Microsoft PowerPoint Crash Course An Updated Crash Course From Beginner To Advanced Motion Paths, Macros, Animations

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By learning with Microsoft Powerpoint Crash Course, with dedication you can become an expert at PowerPoint in less than a week! Whether for conferences, enterprises, or educational institutions, PowerPoint is unrivaled when it comes to presentations. Anyone who wishes to effectively communicate may use the application to create slideshow presentations that include data in the form of charts, clip art, music, and video. You can master Microsoft PowerPoint and start using it like a pro with the aid of this handy guidebook, which is filled with practical guidance and step-by-step instructions. By using a variety of strategies, methods, and clear instructions, readers will go from PowerPoint beginners to specialists in a little over seven days. This step-by-step guide will help you get started with the most current version of Microsoft PowerPoint, regardless of whether you have experience with prior versions or have never touched a single slide. Here's a quick rundown of everything you'll discover there Before you begin using Microsoft PowerPoint in 2023, consider these best practices. PowerPoint Tips and Tricks: The User Interface Make a slide show with animation and effects. Create new presentations by using templates. Charts, clip art, music, and video may all be included. You may add text, animations, transitions, motion paths, and photos to your presentations. Use borders, text orientations, colors, and highlights to improve your presentations. Include voiceovers, audio, and video in your presentations. Suggestions for maximizing efficiency Numerous quick fixes can greatly enhance your life! Microsoft PowerPoint Crash Course teaches how to swiftly comprehend this helpful tool and begin using it efficiently in 2023 if you've always wanted to study PowerPoint but weren't sure where to start. Whether they are complete novices or advanced users looking for fresh time-saving strategies and ideas, this great guidebook will help readers of all backgrounds rapidly become masters of Microsoft PowerPoint in a fun way. 1.0 Introduction - - - - 23 1.1 Its Target Audience - - - 23 1.2 The Step-By-Step Procedure - - 24 1.3 PowerPoint Uses - - - - 24 1.4 Definition Of User Interface - - 25 1.4.1 Some Elements Of The User Interface - 25 1.5 How To Open PowerPoint - - 26 1.5.1 How To Open A Presentation To Start PowerPoint - - - - - 27 1.5.2 How To Open PowerPoint On A Computer Running Windows 10 - - - - 28 1.5.3 How To Open PowerPoint On A Computer With Windows 8 - - - 28 CHAPTER TWO 2.0 Conduct Operations In The PowerPoint User Interface - - - - - 30 2.1 How Does PowerPoint’s User Interface Work? 30 2.2 App Window Identification Elements - 34 2.2.1 Title Bar - - - - - 34 2.2.2 Quick Access Toolbar - - - 35 2.2.3 Ribbon - - - - - 36 2.2.4 Status Bar - - - - 41 CHAPTER THREE 3.0 Work with The Ribbon And Status Bar - 43 3.1 Elements That Determine A Ribbon's Width- 44 3.1.1 How To Use The Microsoft PowerPoint Window To Its Fullest- - - - 46 3.1.2 The Right Way To Change Screen Resolution - - - - - 47 3.2 Ribbon Use On Touchscreen Devices - 48 3.2.1 Where To Find Mouse And Touch Modes- 49 3.3 How To Completely Hide The Ribbon - 49 3.4 How To Display Only The Ribbon Tabs - 50 3.5 How To Redisplay The Ribbon Permanently- 51 3.6 How To Perform Ribbon Optimization For Touch Interaction - - - - 51 Practical Guidelines - - - - 52 CHAPTER FOUR 4.0 Managing Office And PowerPoint Application Settings - - - - - 55 4.1 What The Account Page Of PowerPoint’s Backstage View Is About- - - - 55 4.2 Managing Your Office 365 Subscriber - 56 4.3 Managing Office Update - - - 57 4.4 Options In PowerPoint And How To Open Them Illustration Box - - - 58 4.5 Putting Your Learning Into Practice- - 58 CHAPTER FIVE 5.0 Develop And Oversee Presentations - 63 5.1 PowerPoint Presentation Creation Techniques- 65 5.1.1 Resources For Presentation Creation- - 66 5.1.2 Important Guidelines For PowerPoint Presentation Creation- - - - 68 5.1.3 How To Generate A New Blank Presentation- 71 5.1.4 How To Preview Templates For Presentation Design - - - - 71 5.1.5 How To Only Show PowerPoint Templates That Are Optimized For 4:3 Slides- 73 5.1.6 A Default Design Template For Presentation Creation - - - - 74 5.1.7 How To Use An Online Template To Create A Presentation - - - 75 5.1.8 How To Remove The Start Screen From View- - - - - - 77 CHAPTER SIX 6.0 Open And Navigate Presentations- - 79 6.1 How To Open A Recent Presentation- - 80 6.2 How To Open Any Current Presentation- 81 6.3 How To Advance Or Rewind One Slide In A Presentation While Working- - 83 6.4 How To Work In A Presentation While Moving Between Slides - - - 85 6.5 Six Standard Views For PowerPoint’s Display- 86 6.6 How To Change Between A Presentation's Development Views- - - - - 90 6.7 How To View The First Slide Of A Presentation In A Slide Show- - - 91 6.8 View From The Current Slide In A Slide Show To Display A Presentation - 91 6.9 How To Use The Slide Show View In A Presentation- - - - - 92 6.10 Presentation Display In Reading View- - 93 6.11 To Use Reading View To Navigate A Presentation- - - - - 93 CHAPTER SEVEN 7.0 Elements Of The Display Program- - 94 7.1 How To Change The Thumbnails Pane's Size In Normal View- - - - - 94 7.2 How To Hide Or Show The Notes Pane In Normal View- - - - - 94 7.3 How To Change The Notes Pane's Size In Normal View - - - - 95 7.4 How To Hide The Ribbon In Normal, Outline, Or Slide Sorter Views- - - - 95 7.5 How To Temporarily Redisplay The Ribbon- 95 7.6 How To Redisplay The Ribbon Permanently- 96 7.7 How To Change The Display Of Content- 97 7.8 How To Display A Different Open Presentation- 98 7.9 How To Simultaneously Display Multiple Open Presentations - - - 98 7.10 How To Reveal Or Conceal The Rule, Gridlines, And Guidelines - - - 99 7.11 To Change The Spacing Of Gridlines- - 99 7.12 How To Modify The Content's Magnification In The App Window- - - 99 7.13 Edit Presentation Properties And Display Them-101 7.14 Presentation Properties And How To Display Them- - - - - 103 7.15 Editing Presentation Performance Properties- 104 CHAPTER EIGHT 8.0 How To Save And Close Presentations- - 106 8.1 Simpler Actions For Saving A Presentation- 109 8.2 Finalizing A Presentation- - - 109 8.3 How To Save Files To OneDrive- - 110 8.4 Use What We Have Learned So Far In Practice- 112 CHAPTER NINE 9.0 Create And Manage Slides- - - 117 9.1 Adding And Removing Slides- - - 118 9.2 Installing New Slides- - - - 120 9.2.1 Adding A Slide Using The Standard Slide Layout- - - - - - 121 9.2.2 A Slide Addition Guide For Any Slide Layout- - - - - - 122 9.3 Importing And Copying Slides And Content- 122 9.4 How To Change Word Document Styles To Include Slide Elements In PowerPoint- - 124 9.5 Choosing A Single Slide- - - 126 9.6 How To Choose Many Slides- - - 127 9.7 How To Add A Copied Slide Directly After The Original Slide- - - - - 127 9.8 How To Include A Copy Of One Or More Slides In Any Spot In A Presentation- - 127 9.9 How To Insert A Slide From Another Presentation- - - - - - 129 9.10 How To Set Up A Source Document For Import As A Presentation- - - - 131 9.11 How To Import A Word Document To Create A Presentation- - - - 132 9.12 Importing A Word Document To Create Slides In An Existing Presentation - - 133 CHAPTER TEN 10.0 SharePoint Slide Libraries- - - 135 10.1 How To Use A Slide Library To Store Slides- 135 10.2 Remove And Hide Slides- - - 136 10.2.1 Hiding And Unhiding Slides - - 137 10.2.2 Removing Slides- - - - 138 CHAPTER ELEVEN 11.0 Divide Presentations Into Sections- - 139 11.1 Section Formulation- - - - 141 11.2 Renaming A Section- - - - 142 11.3 How To Expand Or Collapse A Single Slide Section - - - - - 142 11.4 How To Expand Or Collapse Every Slide Section - - - - - 142 11.5 Arrangement Slides And Sections- - 143 11.5.1 Manipulation Of Slide In Presentation- 143 11.5.2 How To Move A Section Within A Presentation- - - - - 145 11.6 How To Merge A Section By Removing The Section Divider Into The Prior Section- - 145 11.7 Removing All Section Dividers To Merge All Sections - - - - - 146 11.8 How To Delete A Section Of Slides- - 146 CHAPTER TWELVE 12.0 Apply Themes- - - - - 148 12.1 PowerPoint’s Built-In Office Themes- - 149 12.2 Using A Common Theme In A Presentation- 150 12.3 How To Change The Presentation's Color Scheme - - - - - 152 12.4 How To Modify The Presentation's Font Set- 153 12.5 How To Alter The Presentation's Effect Style- 154 12.6 Application Of A Theme Or Theme Variant To Just A Portion Of A Presentation- - - 155 12.7 How To Alter Slide Backgrounds- - 155 12.8 How To Display The Format Background Panel- - - - - - - 159 12.9 How To Close The Format Background Pane- 160 12.10 How To Apply A Backdrop Change To All Slides- - - - - - 160 12.11 How To Remove A Theme's Slide Background Graphic- - - - - 160 12.12 Application Of A Solid Background Color To One Or More Slides- - - - 161 12.13 How To Apply One Or More Slides With A Gradient Background Color- - - 162 12.14 A Textured Background Application To One Or More Slides- - - - - 165 CHAPTER THIRTEEN 13.0 Non-Theme Colors- - - - 166 13.1 How To Apply A Patterned Background To One Or More Slides- - - - 169 Making Use Of What We've Learned So Far- 169 CHAPTER FOURTEEN 14.0 Add Sound And Motion To Slides- - 175 14.1 Animated Text And Images On Slides- - 176 14.1.1 Animation Types- - - - 177 14.1.2 Animation Categories- - - - 177 14.2 Animation Effects- - - - 178 14.3 Animation Of An Object On A Slide 1- - 188 14.4 Choosing An Applicable Animation- - 191 14.5 How To Show Or Conceal The Animation Pane - - - - - - 191 14.6 Configuration Of Animation Options- - 192 14.7 Application Of Many Animation Effects To One Object - - - - - 192 14.8 How To Copy A Set Of Animation Effects From One Object To Another- - 193 14.9 Animation Previewing Techniques- - 193 14.10 How To Remove Animation Effects From Slide Objects- - - - - 194 CHAPTER FIFTEEN 15.0 Create Customized Animation Effects- - 195 15.1 How To Open An Animation's Effect-Specific Dialog Box- - - - 201 15.2 How To Change A Slide's Animation Effects' Order - - - - - 202 15.3 How To Set Up Animation's Start- - 202 15.4 How To Determine An Animation's Duration- 204 15.5 How To Give An Animation A Sound Effect- 204 15.6 Bookmark Insert Into An Audio Or Video- 206 CHAPTER SIXTEEN 16.0 Improve Slides With Audio Content- - 208 16.1 Use Commands On The Playback Tool Tab To Customize The Audio Content- - 210 16.2 How To Add An Audio Clip To A Slide- 211 16.3 How To Directly Record Audio Onto A Slide- 212 16.4 How To Limit An Audio Clip's Playback To A Certain Segment- - - - 213 16.5 How To Fade Into Or Out Of An Audio Clip- 215 16.6 Changing Or Hiding The Audio Icon- - 215 16.7 Manual Audio Playback Start-Up- - 216 16.8 Automatic Audio Playback Starting- - 217 16.9 How To Avoid An Audio Clip From Stopping When The Slide Changes- - - 217 16.10 How To Loop (Repeat) An Audio Clip 1- 217 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN 17.0 Fill Slides With Video Content- - - 218 17.1 Management Processes For Video Clips- 221 17.2 Directions For Adding A Video Clip To A Slide- - - - - - 221 17.3 Choosing A Video To Be Embedded- - 223 17.4 How To Slide The Video Image- - 223 17.5 How To Resize The Video Image On The Slide While Maintaining Aspect Ratio- - 223 17.6 How To Format The Video Image On The Slide- - - - - - 224 17.7 How To Set Up A Video Embedded To Play Back At Full Screen Size- - - 224 17.8 How To Adjust A Video Soundtrack's Relative Volume- - - - - 224 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN 18.0 Compress Media To Reduce File Size- - 226 18.1 Hyperlink Additional Resources- - 227 18.2 Media Files Compression Techniques- - 228 18.3 How To Reverse Media Files' Compression- 230 CHAPTER NINETEEN 19.0 Add Slide Transitions And Manage Them- 231 19.1 How To Configure Transitions Or Select Slides To Apply- - - - - 235 19.2 Application Of A Transition To One Or More Slides- - - - - - 236 19.3 Adding A Transition To All Presentation Slides- - - - - - - 236 19.4 How To Change A Transition- - - 237 19.5 How To Give A Transition A Sound Effect- 237 19.6 How To Define A Transition's Duration- 238 19.7 Slide Transitions Previewing Techniques- 238 19.8 How To Removing Slide Transitions- - 240 CHAPTER TWENTY 20.0 Animate Text And Images On Slides- - 241 20.1 How To Customize The Animation Effects- 242 20.2 Add Audio Content To Slides- - - 245 20.3 Add Video Content To Slides- - - 246 20.4 Add Slide Transitions And Manage Them- 248