PowerPoint 2013: Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files

1. Top Ten Tips

• Animating objects with the painter
• Matching colors with the Eyedropper tool
• Repurposing slides from other presentations
• Using multiple templates in one presentation
• Merging shapes to create a custom shape
• Creating a custom animation
• Zooming in to highlight slide details
• Playing sounds across multiple slides
• Fitting an image into another shape
• Inserting online video into a slide

2. Tips for Managing Your Files

• Accessing recent files quickly
• Choosing a default save location
• Setting AutoRecover options
• Methods for reducing file sizes
• Embedding fonts in your saved files
• Opening Word documents in PowerPoint

3. Customizing the User Interface

• Organizing objects with Smart Guides
• Enabling grids and gridlines
• Customizing the Ribbon
• Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar

4. Handy Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts

• Changing views with the Shift and Alt keys
• Selecting Ribbon commands with KeyTips
• Navigating slideshows with the keyboard
• Mouse tricks for navigating slideshows

5. Working with Text

• Adding headers, footers, and dates
• Creating abbreviations with AutoCorrect
• Adjusting paragraph spacing
• Clearing text formatting

6. Working with Media

• Inserting screenshots
• Customizing clip art
• Making image colors transparent
• Disabling graphics acceleration

7. Working with Objects and Animations

• Creating 3D shapes
• Applying advanced picture effects
• Creating the perfect gradient
• Adding action buttons to a slide
• Animating bulleted lists
• Creating cumulative animations
• Coordinating transitions
• Using the Selection pane

8. Sharing Presentations

• Printing files economically
• Removing proprietary metadata
• Sharing your presentation in the cloud
• Creating custom slideshows
• Saving presentations as templates

Conclusion

• Next steps