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 […]
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Backstage View in PowerPoint
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 […]
How to Create Presentation in PowerPoint?
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. Menu Category Ribbon Commands Home Clipboard functions, manipulating slides, fonts, paragraph settings, drawing objects and editing functions. […]
How to Add New Slides in 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. Step 2 − The new slide is inserted. You can now […]
Adding New Text Boxes – MS PowerPoint
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 […]
Rearranging Slides – MS PowerPoint
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 […]
Adding Slide Notes – MS PowerPoint
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 […]
Adding Text in Boxes – PowerPoint
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 […]
Getting Started with PowerPoint
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 […]
How to Delete Existing Slide in 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 […]