PowerPoint Tools

Home Tab

This tab allows the user to: Insert a new slide; change the layout of slides; Reset slides; Delete slides Edit text: Font, font size, spacing, text shadow, colour and clear formatting Add bullet points, numbering, change line spacing, rotate text, align text, split into columns, convert text to smart art and text direction.Insert shapesArrange objects, change colour/outline of shape, and add effects to shapesFind, replace and select text in the document

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Insert tab

This tabs allows the user to: Create a tableInsert clipart, pictures, shapes, and ChartsSmartArt (graphics to visually communicate information: Lists, process, cycle, hierarchy, relationship, matrix, pyramid.Add hyperlinksAdd actionsInsert text: Textbox, Header & footer, WordArt, Date & Time, Symbols & ObjectsInsert movie clips and sound

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Design tab

This tabs allows the user to:Format the page set upChoose a theme for the slidesEdit the slide colours, fonts and effectsChange the background stylesHide background graphics

Animations tab

This tabs allows the user to:Preview animationsCustomise animationsEdit slide transitions: add effects, sound, change speed

Slide Show tab

This tabs allows the user to:View slide show: From beginning; current slideCustomise slide show: order of slidesSet up slide show: Set-up advanced options for the slide showHide slidesRecord narration, rehearse timing, use rehearsed timingsChange screen resolutionUse presenter view

Review tab

This tabs allows the user to: Use spell check Research: Search through reference materials Check definitions of words using thesaurus Set language Add, edit, delete and go through comments Restrict how the PowerPoint is used/viewed by using Protect Presentation

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View tab

This tabs allows the user to: Edit presentation views Show/Hide Ruler, gridlines and message bar Zoom; fit slide to screen Change colour to: Colour, Grayscale or pure black and white Open new window: Arrange windows, split windows, overlap windows Switch windows and view macros

Format tabOnly appears when you double-click on text, images or SHAPE

Double-clicking on text

Double-clicking on an image/shape

Allows user to:Insert shapes, text box; edit shapes; edit shape styles; WordArt styles; arrange text and edit size

Allows user to:Edit picture: brightness, contrast, resize, recolour, compress, change and resetArrange picture: Bring to front, send to back, select individual objects, align, rotate, crop and change size.