How to Apply Themes Themes are design templates that make the presentation colorful and stylist. With a single click you can apply a theme to the entire presentation. Open the Design tab Locate the Themes group Click the desired theme Theme will be added to the entire presentation To see all available Themes click the…
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How to Add Slide There are multiple ways to add slide in PowerPoint presentation. The frequently used option is to click the New Slide button. See the image: The other ways to add a slide are: Office Themes, Duplicate Selected Slide and Reuse Slides 1) Using Office Themes to add slide: Select the slide next…
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How to Save a Presentation There are multiple options to save a presentation. The frequently used options are: Click on the Microsoft Office Button then select Save or Save As from the menu. See the image: Click on the first icon of the Quick Access Toolbar.
Creating a Presentation When you open PowerPoint window by default a slide appears. The slide has two placeholders or text boxes. Additional text boxes can be added from the Insert tab. To start creating presentation click on the placeholder or text box a blinking cursor will appear. Then type the title and click outside the…
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Mini Toolbar It is a floating toolbar that appears when you select text or right click the text. It comprises frequently used formatting tools like Bold, Italics, Font Size and Font Color. See the image:
Slide, Placeholder and Notes Slide: Presentation is created on slides. It lies in the centre of the PowerPoint window. Placeholder: By default two placeholders appear in the slide when you open the PowerPoint. Click to add notes: This space is provided to create notes if needed. See the image:
Features of the Tabs The features of Home tab are Clipboard, Slides, Font, Paragraph, Drawing and Editing. See the image: The features of Insert tab are Tables, Illustrations, Links, Text and Media Clips. See the image: The features of Design tab are Page Setup, Themes and Background. See the image: The features of Animations…
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Ribbon and Tabs Ribbon is located on the top of the PowerPoint window just below the Title bar. It is made up of seven tabs; Home, Insert, Design, Animations, Slide Show, Review and View. Each tab is divided into groups of related commands that are displayed on the Ribbon. To view additional commands of a…
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Quick Access Toolbar It is located beside the Microsoft Office Button. By default it shows three commands; Save, Undo and Redo. See the image: When you click the drop-down arrow at the right end of Quick Access Toolbar it offers more commands. The desired command out of these commands can be added to Quick Access…
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Microsoft Office Button Microsoft Office Button is located on the upper-left corner of the PowerPoint window. See the image: When you click the button it displays a menu with multiple options to perform different tasks. See the image: New: To create a new presentation Open: To open an existing presentation Save: To save changes made…
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