPoint
2010, you must have Microsoft Office 2010 installed in your PC. Only Office 2010 Home
and Student, Home and Business, Standard, Professional and Professional Plus packages
have PowerPoint included in them. Other packages may have a viewer, but you cannot
create presentations with them.

Step 1: Click the Start button.

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Step 2: Click All Programs option from the menu.

Step 3: Search for Microsoft Office from the sub menu and click it.

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Step 4: Search for Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 from the submenu and click it.

This will launch the Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 application and you will see the following
presentation window.

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The following screenshot shows the various areas in a standard PowerPoint file. It is
important to familiarize yourself with these areas as it makes learning and using
PowerPoint easier.

File Tab
This tab opens the Backstage view which basically allows you to manage the file and
settings in PowerPoint. You can save presentations, open existing ones and create new

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presentations based on blank or predefined templates. The other file related operations
can also be executed from this view.

Ribbon

The ribbon contains three components:

 Tabs: They appear across the top of the Ribbon and contain groups of related
commands. Home, Insert, Page Layout are examples of ribbon tabs.

 Groups: They organize related commands; each group name appears below the
group on the Ribbon. For example, a group of commands related to fonts or a group
of commands related to alignment, etc.

 Commands: Commands appear within each group as mentioned above.

Title Bar
This is the top section of the window. It shows the name of the file followed by the name
of the program which in this case is Microsoft PowerPoint.

Slide Area
This is the area where the actual slide is created and edited. You can add, edit and delete
text, images, shapes and multimedia in this section.

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Help
The Help Icon can be used to get PowerPoint related help anytime you need. Clicking on
the "?" opens the PowerPoint Help window where you have a list of common topics to
browse from. You can also search for specific topics from the search bar at the top.

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Zoom Options
The zoom control lets you zoom in for a closer look at your text. The zoom control consists
of a slider that you can slide left or right to zoom in or out, you can click on the - and +
buttons to increase or decrease the zoom factor. The maximum zoom supported by
PowerPoint is 400% and the 100% is indicated by the mark in the middle.

Slide Views
The group of four buttons located to the left of the Zoom control, near the bottom of the
screen, lets you switch between PowerPoint views.

 Normal Layout view: This displays page in normal view with the slide on the right
and a list of thumbnails to the left. This view allows you to edit individual slides and
also rearrange them.

 Slide Sorter view: This displays all the slides as a matrix. This view only allows
you to rearrange the slides but not edit the contents of each slide.

 Reading View: This view is like a slideshow with access to the Windows task bar
in case you need to switch windows. However, like the slideshow you cannot edit
anything in this view.

Notes Section
This sections allows you to add notes for the presentation. These notes will not be
displayed on the screen during the presentation; these are just quick reference for the
presenter.

Quick Access Toolbar

The Quick Access Toolbar is located just under the ribbon. This toolbar offers a convenient
place to group the most commonly used commands in PowerPoint. You can customize this
toolbar to suit your needs.

Slide Tab
This section is available only in the Normal view. It displays all the slides in sequence. You
can add, delete and reorder slides from this section.

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In Office 2010, Microsoft replaced the traditional file menu with the new Backstage view.
This view not only offers all the menu items under the file menu, but additional details
which makes management of your files a lot easier.

Accessing Backstage View

You can access the Backstage view simply by clicking on the File tab. You can exit this
view by clicking on any tab (including the File tab again). You can also press the 'Esc'
button on the keyboard.

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Organization of Backstage View

The backstage view has three sections or panes.

 First Pane: This is the commands pane which consists of all the commands you would
typically find in the file menu of older versions. You also have the Options menu which
lets you edit the options on the program like customizing the ribbon.

Various commands under the first pane are described in the table below:

Command Description

Save This allows you to save a new file or an existing file in

standard format. If you are working on a previously saved
file this will save the new changes in the same file format. If
you are working on a new file, this command would be similar
to the Save As command.

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Save As Allows you to specify the file name and the file type before
saving the file.

Open Allows you to open new PowerPoint files.

Close Allows you to close an existing file.

Info Displays the information about the current file.

Recent Lists series of recently viewed or edited PowerPoint files.

New Allows you to create a new file using blank or pre-defined

templates.

Print Allows you to select the printer settings and print the
presentation.

Save & Send Allows you to share your presentation with larger audience
via emails, web, cloud services, etc.

Help Provides access to PowerPoint Help.

Options Allows you to set various options related to PowerPoint

program.

Exit Closes the presentation and exits the program.

 Second Pane: This is the subcommands pane. This will list all the commands
related to the main command you choose in the first pane. For example, if you
select Print in the first pane, you get to choose the printer and adjust the print
settings in the second pane.

 Third Pane: This is the preview or file information page. Depending on the
command and the subcommand you select, this pane will either display the
properties of the file or give you a preview of the file.

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PowerPoint offers a host of tools that will aid you in creating a presentation. These tools
are organized logically into various ribbons in PowerPoint. The table below describes the
various commands you can access from the different menus.

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Menu Category Ribbon Commands

Home Clipboard functions, manipulating slides, fonts, paragraph

settings, drawing objects and editing functions

Insert Insert tables, pictures, images, shapes, charts, special texts,

multimedia and symbols

Design Slide setup, slide orientation, presentation themes and

background

Transitions Commands related to slide transitions

Animations Commands related to animation within the individual slides

Slideshow Commands related to slideshow set up and previews

Review Proofing content, language selection, comments and comparing

presentations

View Commands related to presentation views, Master slides, color

settings and window arrangements

Besides these depending on the objects selected in the slide, there are other menu tabs
that get enabled.

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 PPT ─ Add New Slides PowerPoint

In this chapter, we will understand how to add new slides in an existing presentation. Here
are the steps that allow you to insert a new slide in the deck:

Step 1: Right-click in the Navigation Pane under any existing slide and click on the New
Slide option.

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Step 2: The new slide is inserted. You can now change the layout of this slide to suit your
design requirements.

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Step 3: To change the slide layout, right-click on the newly inserted slide and go to the
Layout option where you can choose from the existing layout styles available to you.

You can follow the same steps to insert a new slide in between existing slides or at the
end on the slide list.

When we insert a new slide, it inherits the layout of its previous slide with one exception.
If you are inserting a new slide after the first slide (Title slide), the subsequent slide will
have the Title and Content layout.

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You will also notice that if you right-click in the first step without selecting any slide the
menu options you get are different, although you can insert a new slide from this menu
too.

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PowerPoint allows users to add text to the slide in a well-defined manner to ensure the
content is well distributed and easy to read. The procedure to add the text in a PowerPoint
slide is always the same - just click in the text box and start typing. The text will follow
the default formatting set for the text box, although this formatting can be changed later
as required. What changes is the different kinds of content boxes that support text in a
PowerPoint slide.

Given below are some of the most common content blocks you will see in PowerPoint.

Title Box
This is typically found on slides with the title layout and in all the slides that have a title
box in them. This box is indicated by "Click to add title".

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Subtitle Box
This is found only in slides with the Title layout. This is indicated by "Click to add
subtitle".

Content Box
This is found in most of the slides that have a placeholder for adding content. This is
indicated by "Click to add text". As you can see, this box allows you to add text as well
as non-text content. To add text to such a box, click anywhere on the box, except on one
of the content icons in the center and start typing.

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Text Only Box

This is not a default content box available in PowerPoint, but you can create it using Slide
Master, if required. This is also indicated by "Click to add text". The only difference
between the Text Only Box and the Content Box is that the former only supports text
in the content area.

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This chapter will teach you how to add new text boxes in a slide. Most of the standard
layouts come with the text box option. As mentioned in the previous chapter, text boxes
will have "Click to add text" as the default text. Here are the steps to add new text boxes
in slide.

Step 1: Click on the Text Box icon in the Home ribbon under the Drawing section.

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Step 2: You will get the insert text box cursor that looks like an inverted cross.

Step 3: Click to insert a text box. You can now start typing directly into the text box.

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Step 4: Alternately, you can click and drag the cursor without releasing the click to
create a text box.

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The size of the text box can be adjusted by selecting one of the edges marked by squares
or corners marked by circles.

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 PPT ─ Deleting Existing Slide PowerPoint

There are times while building a slide deck, you may need to delete some slides. This can
be done easily from PowerPoint. You can delete the slides from the Normal view as well
as the Slide Sorter view. In each view, you can delete the slides in two ways.

Deleting from Normal View

Step 1: Go to the Normal view.

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Step 2: Right-click on the slide to be deleted and select the Delete Slide option.

Alternately, you can select the slide and press the Delete button on your key board.

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Deleting from Slide Sorter View

Let us now understand how to deleted slides from the Slide Sorter View.

Step 1: Go to the Slide Sorter view.

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Step 2: Right-click on the slide to be deleted and select the Delete Slide option.

Alternately, you can select the slide and press the Delete button on your key board.

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Rearranging slides is important when it comes to organizing the overall presentation flow.
While it is vital that you get the right content in every slide, it is equally important that
you are able to present them in a format that makes it easier for the audience to
understand the content too; most times this will require rearranging the slides.

You can rearrange slides from two views in PowerPoint - Normal View and Slide Sorter
View. Given below are the steps to rearrange slides from different views.

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Normal View
Step 1: Select the slide to be moved

Step 2: Left click on the slide and drag it to the position in the sequence where you want
to place it. PowerPoint will indicate the insert position with a line in-between existing slides.

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Step 3: When you get to the right position release the left click button to insert the slide.
Alternately you can also cut the selected slide and paste it back in the sequence as shown
below.

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Slide Sorter View

Let us now understand how the Slide Sorter View works.

Step 1: Select the slide to be moved.

Step 2: Left click on the slide and drag it to the position in the sequence where you want
to place it. PowerPoint will indicate the insert position with a line in-between existing slides.

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Step 3: When you get to the right position, release the left click button to insert the slide

Alternately you can also cut the selected slide and paste it back in the sequence as shown
below.

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Slide notes can be very useful tools for presentation. These notes are not displayed on the
screen in the Slideshow mode, but the presenter can see them so they can prepare well
to present the slides. Depending on your Print settings, you can also print the slide notes
along with the slides.

This chapter will show you how to add slide notes to an existing presentation.

Step 1: To locate the slide notes, set the view in Normal mode.

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Step 2: The Slide Notes section is indicated by "Click to add notes".

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Step 3: You can click on the top border and drag the section to increase its size to make
it easier to type.

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Step 4: Type your text in this section as slide notes.

You can only use bullets, numbering and alignment functions in the Slide Notes section.
All other functions can be selected, but can be applied only to the selected slide, not the
notes.

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Slide notes can be printed from the print menu under the Backstage view. From the Print
Layout option, select Notes Pages or 3 Slides. Notes Pages will print a single slide with
the slide notes below it. The 3 Slides will print all three slides with notes on the right side.

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Given the popularity of PowerPoint and its versatility, there are situations when you are
dealing with very large slide decks or just collaborating with different people to build the
slides. In such cases, it is always helpful to be able to segregate the slides into smaller
groups and work with these groups. PowerPoint 2010 introduces the concept of sections
to achieve this. Here are the main functions you can execute with sections.

Creating Sections
The steps to create a new section are as follows. You can execute these steps from the
Normal view or the Slide Sorter view.

Step 1: In the Normal view or the Slide Sorter view, right-click at the position where
you want to add the section and select add section.

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Step 2: The new section gets added to the presentation with all the subsequent slides
being included in this section.

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Step 3: By default, the new section is named "Untitled Section" but you can change the
section name. Right-click on the section and select "Rename Section".

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Step 4: In the Rename Section dialog box, enter the new section name. This accepts all
the characters including alphabets, numbers, special characters, punctuations, etc.

Step 5: Click on the "Rename" button on the dialog to rename the section.

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Rearranging Sections
One of the advantages of sections is that you can not only group slides together, but also
rearrange them as one set. Instead of having to move each slide individually, you can
move the entire section. Just like rearranging slides you can drag and move the sections.
Alternately, you can right-click on the section and move it up or down as shown below.

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If there are many slides to work with, you can collapse them so you view just the
sections. This makes rearranging them less confusing too.

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Deleting Sections
PowerPoint 2010 provides three options to delete sections. The table below explains the
function of each option.

Delete Option Description

Deletes the selected section and merges slides with the

Remove Section
previous section.

Remove Section & Slide Deletes the selected section and all the slides in the section.

Deletes all the sections and merges all the slides into a
Remove All Sections
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PowerPoint is a great program that allows you to bring together text, images, shapes and
multimedia. However, sometimes you may just want to review the text without focusing
on the non-text aspects of the slide deck. This is where the Outline view in PowerPoint is
quite useful. The Outline view can be accessed from the tab adjacent to the Slide tab in
the Normal view.

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The outline view shows just the text content from various slides. This view does not show
the text entered in the non-text box like SmartArt, WordArt or any other shapes.

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By default, the outline pane size is the same as the slide tab pane; hence it is small.
However, you can drag the pane out to increase the size to improve readability.

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PowerPoint slides have a left-hand side bar which offers two invaluable views. These views
are great to review the slides and edit them. The side bar is available in the Normal view
and by default, it is set to the Slides tab.

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Slides Tab
This tab shows all the slides stacked vertically in a sequential manner. You can select
individual slides from this tab and also perform some tasks like changing slide layouts,
reordering slides, inserting new slides, deleting slides, etc. Although you cannot edit the
slide contents from this tab, you can select the slide and make edits from the slide
displayed to the right.

Outline Tab
This is the tab right next to the Slides tab and as the name suggests, this provides the
outline for the slide. This section just displays all the textual content from every slide -
this can be very useful if there is a lot of non-text content in the slide and reviewing just
the written part gets difficult. Unlike in the slides tab, you can edit the text from this
section.

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If you need greater viewing space, you can close the sidebar by click on the X on the top
right of this bar.

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To recover the sidebar, just click on the Normal view icon again.

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PowerPoint supports multiple views to allow users to gain the maximum from the features
available in the program. Each view supports a different set of functions and is designed
accordingly.

PowerPoint views can be accessed from two locations.

 Views can be accessed quickly from the bottom bar just to the left of the zoom
settings.

 Views can also be accessed from the Presentation Views section in the View
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Here is a short description of the various views and their features.

Normal View
This is the default view in PowerPoint and this is primarily used to create and edit slides.
You can create/ delete/ edit/ rearrange slides, add/ remove/ modify content and
manipulate sections from this view.

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Slide Sorter View

This view is primarily used to sort slides and rearrange them. This view is also ideal to add
or remove sections as it presents the slides in a more compact manner making it easier
to rearrange them.

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Reading View
This view is new to PowerPoint 2010 and it was created mainly to review the slideshow
without losing access to rest of the Windows applications. Typically, when you run the
slideshow, the presentation takes up the entire screen so other applications cannot be
accessed from the taskbar. In the reading view the taskbar is still available while viewing
the slideshow which is convenient. You cannot make any modifications when on this view.

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Slideshow
This is the traditional slideshow view available in all the earlier versions of PowerPoint.
This view is used to run the slideshow during presentation.

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 PPT ─ Setting Backgrounds PowerPoint

As PowerPoint is a design-based program, backgrounds are effective ways of improving

the aesthetics and readability of the slides. The Themes in PowerPoint help select the
backgrounds by default, so every time you change the theme, the default background is
set automatically. Theme includes more than just backgrounds, so you can retain other
aspects of the theme while changing the default background.

Given below are the steps to apply backgrounds in PowerPoint.

Step 1: In the Design ribbon, under the Background group, click the Background
Styles command.

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Step 2: Select one of the background styles that suits your requirements.

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Step 3: To edit the background for a specific slide, right-click on the desired background
slide and select "Apply to Selected Slides".

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Step 4: Selected slide(s) now have the new background.

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The graphics in the slide background can distract you from the actual content, in such
cases you can hide the graphics and retain a plain background till you finish working on
the content. To do this, select the slide and check the "Hide Background Graphics"
checkbox.

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 PPT ─ Slide Orientations PowerPoint

In the recent years, presentations are being used for more than just as a high end
replacement for transparencies and projectors. With its unique features, PowerPoint is
becoming quite versatile in the kind of information it can depict and very flexible in its
usage. The slide orientations are invaluable part of this improved list of PowerPoint
features. Like most other applications PowerPoint supports two
orientations: landscape and portrait.

The Landscape layout is the default PowerPoint layout and it is probably the more
commonly used one. In the landscape layout, the longer edge is horizontal so the slides
align better with the screens and projectors.

The Portrait layout is where the shorter edge is horizontal. This is sometimes better for
print depending on the kind of content you want to present.

Slide orientations in PowerPoint can be changed from the Design ribbon using the Slide
Orientation command.

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One of the most basic tasks in PowerPoint is being able to save your work; this is probably
the most important task as well. There are many users who have burnt their fingers for
not saving their work in time and losing hours of hard work. The following are the basic
steps to save a presentation.

Step 1: Click on the File tab to launch the Backstage view and select Save.

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Step 2: In the Save As dialog, type in the file name and click "Save".

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Step 3: The default file format is .pptx. If you want to save the file with a different name,
choose one of the file types from the "Save as type" dropdown list.

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If you are working on an already saved file, the "Save" option in the Backstage view will
directly save the file in the existing format with the existing name. If you want to change
the format or filename of an existing file, use the Save As option instead.

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Reviewing the presentation can be a very powerful way of eliminating the errors and
perfecting the slides. PowerPoint offers a wide range of reviewing options for you to use.
Some of them are automatic or system driven, while others aid other users to collaborate
and review the slides. All the reviewing tools are grouped under the Review ribbon.

Review Section Functions

 Spellchecking: Identify spelling and grammar based on

selected language preference

Proofing  Research: Reference language related research tools

based on specific reference books and research sites

 Thesaurus: Provide synonyms for selected text

 Translate: Provides translation services for selected

words for multilingual support
Language  Language: Sets the default language for the
presentation - this will be used as default language for
proofing

 Show Marking: Show/hide the user comments in the

slide

 New Comment: Add new comment against the selected

content

 Edit Comment: Edit an existing comment

Comments
 Delete Comment: Delete a selected comment, all
comments in the selected slide or all the comments in the
presentation

 Previous / Next Comment: Move to previous / next

comments

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 Compare: Compare the current presentation with

another presentation and identify the differences

 Accept/ Reject: Accept or reject the differences to be

incorporated into the current presentation
Compare
 Previous/ Next: Move to the previous or the next
difference in the comparison.

 End Review: End the review and discard any unapplied

changes

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Just like you have page numbers for books, it is usually a good idea to add slide numbers
to presentations. There are two ways you can add slide numbers to your presentation and
this chapter will show you both those techniques

Step 1: Under the Insert ribbon, Text group click on Slide Number command.

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Step 2: The Header and Footer dialog opens up.

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Step 3: Check the Slide number check box.

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Step 4: The Preview shows the section where the slide number will be placed.

Instead of clicking on the Slide Number command, you can also click on the Header &
Footer menu item to launch the same dialog as in Step 2.

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PowerPoint offers the ability to add header and footers to the slides. While having footers
in presentations is logical, header may not be quite evident at first. Typically, the slide
title would be the header in the main slide, however when it comes to printing out handouts
a separate header would be quite useful.

Here are the steps to add header and footer information to slides

Step 1: In the Insert ribbon, click on the Header & Footer menu item.

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Step 2: The Header and Footer dialog has two tabs — the Slide tab and the Notes and
Handouts tab.

Step 3: You can add details to the slide footer from the Slide tab.

Slide Footer Options Description

 Add date and time to the footer

 Specify the format of the date and time entered

Date and time
 Set up the footer to update automatically or use a
fixed number

Slide Number Insert Slide number in the footer

Add designated text to the footer - a good example of this is

Footer
the confidentiality clause or copyright clause

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Decide on whether the footer information should be displayed

Don't show on title slide
on the title slide or not

Step 4: You can add the details to the handouts from the Notes and Handouts tab.

Notes and Handouts

Description
Options

 Add date and time to the footer

 Specify the format of the date and time entered

Date and time
 Set up the footer to update automatically or use a
fixed number

Header Add the header information for every page on the handout

Page Number Insert page number in the footer

Add designated text to the footer - a good example of this is

Footer
the confidentiality clause or copyright clause

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When you check any of the header and footer checkboxes in either tabs, you can see the
location where the detail is inserted in the preview section.

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Most PowerPoint presentations are created to be run as a slideshow. Given all the advanced
features available in PowerPoint 2010, it is no surprise that there are many features related
to running the slideshow that have been included in this program too. Most of these
features are really to help you create a good slideshow without having to go through the
entire presentation over and over again after every minor change. Features related to
running the slideshow are grouped under the Slideshow ribbon.

Section Menu Item Description

From Beginning Starts slideshow from beginning

From Current Slide Starts slideshow from the current slide

Start Slideshow Allows users to broadcast the slideshows

Broadcast Slideshow using Microsoft's PowerPoint Broadcast
Service

Builds a custom slideshow by picking the

Custom Slideshow
slides you want to run

Helps set up the slideshow including

browser/ full screen display, show
options with or without narration/
Set Up Set Up Slideshow
animation, pen and laser color during
the slideshow and the slides to be
presented during the show

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Helps mark/ unmark the slide as hidden,

Hide Slide so it is skipped or shown during the
slideshow respectively

Allows users to rehearse the timing on

Rehearse Timing
each slide and the entire slideshow

Records the slideshow including

Record Slideshow
narration and animation

Helps set or avoid the use of narrative

audio and rehearsed timings during the
Slideshow Checkboxes
show. Display media controls in the
slideshow view

Resolution Defines resolution in slideshow view

Picks the monitor to display the

Show Presentation on presentation one - in case of multiple
Monitors
monitors

Run presentation in Presenter view

Use Presenter View
rather than just slideshow view

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Like the other windows based programs, PowerPoint 2010 also offers a wide range of
keyboard shortcuts. For the current PowerPoint users, there is a major change in the way
these shortcuts are being mapped in the 2010 release compared to some of the older
ones. With a whole new range of features being added to PowerPoint, it is evident why
there are so many changes to the keyboard shortcuts. We will understand how to read
and figure out the shortcuts with ease.

Step 1: The first step to access the keyboard shortcuts is to press the Alt key on your
keyboard. This will display the first level of shortcuts indicated by alphabets or numbers
as shown. For example, the shortcut to access the Home ribbon is 'H' and for saving the
presentation, the shortcut is '1'.

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Step 2: Once you select the first level of shortcut, the second level of shortcuts for
respective commands are shown. Notice that some of these shortcuts are disabled or
displayed in a lighter shade than others. This is because the disabled shortcuts cannot be
used in the current state.

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For example, all the font related commands are disabled as no text has been selected. If
you execute the same steps after selecting a portion of text, these shortcuts will be
enabled too.

In some cases, there are two alphabets associated with a single shortcut; in such cases,
you need to key in both of them immediately after another to get the desired effect.

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Despite getting a good grasp of the program, we may need help on the different aspects
from time to time. To aid in such scenarios, PowerPoint has created the Context Help
feature. With this feature, if you get stuck in any dialog, you can press F1 and PowerPoint
will open the help topic related to that dialog. This is extremely beneficial as you need not
spend time trying to browse through all the help topics just to get to the one you need.

The context help is based on the active window and not on the object you have selected.
So if you select an image and press F1, you will get the generic help windows as your
active window is still the main PowerPoint program.

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If you select any other dialog or window, PowerPoint context help will show the related
help topic when you press F1. If you continue to work only with the ribbon options on the
screen, the context help would not work. But if you right-click on the shapes or objects
and open the related editing dialogs, you can press F1 and can learn more about the
related functionalities of those shapes and objects.

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In this chapter, we will understand how to copy and paste content in PowerPoint 2010.
PowerPoint offers to the users a wide range of options when it comes to duplicating
content. PowerPoint has the standard cut and copy functions but allows variations of paste
options.

Cut Option
This option allows you to cut content from the slide - this means the original content is
being moved to a different location hence the content will be deleted from its original
location when you use this option. To cut a content, you need to select it and press "Ctrl
+ X" or right-click on the selected content and select Cut.

Copy Option
This option allows you to copy content from one location to another; hence the original
content is retained it its place while the duplicate content can be pasted. To copy a portion
of content, you need to select it and press "Ctrl + C" or right-click on the selected content
and select Copy.

Paste Option
This option allows you to paste the cut or copied content at the desired location. There are
multiple paste options for you to choose from. These options are indicated by different
icons when you right-click at the desired location. Even if you do not remember the icons,
you can hover your cursor on top of them for tooltip explanations. The table below
describes the paste options in PowerPoint.
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Paste Option Description

Destination Theme Pasted content adopts the destination theme.

Keep Source Pasted content retains the source formatting - available for table
Formatting or Excel content.

Picture Content is pasted as an image - once pasted as an image, the

content cannot be modified.

Keep Text Only Pastes just the text - available for table or Excel content.

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You can also paste content using "Ctrl + V". In this case, you can make changes to the
pasted object by pressing the Ctrl key to get access to the paste options. Note that these
options are available only immediately after pasting. If you perform some other action,
you will not be able to make changes based on the paste options.

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PowerPoint offers its users the ability to search for specific text and if required replace it
automatically. This is a very useful tool when you need to review a very large presentation
or correct the same error in multiple places in the slide. Given below are the steps to find
and replace text in PowerPoint. Although, you can only use this function for text, the text
itself can be present in a text box, in another shape, as a WordArt, in SmartArt or tables.

Finding Content
The following steps will show you how to find content in PowerPoint.

Step 1: In the Home tab, under the Editing section click on Find.

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Step 2: Type the text you want to search in the "Find what:" field.

Step 3: You can narrow your search by selecting "Match Case" - to find exact case match
- and "Find whole words only" - to find whole words and not words where typed word
is just a part of the word.

Step 4: Press on "Find Next" to find the next occurrence of the search word.

Step 5: The Find dialog does not disappear after finding the first instance, so you can
keep pressing "Find Next" multiple times till you reach the end of the search. At this point,
you will receive a message from PowerPoint indicating the end of the search.

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Replacing Content
Here are the steps to replace content in PowerPoint.

Step 1: In the Home tab, under the Editing section click on the Replace button.

Step 2: Type the text you want to replace in the "Find what:" field and the replaced
text in "Replace with:" field

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Step 3: You can narrow your search by selecting "Match Case" - to find the exact case
match - and "Find whole words only" - to find the whole words and not words where
typed word is just a part of the word.

Step 4: Press on "Find Next" to find the next occurrence of the search word. PowerPoint
will show you the next occurrence and you can then click on "Replace" to replace the
word. If you want to skip the occurrence, you can press "Find Next" again without pressing
"Replace"

Step 5: The Replace dialog does not disappear after finding the first instance, so you can
keep pressing "Find Next" multiple times till you reach the end of the search. At this point,
you will receive a message from PowerPoint indicating the end of the search.

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Like any other program, there are times when you may want to undo some of the changes
you made to the slides. PowerPoint offers the "Undo/ Redo" option to facilitate this.
While working with the "Undo/ Redo" options, you must remember that these will always
be sequential which means you can only undo actions in the order they were executed.
You cannot undo the last action, retain the remaining 10 actions and undo the eleventh
one. If you want to undo the eleventh action, all the subsequent 10 actions will also be
undone.

To undo the last action, click on the Undo button in the PowerPoint Quick Access bar.

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You can keep clicking on this button repeatedly to undo the series of actions; however a
more graceful way of undoing multiple actions is to use the dropdown next to the undo
button. Here you can select the list of actions you want to undo by sliding your cursor on
top of the actions and click on them.

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Redo is an option available only after you have undone at least one action. The redo
follows the same logic as the undo option, except in the reverse order. You can click on
the redo button one or more times to redo previously undone action in the sequence. You
do not have the dropdown option with redo though.

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One of the best proofing tools available in PowerPoint is the spelling check. This is an
automated proofing feature which will review the entire presentation for errors. To use
this feature, you need to first set the Proofing language from the Language section under
the Review ribbon.

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In the Language dialog, you can select the language you want to use for your
presentation. If you have some content selected, you can click OK and select it for just
that section. If you want to use the selected language for the entire presentation you
should click default.

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Once the proofing language is set you can see it at the bottom of the PowerPoint window.
If there are proofing errors in the presentation, you will also see an icon of a book with a
red cross on top of it.

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You can review the errors in the presentation by clicking on the red cross at the bottom of
the window or by clicking on "Spelling" under the Proofing section in the Review ribbon.

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From the Spelling dialog, you can take the necessary actions to ignore, correct or edit
the errors in the presentation. The table below describes the various options you have in
the Spelling dialog.

Spelling Dialog Description

Option

Ignore Ignores the error for the current instance.

Ignore All Ignores the error for all the instances in the presentation.

Change Accepts the suggested change for the current instance.

Change All Accepts the suggested change for all the instances in the
presentation .

Add Uses the first suggested word each time you click Add.

Suggest Includes this word in the PowerPoint dictionary.

AutoCorrect Automatically corrects similar errors going forward.

Close Closes the Spelling dialog.

Options Sets up how PowerPoint should proof the presentation.

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One of the newer features in PowerPoint is the content translation. This feature allows you
to select content and have it translated into a different language. The following steps will
help you translate content in PowerPoint.

Step 1: Select the text to be translated and click on Translate - Translate Selected
Text under the Language section of the Review ribbon.

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Step 2: In the research sidebar, the "From" language is set to default language settings
for the content. The "To" language is set to the alphabetically first language supported by
PowerPoint.

Step 3: From the "To" language dropdown, select the language you want the selected
portion of text translated into. Click on Insert to replace the selected text from the default
language to the new translated text.

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Step 4: Notice that if you replace the portion of text using translation, the default
language for the replaced text also changes automatically.

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PowerPoint is a multi-lingual tool; it is evident that there will be an option to set the default
language to be used in the slides. The following steps will help you set the language type
in PowerPoint.

Step 1: Under the Review ribbon, in the Language group, click on Language

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Step 2: If you have not selected any content, you will be able to just set the Language
Preferences

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Step 3: If you have selected a portion of content with text in it, you can also set the
proofing language.

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Step 4: When you select the "Set Proofing Language", you get the language dialog.
Wherein, you can select one of the many languages available in PowerPoint. If you are
selecting a language just for the selected text, click OK. If you are selecting a language
for the entire presentation click Default. You can also check the "Do not check spelling"
checkbox, if you do not want PowerPoint to automatically check for spelling errors based
on dictionaries available.

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Step 5: When you select "Language Preferences", you get the PowerPoint
Options dialog where you can change the language settings like loading dictionaries for
various languages, prioritizing the display and help languages, and the Screen tip language
setting.

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PowerPoint is a multi-content program that supports many non-text content types like
shapes, charts, pictures, clip arts, SmartArt and multimedia files. While working with the
content, it may sometimes be required to duplicate the content as part of the presentation
development. PowerPoint offers options to duplicate the non-text content using the cut-
copy-paste features.

Cut-Paste Procedure
In this procedure, the original content is moved to a different location. When you use the
Cut option, you can also create multiple copies, it is just that the content in the original
location is lost. The following steps will make you understand how to work with the cut-
paste procedure.

Step 1: Select the content you want to move. Right-click on it to access the Cut option.

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Step 2: Now move the cursor to the location where you want the content to be moved
and right-click to access the Paste options.

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Step 3: Select one of the paste options to paste the content.

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Copy-Paste Procedure
This is exactly similar to the cut-paste procedure except that the original content is
retained in the original location.

Step 1: Select the content you want to move. Right-click on it to access the Copy option.

Step 2: Now move the cursor to the location where you want the content to be moved
and right-click to access the Paste options.

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Step 3: Select one of the paste options to paste the content.

The Use Destination Theme option retains the content as the original content, but uses
the destination location theme settings. The Picture option just pastes the content as an
image with original settings. Once pasted as a picture you cannot change the parameters
of the original content; for example, if you pasted a chart as an image, you cannot edit
the data on the chart image.

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PowerPoint supports the insertion of special characters. This allows the users to adjust the
font characteristics of these characters just like any other text giving them greater
flexibility in terms of the presentation design. The following steps will help you insert
special characters.

Step 1: In the Insert Tab, under the Symbols group, click on the Symbol command.

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Step 2: In the Symbol dialog, select one of the special characters you want to insert in
the presentation.

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Step 3: If you cannot find the character you are looking for, you can change the font
subset from the dropdown and look at a new set of characters.

Step 4: If you know the character code of the symbol, you can enter it in the Character
Code field and search for it.

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Step 5: To insert a character, you can either double-click on it in the Symbol dialog or,
select it and press the Insert button.

Step 6: The Symbol dialog does not disappear after you insert a character, which means
you can add as many characters as you want from this dialog.

Step 7: Once you are done, you can click Close to close the dialog.

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PowerPoint allows users to zoom in and zoom out of the slides to help focus on specific
sections or look at the entire slide as a whole. The minimum zoom supported by PowerPoint
is 10% and the maximum is 400%. The zoom bar is located in the bottom right corner of
the PowerPoint window.

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To change the zoom settings from the zoom bar, you can click on the marker and drag it.
Dragging to the left will zoom out and to the right will zoom in.

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Alternately, you can click on the zoom percent to open the zoom dialog. Here you have
the option to auto-fit the slide in the screen, or choose from six pre-defined zoom settings,
or define your own zoom setting.

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Formatting Presentation

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One of the key elements of any good presentation is the text, hence managing the fonts
in PowerPoint is vital to designing an impressive slideshow. PowerPoint offers extensive
font management features to cover various aspects of fonts. The font management can
be accessed from the Home ribbon in the Font group.

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You can also access font management features by selecting a text box, right-clicking and
selecting Font.

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This opens up the Font dialog which contains all the font management features available
under the font section in the Home ribbon.

The table below describes various font management features available in PowerPoint.

Features Description

Font Type Defines the font type like Arial, Verdana, etc.

Font Size Defines the font size. Besides, there are icons to increase and
decrease the font size in steps in the Font group.

Font Style Defines font styles like Regular, Bold, Italics or Underlined.

Font Color Specifies the font color.

Font Effects Defines effects like shadow, strikethrough, subscript, superscript,

etc.

Character Spacing Specifies character spacing like loose, tight, normal, etc.

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PowerPoint offers a wide range of pre-built fonts to choose from. Depending on the
purpose of the presentation you may want to choose a more casual font or a formal one.
This section will look at the steps to set the text fonts.

Step 1: The default font in PowerPoint 2010 is Calibri.

Step 2: To change the text font, select that portion of text the font of which needs to be
changed. If you select the entire text box or shape, the changes will apply to all the text
in the selection. If you select specific text, the changes will apply to selection only.

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Step 3: In the Font group, under the Home ribbon, click on the font face dropdown.

Step 4: Scroll through the list of font faces to pick the one that suits your needs. As you
move your cursor over the fonts, the selection will change accordingly to give you a
preview.
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In this chapter, we will understand how to decorate text in PowerPoint 2010. PowerPoint
offers many text decoration features and adds to the aesthetic sense of a presentation.
These features can be accessed from the Home ribbon under the Font group.

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Given below are the various font decoration features and their functions in PowerPoint.

Icon Description

Makes the font face bold

Makes the font face italics (slanted font)

Underlines the font face

Adds shadow to the font face

Strikes through the font face

Adjusts the character spacing for the font. Predefined settings are
very tight, tight, normal, loose and very loose. There is a user
defined space setting available too.

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Besides these, there are some other font decoration features that can be accessed from
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The table below describes the additional text decoration features in the Font dialog.

Icon Description

Double Strikethrough Adds two strike lines over the text

Raises the text above the normal text. For example, the
Superscript
use of "nd" in 2nd

Shrinks the below the normal text. For example, the '2' in
Subscript
H2O the chemical formula of water

Small Caps Changes the entire text to small caps

All Caps Changes the entire text to capital letters

Adjusts the characters so that all are of the same height

Equalize Character height
regardless of the caps setting

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The following steps will help you change the text case.

Step 1: Select the text the case of which you want to change.

Step 2: Go to the Font group under the Home ribbon.

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Step 3: From the Change Case dropdown, select the case you want to use for your text.

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Step 4: Click on your choice to change case for the selected text.

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The following steps will help you change the text size.

Step 1: Select the text the case of which you want to change.

Step 2: Go to the Font group under the Home ribbon.

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Step 3: From the Font Size dropdown, select the size you want to use for your text

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Step 4: Click on your choice to change the font size for the selected portion of text.

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Step 5: If you want to change the font size in steps you can also use the Increase/
Decrease Font Size options.

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In this chapter, we will understand how to change text color in PowerPoint 2010. The
following are the steps to change text color.

Step 1: Select the text the color of which needs to be changed.

Step 2: Go to the Font group under the Home ribbon.

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Step 3: From the Font Color dropdown, select the color you want to use for your text.

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Step 4: Click on your choice to change the font color for the selected portion of text.

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If you want to choose from a wider range of colors than what's shown in the dropdown
you can click on "More Colors…"

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Here you can pick from a standard color palette for a greater choice of predefined colors
or create your own from the custom color palette.

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PowerPoint offers various text alignment options to create visually appealing designs and
organizing the content better. The table below describes the various text alignment options
available in PowerPoint.

Alignment Icon Description

Aligns the text to the left of the shape/ text box.

Aligns the text in the middle of the shape/ text box.

Aligns the text to the right of the shape/ text box.

Justifies the alignment by adjusting the character spacing so the

final text looks aligned from both left and right.

Specifies text direction: horizontal (default), stacked (vertical),

rotated by 90 or 270 degrees. You can also customize the text
direction to other angles.

Vertically aligns the text; top, bottom or middle of the text box/
shape.

Alignment can be done on selected portion of text in text boxes, shapes and even
SmartArt. The following steps will help you align text.

Step 1: Select the portion of text that needs to be aligned. If you select a specific portion
of text, the alignment settings will apply to that portion of text alone. If you select the
entire shape/ text box, the settings will apply for the entire selection.

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Step 2: Go to the Paragraph group under the Home ribbon.

Step 3: Select one of the alignment options described above to change the text alignment.
Note that the default alignment for text is usually Left.

Step 4: As long as the text is selected, you can change the text alignment multiple
times.

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Relatively long paragraphs can get monotonous to read and this effect is accentuated in
slides where the area is smaller and the contents are usually projected. Paragraph
indentations can help ease the strain on eyes and also help present the content in a visually
appealing way. This chapter will discuss the paragraph indentations available in
PowerPoint.

Step 1: Select the text content to be indented. Unlike most other settings, indentation
works at a paragraph level, so regardless of what text you select the indent settings will
apply to the entire paragraph. However, if the text box has multiple paragraphs you can
have different indentations for different paragraphs.

Step 2: Go to the Paragraph group under the Home ribbon.

Step 3: Select one of the indentation options. You will notice that by default the text is
set at the lowest indentation level, so you will not be able to decrease it further. You must
increase indentation the first time you use it.

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Step 4: Once you have increased the indent, the decrease indent option is enabled.

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While dealing with a lot of textual content, especially during projected presentations, it is
a good idea to space the lines further apart to improve the readability of the overall
content. PowerPoint offers line spacing options to help you change the spacing between
lines in the text. Like the indentation, these settings apply at a paragraph level. Given
below are the steps to set the line spacing in PowerPoint.

Step 1: Select the text content to be spaced. You can either select the entire paragraph
or just place the cursor within the paragraph.

Step 2: Go to the Paragraph group under the Home ribbon.

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Step 3: Select one of the line spacing option from the dropdown list to apply one of pre-
defined spacing options.

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Step 4: To customize the spacing, you can click on "Line Spacing Options…" This will
launch the Paragraph dialog.

Step 5: The spacing section in the Paragraph dialog has two settings. The Before and
After are the spacing for paragraph as a whole, while Line Spacing is the spacing for
lines within the paragraph itself.

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One can change the borders and shading for most of the content in PowerPoint 2010. Let’s
see how it is done.

Applying Borders
The following are the steps that will help you apply borders in your presentation.

Step 1: Select the object (text box, image, chart, picture, etc.) to which you want to apply
the border.

Step 2: Go to the Drawing group under the Home ribbon.

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Step 3: Click on the Shape Outline to choose the border settings.

Step 4: Use the color palette to choose the border color. You can choose More Outline
Colors to get access to additional color choices

Step 5: Use the Weight dropdown to define the thickness of the border.

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Step 6: Use the Dashes option to define the border style.

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Applying Shades
The following steps will help you apply shades to your presentation.

Step 1: Select the object (text box, shape, chart, etc.) to which you want to apply the
shades.

Step 2: Go to the Drawing group under the Home ribbon.

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Step 3: Click on the Shape Fill to choose the shade settings.

Step 4: Use the color palette to choose the shade color. You can choose More Outline
Colors to get access to a choice of colors.

Step 5: Use the Picture to add a picture as the background rather than a color.

Step 6: Use the Gradient option to add color gradient in the background. You can use
the pre-defined gradients or click on "More Gradients…" to customize the shading with
gradient colors.

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Step 7: Use the Texture option to add a pre-defined texture instead of a color shade.

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One of the most powerful tools in Microsoft Office is the application of formatting feature.
This feature basically lets you define the right format once and apply the same to a series
of objects in the rest of the presentation or any other file. While working with large
presentations or just working on slides for a long time, if you ever need to make a change
in the style and want it applied across multiple content this is the tool to use.

The following are the steps to apply formatting to your presentation:

Step 1: Select the content you want to copy the formatting from.

Step 2: Go to the Clipboard group under the Home ribbon.

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Step 3: Click on the Format Painter icon.

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Step 4: Select the content you want to format.

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Here are some key aspects about the Format Painter:

 If you click on the Format Painter icon just once, the formatting will be copied just
once.

 If you click on the Format Painter icon twice quickly, you can copy the formatting
multiple times.

 If you want to copy just the text formatting and not the paragraph features, ensure
that you select just the sample text and not the entire paragraph.

 If you want to copy paragraph and font formatting, you must select the entire
paragraph.

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Slide master is simple way of applying changes to the entire slide. Every presentation has
at least one slide master, but you can have more than one. Using features like copy/ paste
and format painting you can make changes to different sections within the presentation to
make them look similar, however, if you want to use a theme and background throughout
the slide, using the slide master is a simpler and more graceful way of approaching it.

Given below are the steps to customize your slide master.

Step 1: Go to the Master Views group under the View ribbon.

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Step 2: Click on Slide Master to open the Slide Master Ribbon. The top most slide in
the left sidebar is the Master slide. All the slides within this master template will follow
the settings you add on this master slide.

Step 3: You can make changes to the master slide in terms of the theme, design, font
properties, position and size of the title and other content using the remaining ribbons
which are still accessible.

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Step 4: While PowerPoint provides some default slide layouts, you can create your own
layouts by clicking on the "Insert Layout" in the Edit Master section of the Slide Master
ribbon.

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Step 5: You can add content placeholders to the slide layouts using the "Insert
Placeholder" in the Master Layout group under the Slide Master ribbon. Under the
Placeholder dropdown, you can either create a generic content placeholder or specify the
kind of content you want in that placeholder.

Step 6: You can apply different themes, background and page setup settings to all the
slides from the master slide

Step 7: You can also customize individual slide layouts to be different from the master
slide using the menu options available with the layouts.
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One of the best features of PowerPoint is that you can create slide masters and then save
them as templates to be reused later. There are different aspects of a design which can
be created and saved to ensure you can reuse the hard work you spent on creating the
first copy.

Given below are the steps to save design templates.

Step 1: Create a new design template from the Slide Master view. Depending on your
needs, this template can have different colors, images, logos or symbols included in the
master slide and the layout templates.

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Step 2: Go to the Edit Theme group under the Slide Master ribbon.

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Step 3: Navigate to Edit Themes > Themes > Save Current Theme…

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Step 4: In the Save Current Theme dialog, enter the Theme name and click Save.

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Step 5: This template is now saved and available on your PowerPoint design template
view to be applied to any presentation.

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Working with Multimedia

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PowerPoint supports multiple content types including images or pictures. With regards to
pictures PowerPoint classifies them into two categories:

 Picture: Images and photos that are available on your computer or hard drive

 Clip Art: Online picture collection that you can search from the clip art sidebar

Although their sources are different, both these types can be added and edited in similar
fashion. Given below are the steps to add picture to a slide.

Step 1: Go to the Images group in the Insert ribbon.

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Step 2: Click on Picture to open the Insert Picture dialog and add a picture to the slide.

Step 3: In this dialog, you have three sections: to the left corner, you have folders that
can be browsed, the section in the center shows the subfolders and files in the selected
folder and to the right, you can have a preview of the selected image.

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Step 4: Select the image you want and click Open to add the picture to the slide.

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Step 5: To add online pictures, click on Clip Art and search for keywords in the Clip Art
sidebar.

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Step 6: Once you have the clipart you want to use, double-click on the image to add it to
the slide.

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PowerPoint supports images or pictures as content and offers some standard image editing
features. The picture editing features in PowerPoint can be accessed from the Format
ribbon once the picture is selected. The editing features are grouped under
the Adjust and Picture Styles section in the Format ribbon.

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Image Adjustments
The following table describes various picture adjustment features available in PowerPoint.

Feature Description

Automatically removes the unwanted sections in the image. This

is similar to the magic tool in some of the other photo editing
Remove Background
programs. You can click on different regions on the image to
define the area to be removed.

Allows you to change the brightness and contrast on the image

Correction
and also change the image sharpness.

Allows you to change the color on the image by changing the

Color saturation or tone. You can also make the image monochromatic
based on different hues to match the theme of your presentation.

Adds artistic effects to the image like plastic wrap, glowing edges,
Artistic Effects
etc.

Compress Picture This can change the image resolution to manage the file size.

Change Picture Replaces the current picture with a different one.

Reset Picture Removes all the adjustments done on the image.

Picture Styles
The following table describes various picture style features available in PowerPoint.

Feature Description

Picture Border Manages the picture border - color, weight and style.

Picture Effects Adds effects to the picture like reflection, shadow, etc.

Convert to SmartArt Graphic Transforms the picture into the selected SmartArt.

Quick Styles Pre-defined styles with different picture borders and

effects.

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PowerPoint offers many image formatting features that can help shape the image to suit
your needs. The picture formatting features in PowerPoint can be accessed from the
Format ribbon once the picture is selected. The formatting features are grouped under
the Arrange and Size section in the Format ribbon.

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Picture Arrangement Features

The following table describes various picture arrangement features available in
PowerPoint.

Feature Description

Bring Forward Moves the picture layer up. Bring Forward moves the picture up
by one layer, Bring to Front makes the picture layer the topmost

Send Backward Moves the picture layer down. Send Backward moves the picture
down by one layer, Send to Back makes the picture layer the
bottommost

Selection Pane This opens up the Selection Pane sidebar where you get a better
idea of the layers and can work with arrangements better.

Align Aligns the picture with various references in the slide.

Group Allows multiple images to be grouped together to create on single

object or ungroup them to split them into individual pictures.

Rotate Rotate picture by a specific angle.

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Picture Sizing Features

The following table describes various picture sizing features available in PowerPoint.

Feature Description

Crop Allows you to crop the image. The cropping can be freehand, based
on aspect ratio or any of the predefined shapes.

Shape Height/ Used to change the height and width of the image. When you edit
Width these parameters from the ribbon, the aspect ratio is always
maintained.

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One of the interesting features about PowerPoint is that you can insert a screenshot of one
of your applications into your presentation without having to use any other program. Given
below are the steps to insert a screenshot.

Step 1: Go to the Images group in the Insert Ribbon.

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Step 2: Click on the Screenshot dropdown to look at full screen snaps of all the
applications running on your computer’s desktop.

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Step 3: Select one of the screenshots to add it directly on to your presentation.

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Step 4: If you do not want the entire screen and just a portion of it, you can use
the Screen Clipping option.

The Screen Clipping option will automatically move the focus to the program
immediately below PowerPoint. So while using this option, ensure that you have the right
screen behind the PowerPoint program.

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PowerPoint supports the addition of shapes in presentations. It also includes Shapes like
basic geometric shapes, flowchart components, arrows, callouts, lines and other
predefined special shapes. These shapes also double up as text boxes as they support
adding text to them directly. Besides, you can also use these shape to crop pictures to
shape.

Given below are the steps to add a shape in PowerPoint.

Step 1: Go to the Illustrations group under the Insert Tab.

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Step 2: Click on the Shapes dropdown to view the available shapes.

Step 3: Select the shape you want to insert. This will change the cursor to a + sign.

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Step 4: Click and drag on the slide to create the shape. As you drag, the shape will show
up on the slide. Continue to drag and adjust the size and the symmetry of the shape.

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Just like images and pictures, PowerPoint also supports editing of shapes inserted in the
presentation. The shape editing features in PowerPoint can be accessed from
the Format ribbon once the shape is selected. The editing features are grouped under
the Insert Shapes and the Shape Styles section in the Format ribbon.

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Insert Shape Features

The table below describes various insert shape features available in PowerPoint.

Feature Description

Shape List Adds another shape to the slide.

Replaces the shape completely, or use the edit points to change

Edit Shape
the existing shape.

Text Box Inserts a text box anywhere in the slide.

Shape Styles Features

The table below describes various shape style features available in PowerPoint.

Feature Description

Selects the shape fill color and style. You can add a single solid
Shape Fill
color from the palette, or a picture, gradient or texture.

Shape Outline Selects the shape border color, thickness and style.

Adds special effects to the shape like reflection, 3D rotation,

Shape Effects
bevel, shadow, etc.

These are a combination of the style features that can be applied

Predefined Styles
to the shape with a single click.

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PowerPoint offers formatting features for shapes along the same lines as pictures. This
consistency in the features makes it easy for people to grasp the functionality and also
makes PowerPoint very versatile. The shape formatting features in PowerPoint can be
accessed from the Format ribbon once the shape is selected. The formatting features are
grouped under the Arrange and Size section in the Format ribbon.

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Shape Arrangement Features

The table given below describes the various shape arrangement features available in
PowerPoint.

Feature Description

Bring Forward Moves the shape layer up. Bring Forward moves the shape up
by one layer, Bring to Front makes the shape layer the topmost.

Send Backward Moves the shape layer down. Send Backward moves the shape
down by one layer, Send to Back makes the shape layer the
bottommost.

Selection Pane This opens up the Selection Pane sidebar where you get a better
idea of the layers and can work with arrangements better.

Align Aligns the shape with various references in the slide.

Group Allows multiple shapes to be grouped together to create on single

object or ungroup them to split them into individual shapes.

Rotate Rotates shape by a specific angle.

Shape Sizing Features

The table given below describes various shape sizing features available in PowerPoint.

Feature Description

Shape Height/ Used to change the height and width of the shape. When you edit
Width these parameters from the ribbon, the aspect ratio is always
maintained

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One of the great aspects of PowerPoint is that you can treat the shapes as text boxes too.
This becomes useful when you want to type some text within a shape and ensure the text
does not overflow the boundaries of the shape. By being able to enter text within the
shape, PowerPoint will ensure the text stays contained and you do not have to worry about
fixing it.

The following steps will help you add text to the shapes in PowerPoint.

Step 1: Right-click on the shape to which you want to add the text and select the Edit
Text option.

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Step 2: Start typing the text into the shape. Once you are done, click the cursor anywhere
outside the shape.

An alternative way of adding text to shape is to select the shape and start typing directly.
Once you have the text within the shape you can format the text using the font related
features available in PowerPoint.

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PowerPoint supports multiple content types and invariably different contents coexist in a
slide. While it is ideal to have each content standout separately, there are times when you
cannot do that or when overlapping of content is desirable. In such cases, it is important
that you can determine which content stays on top of which one.

PowerPoint has arrangement features to help achieve this goal. While working with
arrangement features, you must think of each content as a separate layer and that these
layers are laid over one another. To arrange the content, you must basically play with
these layers.

The following steps will help you arrange content in a presentation slide.

Step 1: Select one of the contents and go the Arrange group under the Format ribbon.

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Step 2: Click on the Selection Pane to open the Selection and Visibility sidebar.

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Step 3: Select one of the rows in the sidebar to highlight the corresponding content in the
slide.

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Step 4: Use the reordering arrows in the sidebar to move the content layer up or down.

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Step 5: Click on the eye next to each content in the sidebar to toggle its visibility on the
slide.

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Instead of using the Selection Pane option, you can also right-click on the content to
move it up or down. When you right-click, besides moving the layers by one step at a time
using Bring Forward or Send Backward, you can also move the content directly to the
top or bottom using Bring to Front or Send to Back respectively.

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While working with PowerPoint, you might need to carry out a set of actions on a bunch
of objects. PowerPoint allows you to group objects within a slide and apply the same action
on all the objects simultaneously. This feature in PowerPoint is called grouping.

The following steps will help you group and ungroup objects:

Step 1: Select a set of shapes or objects together. To select the objects, press the Ctrl key
and select each object individually. If the objects are together, you can also click and drag
the cursor to select them; however with the click and drag everything that falls within the
selected area will be selected.

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Step 2: Go to the Arrange Group under the Format ribbon.

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Step 3: Click on Group under the Group menu item - this will group the objects and
shapes into a single object.

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Step 4: Apply the common changes you want to make to these objects.

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Step 5: Even though the objects are grouped, you can still edit them individually if need
be.

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Step 6: If you want to edit the shapes or objects individually, go back to the Group menu
item and select Ungroup.

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Step 7: After making changes, if you want to regroup the objects as per original grouping,
you select one of the objects and use the Regroup option under the Group menu.

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PowerPoint supports multimedia in the slides. You can add audio or video clips to the slides
which can be played during the presentation.

The following steps will help you add audio or video file to the slides.

Step 1: Go to the Media group under the Insert ribbon

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Step 2: To insert video file select Video as media type and Video from File to insert a
video from your computer or hard drive.

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Step 3: In the Insert Video dialog, browse for a video file and click Insert.

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Step 4: You will now see that a Video file is added to the slide.

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Step 5: To insert audio file select Audio as media type and Audio from File to insert an
Audio from your computer or hard drive.

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Step 6: In the Insert Audio dialog, browse for an audio file and click Insert.

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Step 7: You will now see that an Audio file is added to the slide.

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One of the most powerful data representation techniques is the use of tables. Table allows
information to be segregated making it easy to read. PowerPoint has features that let you
add tables in slides and also format them to enhance their visual effects. What's more,
these tables are also compatible with Microsoft Excel, so you can basically take a
spreadsheet or a section of a spreadsheet and paste it into a slide as a table.

The following steps will help you add a table in PowerPoint.

Step 1: Go to the Tables group under the Insert ribbon.

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Step 2: Click on the dropdown and select your table dimension from the matrix.

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Step 3: If you require more than 10 columns or 8 rows click on "Insert Table" to open
the Insert Table dialog where you can specify the column and row count.

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PowerPoint table is a simple table that does not support the mathematical features of an
Excel spreadsheet. If you want to carry out some calculations, you can insert an Excel
spreadsheet instead of a regular table.

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This will insert the spreadsheet in the slide and as long as the spreadsheet is selected, the
ribbon at the top will be changed to an Excel ribbon instead of a PowerPoint one.

The PowerPoint table formatting features have been grouped under two ribbons: Design
and Format. The sections below discuss the features under each ribbon. To access these
ribbons, you must select the table first.

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Table Design Features

We will now understand the table design features in PowerPoint.

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The following table shows the different table design features:

Feature Sub Features Description

Adds a different shade to the first row to

Header Row
distinguish it.

Adds a different shade to the last row to

Total Row
distinguish it.

Shades alternate rows in the table with the

Banded Rows
same color.

Table Style Options

Adds a different shade to the first column to

First Column
distinguish it.

Adds a different shade to the last row to

Last Column
distinguish it.

Shades alternate columns in the table with

Banded Columns
the same color.

Offers different shades to be added to

selected table/ row/ column/ cell. You can
Shading
pick from solid shade, texture, image or
gradient shading.

Offers different border options for the table.

Table Styles
Border You can edit the border color, thickness and
style

Offers the ability to create table shadow or

Effects reflection. You can also create bevels for
individual cells.

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Allows you to change the color of the text

Text Fill
within the table.

Allows you to add an outline to the text

Text Outline within the table and change the outline color,
weight and style.

Word Art Styles

Allows you to add special effects (like
Text Effects reflection, shadow etc.) to the text within the
table.

Contains a list of pre-defined Word Art styles

Quick Styles that can be applied to the selected text within
the table with a single click.

Defines the style of the table border when

Pen Style
you draw it.

Defines the thickness of the table border

Pen Weight
when you draw it.

Defines the color of the table border when

Pen Color
Draw Borders you draw it.

Allows you to append new rows, columns,

Draw Table cells to existing table, split existing rows,
columns or cells and draw brand new tables.

Allows you to delete table borders and merge

Eraser
cells, rows or columns.

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We will now understand the various table format features in PowerPoint.

The following table shows the various table format features:

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Feature Sub Features Description

Allows you to select the entire table or

Select the row(s) or column(s) depending on
the position of your cursor.
Table

Toggles the gridline display within the

View Gridlines
table.

Allows you to delete selected row(s) or

Delete
column(s) or the entire table.

Inserts a row above the row where the

cursor is currently. If you haven't placed
Insert Above
the cursor within the table, it adds a new
row at the top of the table.

Inserts a row below the row where the

cursor is currently. If you haven't placed
Insert Below
the cursor within the table, it adds a new
row at the bottom of the table.
Rows & Columns

Inserts a column to the left of the

column where the cursor is currently. If
Insert Left you haven't placed the cursor within the
table, it adds a new column to the left of
the table.

Inserts a column to the right of the

column where the cursor is currently. If
Insert Right you haven't placed the cursor within the
table, it adds a new column to the right
of the table.

Merge Merge Allows you to merge cells, rows or

columns. This is enabled only if you have

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selected more than one cell, row or

column.

Allows you to specify the number of rows

Split Cells and columns into which the current
section of cell(s) need to be split.

Defines the height and width of the

selected cell. Usually if you change these
Height/ Width
aspects for a single cell, the change
affects the entire row or column too.

Cell Size
Equalizes the height of all the rows to fit
Distribute Rows
the current table height.

Equalizes the width of all the columns to

Distribute Columns
fit the current table width.

Allows you to align the selected text to

Horizontal Alignment
the left, right or center of the cell.

Allows you to align the selected text to

Vertical Alignment
the top, bottom or middle of the cell

Alignment

Allows you to change the direction of the

Text Direction
selected text within the cells.

Allows you to define the margins within

Cell Margins
the cell.

Allows you to adjust the table height - it

retains the relative heights of the
Table Size Height
individual rows while changing the
overall table height.

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Allows you to adjust the table width - it

retains the relative widths of the
Width
individual columns while changing the
overall table width.

Checking this box will ensure the ratio

between the table height and width is
Lock Aspect Ratio
maintained when one of these is
changed.

Allows you to move the table up by one

Bring Forward
layer or right to the top.

Allows you to move the table down by

Send Backward one layer or right to the bottom of the
slide.
Arrange

Toggles the Selection and Visibility

Selection Pane
sidebar.

Allows you to align the entire table with

Align
reference to the slide.

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Charts are an effective way of representing data. Long list of confusing numbers can
instantly become trends which can be spotted when they are captured as charts.
PowerPoint supports the addition and formatting of charts.

Given below are the steps to add a chart to PowerPoint.

Step 1: Go to the Illustrations group under the Insert ribbon.

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Step 2: Click on the Chart option to open the Insert Chart dialog. You can choose the
chart category and pick individual chart types from the list.

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Step 3: Select the chart type and click OK or double-click on the chart type to insert the
chart in the slide.

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Step 4: Along with the chart, an Excel spreadsheet is also launched. This spreadsheet is
the source for your chart. You can change the category names, series names and individual
values to suit your needs.

As you edit the values and the table in Excel the chart gets modified accordingly.

The PowerPoint chart formatting features have been grouped under three
ribbons: Design, Layout and Format. The sections below discuss the features under
each ribbon. To access these ribbons you must select the chart first.

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Chart Design Features

We will now understand the various chart design features in PowerPoint.

The table given below describes the various chart design features:

Feature Sub Features Description

Changes the chart type retaining the same

Change Chart Type
data.
Type

Save As Template Saves current chart type as a template.

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Transposes current excel data - this is enabled

Switch Row/Column when you have the source data excel sheet
open.

Select Data Changes the data range covered in the chart.

Data

Edit Data Changes the chart source data.

Refresh Data Refreshes the chart to show the latest data.

Offers a list of predefined layouts which can be

Chart Layouts Chart Layouts instantly applied to current chart with a single
click.

Offers a list of predefined styles which can be

Chart Styles Chart Styles instantly applied to current chart with a single
click.

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The following table describes the various chart layout features in PowerPoint.

Feature Sub Features Description

Shows the currently selected chart

Drop down
element.

Shows the selection format dialog to

Format Selection
Current Selection update the selection.

Discards all the chart customizations and

Reset to Match Style matches the chart with the overall
presentation theme.

Superimposes an image on top of the

Picture
chart.

Insert
Shape Adds a shape to the slide.

Text Box Adds a text box to the slide.

Defines the visibility, position and style of

Chart Title
the chart title.

Defines the visibility, position and style of

Axis Titles
the axis titles.

Labels

Defines the visibility and position of the

Legend
chart legend.

Defines the visibility and position of the

Data Labels
data labels.

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Defines the visibility, position and format

Data Table
of the data table.

Axes Defines the position and scale of axes.

Axes

Gridlines Defines the visibility and scale of axes.

Toggles chart plot area - available only for

Plot Area
2D charts.

Toggles the chart wall - available only for

Chart Wall
3D charts.

Background

Toggles the chart floor - available only for

Chart Floor
3D charts.

Toggles the chart 3D rotation- available

3-D Rotation
only for 3D charts.

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The following table describes the various chart format features in PowerPoint.

Feature Sub Features Description

Shows the currently selected chart

Drop down
element.

Shows the selection format dialog to

Format Selection
Current Selection update the selection.

Discards all the chart customizations and

Reset to Match Style matches the chart with the overall
presentation theme.

Offers different shades to be added to

selected chart series item. You can pick
Shape Fill
from solid shade, texture, image or
gradient shading.

Shape Styles Offers different border options for selected

Border chart series item. You can edit the border
color, thickness and style.

Offers the ability to add special effects to

Effects
selected chart series item.

Allows you to change the color of the text

Text Fill
within the chart.

Word Art Styles

Allows you to add an outline to the text
Text Outline within the chart and change the outline
color, weight and style.

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Allows you to add special effects (like

Text Effects reflection, shadow etc.) to the text within
the chart.

Contains a list of pre-defined Word Art

Quick Styles styles that can be applied to the selected
text within the chart with a single click.

Allows you to move the chart up by one

Bring Forward
layer or right to the top.

Allows you to move the chart down by one

Send Backward
layer or right to the bottom of the slide.

Toggles the Selection and Visibility

Selection Pane
Arrange sidebar.

Allows you to align the entire chart with

Align
reference to the slide.

Allows you to group multiple charts as one

Group group object, or split a group object into
individual charts.

Height Allows you to adjust the chart height.

Size

Width Allows you to adjust the chart width.

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PowerPoint offers a unique feature called SmartArt which allows users to add text to
predefined art designs. The advantage with SmartArt is that although each component of
the SmartArt can be edited individually, you can also modify the SmartArt as a whole while
retaining the settings on each individual component.

The following steps will help you add a SmartArt to PowerPoint.

Step 1: Go to the Illustrations group under the Insert ribbon.

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Step 2: Click on the SmartArt command to open the Choose a SmartArt Graphic
dialog. You can choose the SmartArt category and pick individual SmartArt types from the
list. You also get a preview and a short description of the graphic in the preview section.

Step 3: Select the SmartArt type and click OK or double-click on the SmartArt type to
insert the graphic in the slide.

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Step 4: The graphic is inserted in the slide along with a text pane where you can enter/
modify the SmartArt text.

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Step 5: Add the necessary details and close the text pane to complete the SmartArt
insertion.

The PowerPoint SmartArt formatting features have been grouped under two
ribbons: Design and Format. The sections below discuss the features under each ribbon.
To access these ribbons, you must select the SmartArt first.

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SmartArt Design Features

We will now understand the various SmartArt design features in PowerPoint.

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The following table describes the various SmartArt design features in PowerPoint.

Feature Sub Features Description

Adds another shape to the current SmartArt graphic;

Add Shape
this also adds another bullet in the text pane.

Adds another bullet in the text pane; this also adds

Add Bullet
another shape to the graphic.

Text Pane Toggles text pane visibility.

Indents bullet to higher level in text pane - useful

Promote
only in multi-level SmartArt.
Create
Graphic
Indents bullet to lower level in text pane - useful only
Demote
in multi-level SmartArt.

Right to Left Helps reverse the direction of the SmartArt flow.

Moves the bullet up in the text pane or the shape to

Move Up
the left in the graphics.

Moves the bullet down in the text pane or the shape

Move Down
to the right in the graphics.

Allows you to change the layout of SmartArt graphics

Layouts Layouts
to one from the list.

Smart Styles Change Colors Changes the color scheme for the SmartArt graphics.

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Allows you to change the SmartArt graphics styles to

SmartArt Styles
one of the predefined ones from the list with one click

Removes all the customization done on the SmartArt

Reset Graphic
graphic.

Reset

Converts SmartArt graphic to regular shapes or plain

Convert
text.

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SmartArt Format Features

We will now understand the various SmartArt format features in PowerPoint.

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The following table describes the various SmartArt format features in PowerPoint.

Feature Sub Features Description

Changes the selected shape in the SmartArt to one

Change Shape
of those in the list.

Shapes
Larger Increases the size of the selected shape.

Smaller Decreases the size of the selected shape.

Offers different shades to be added to selected

Shape Fill SmartArt graphics item. You can pick from solid
shade, texture, image or gradient shading

Offers different border options for selected SmartArt

Shape Styles
Border graphics item. You can edit the border color,
thickness and style.

Offers the ability to add special effects to selected

Effects
SmartArt graphics item.

Allows you to change the color of the text within the

Text Fill
SmartArt.

Allows you to add an outline to the text within the

Word Art Styles Text Outline SmartArt and change the outline color, weight and
style.

Allows you to add special effects (like reflection,

Text Effects
shadow etc.) to the text within the SmartArt.

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Contains a list of pre-defined Word Art styles that

Quick Styles can be applied to the selected text within the
SmartArt with a single click.

Allows you to move the SmartArt up by one layer or

Bring Forward
right to the top.

Allows you to move the SmartArt down by one layer

Send Backward
or right to the bottom of the slide.

Selection Pane Toggles the Selection and Visibility sidebar.

Arrange

Allows you to align the entire SmartArt with

Align
reference to the slide.

Allows you to group multiple SmartArt as one group

Group object, or split a group object into individual
SmartArt.

Height Allows you to adjust the SmartArt height.

Size

Width Allows you to adjust the SmartArt width.

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 PPT ─ Add & Preview Animations PowerPoint

PowerPoint offers animation support which can be used effectively to add some motion in
a monotonous presentation and make it more interesting. Animation can be applied to any
object on the slide and the motions can the automated, timed or trigger.

The following steps will help you add and preview animations in the slide.

Step 1: Go to the Animation ribbon and click on the Animation Pane to display the
animation sidebar.

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Step 2: Select one of the objects in the slide and click on the Add Animation menu
option.

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Step 3: Choose from one of the Animation options.

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 Entrance will cause the object to appear in the screen.

 Emphasis will cause the object to emphasis without appearing or leaving the
screen.

 Exit will cause the object to disappear from the screen.

Step 4: Once you add the animation for an object, it will show up in the Animation pane.

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Step 5: By default, all the animations are initiated by a click, but you can change this. To
change the trigger, right-click on the animation object on the pane and choose an alternate
trigger.

 Start On Click will cause the animation to start when you click the mouse.

 Start With Previous will cause the animation to begin with the previous
animation; if this is the first object, it will begin as soon as you reach the slide
during the slide show.

 Start After Previous will cause the animation to begin after the previous
animation ends.

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Step 6: From the timing section, you can also manipulate the animation timings.

Step 7: To preview the animation settings, just click Play on the animation pane.

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 PPT ─ Add & Preview Transitions PowerPoint

PowerPoint supports slide transition feature which allows you to specify how should the
slides transition during the slide show.

Given below are the steps to add and preview slide transitions.

Step 1: Select the slide to which you want to apply the transition.

Step 2: Go to the Transition Scheme under the Transitions ribbon.

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Step 3: Select one of the transition schemes from the list available. PowerPoint will
instantly show you a preview of the scheme. If you are not satisfied, you can pick an
alternate scheme. The last selected scheme will apply to the slide.

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Step 4: You can change the effects on the selected transition scheme from the Effect
Options menu. Every scheme has a unique set of effect options.

Step 5: You can also modify the transition timing settings from the Timing section.

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Step 6: To preview the slide transition, click on Preview.

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Sharing Presentation

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 PPT ─ Create a PDF File PowerPoint

Although PowerPoint is used to create presentations, it supports various file types when it
comes to saving the content. With a host of operating systems and Office versions
available in the market, using a pdf file type can be a great way of ensuring everyone sees
the same slides.

Given below are the steps to save a presentation as a pdf file.

Step 1: Go to the Backstage view under the File tab.

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Step 2: Click on Save As to open the Save As dialog.

Step 3: Select the file type as .pdf from the list of supported file types.

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Step 4: Add a proper name to the file and click Save.

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Step 5: The .pdf file is created in the specified location.

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 PPT ─ Create a Video File PowerPoint

PowerPoint allows presentations to be saved as video files that can be posted on video
sharing platform like YouTube or just played on any other media.

Given below are the steps to save a presentation as a video file.

Step 1: Go to the Backstage view under the File tab.

Step 2: Click on Save As to open the Save As dialog.

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Step 3: Select the file type as .wmv from the list of supported file types.

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Step 4: Add a proper name to the file and click Save.

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Step 5: The video creation is not an instant process like other file types as PowerPoint
needs to create the video file. You can track the progress of video creation at the bottom
of your presentation window.

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Step 6: Once the creation is complete, the video file is created in the specified location.

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 Create Image File in PowerPoint 2010 PowerPoint

Among the many file types that PowerPoint supports are a set of extensions for image
files. The image file extensions supported by PowerPoint include JPEG (.jpg), GIF (.gif),
TIFF (.tiff) and Bitmap (.bmp).

Given below are the steps to save a presentation as an image file.

Step 1: Go to the Backstage view under the File tab.

Step 2: Click on Save As to open the Save As dialog.

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Step 3: Select one of the image file types from the list of supported file types.

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Step 4: Add a proper name to the file and click Save.

Step 5: Microsoft PowerPoint dialog will pop up asking if you need just the selected slide
or the entire presentation, make your selection.

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The respective image file is created in the specified location.

If you selected a single image, the image file is created at the specified location. If you
selected entire presentation, then PowerPoint will create a folder with same name as the
presentation file at the specified location. Every slide in the presentation will be converted
into individual image files and stored under this folder.

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 PPT ─ Printing Presentation PowerPoint

It is sometimes necessary that you share your slides with your audience in printed format
before you begin presenting them so they can take notes. There are other times when you
want to give your audience handouts with additional notes.

To print slides, you must go to the Backstage view under the File tab and click on the
Print menu.

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The following table describes the various printing options available in PowerPoint.

Main
Options Description
Settings

Print All Slides Prints all the slides in the presentation.

Print Selection Prints just the selected objects.

Printing
Print Current Slide Prints just the selected slide.
Slides

Custom Range Defines the slides you want printed.

Slides This is same as the Custom Range.

Full Page Slides One slide per page.

Slide and notes for every slide printed one below

Notes Page
another - one slide per page.

Print Layout
Outline Print Slide outline.

Prints 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 6 or 9 slides per page - aligned

vertically or horizontally. When you print handouts
Handouts
with 3 slides, you get the slide and the notes printed
next to each other.

Prints slides in sequence or prints multiple copies of

Collation Collating Options
each slide one after another.

Selects color, greyscale or black & white printing

options. Although you can select any color settings,
Printing Color Color
the output will depend on the kind of printer you use.
A non-color printer cannot print color slides.

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 PPT ─ Broadcast Slideshow PowerPoint

PowerPoint 2010 offers users to broadcast their presentations on the internet to worldwide
audience. Microsoft offers the free broadcast Slide Show service; all you need to do is
share the link with your audience and they can watch the presentation from anywhere.
There is no special setup or charges required to do this; all you need is a Windows Live
account.

Given below are the steps to broadcast your presentation.

Step 1: Go to the Backstage view under the File tab.

Step 2: Click on Save & Send, select Broadcast Slide Show option and click on
Broadcast Slide Show button.

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Step 3: In the Broadcast Slide Show dialog, click on Start Broadcast.

Step 4: Log on to your Windows Live account in the login dialog.

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Step 5: Once the login is successful, PowerPoint will prepare the presentation for
broadcast.

Step 6: PowerPoint will provide the broadcast service link which you can share with your
audience. If you are not using Outlook service, click on "Copy Link" to paste the link in
your emails. If you are using Microsoft Outlook service, click on "Send in Email" and list
the names of your audience

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Step 7: Click on Start Slideshow to begin the presentation.

Step 8: When you are done, you can click on the End Broadcast to stop the online
presentation.

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Certain presentations are better suited for distribution as a CD to audience. In such cases,
you can create a CD packaging which can be burned into a CD and distributed.

Given below are the steps to package your presentation for CD.

Step 1: Go to the Backstage view under the File tab.

Step 2: Click on Save & Send, select Package Presentation for CD option and click
on Package for CD button.

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Step 3: On the Package for CD dialog, select the package or CD name. Use the file
management options of Add and Remove to add or remove more files to the package.

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Step 4: Use the Add Files to add files to the package. The default file type filter is set to
presentations and shows, but you can change it to search any file type.

Step 5: Once you have all the files ready for the package, click on "Copy to Folder" or
"Copy to CD" and follow the steps to create the final package.

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 PPT ─ Setting Document Password PowerPoint

Sometimes it is important to protect the presentation and ensure unauthorized audience

does not get to view the slides. PowerPoint offers users the ability to protect the
presentations.

Given below are the steps to password protect the presentation

Step 1: Go to the Backstage view under the File tab.

Step 2: On the Info section, click on the Permissions dropdown.

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Step 3: Select "Encrypt with Password" to enable password protection.

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Step 4: Enter the password in the Encrypt Document dialog.

Step 5: Re-enter the password in the Confirm Password dialog.

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Step 6: Your presentation is now password protected.

Step 7: Readers will now have to enter the password in the Password dialog to open
the file.

Step 8: To unprotect the file, follow the steps up to Step 3 and delete the password in
the Encrypt Document dialog.

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 PPT ─ Email Slideshow PowerPoint

PowerPoint allows users to share the presentation as an email attachment too. Although
you can attach the presentation from outside the program, the ability to send the emails
directly from PowerPoint is quite convenient; this is because you need not leave the
PowerPoint program to send the email.

Given below are the steps to send an email from PowerPoint.

Step 1: Go to the Backstage view under the File tab.

Step 2: Click on Save & Send, select Send Using E-mail option and click on Send as
Attachment button.

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Step 3: This launches the Outlook Send Email window with the presentation added as
attachment. You can add the emails of recipients and send the email.

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Step 4: Instead of "Send as Attachment" you select "Send as PDF", you will get a pdf
attachment instead of a .pptx attachment.

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