There is a simple way to do this by adding a button to the Quick Access Toolbar.  Here’s how: Click the Microsoft Office button  Click the PowerPoint Options button at the bottom Click  Customize in the left pane Under Choose commands from, select Commands Not in the Ribbon Scroll down and select Slide Show in…

Hold down the CTRL key while clicking the slide show view button when you are editing a slide show. This will open a preview window so you can see that slide in slide show mode. Hold down the CTRL key while dragging an existing Guide to create a new guide. Hold down the CTRL key…

Break images out of their square boxes.You can create an image embedded in nearly any kind of shape in Microsoft Word. To see this feature at work, choose Insert, Shapes and select a shape–say, the ellipse. Hold the Shift key as you do this, to draw a perfect circle. Once you’ve selected the shape, theDrawing Tools tab appears.…

Start with the slide background. Remember, we’re adding an animation to the template of the slide not an animation on the slide itself. When you add an animation to the background or MASTER slide, it will play across all slides. Go to the View menu. Choose Master, and then Slide Master. If you want a small animation to play…

Here’s How Include Several Templates in One Show 1. From an open PowerPoint presentation, select Insert on menu bar then choose Slides from Files from the drop down menu. 2. Select the other presentation from which you want to copy one or more slides by using the Browse button. 3. In the Preview pane, highlight…

When making a presentation many people like to have their notes handy. PowerPoint lets you keep notes for each slide, print them for reference during a slide show or to provide audience handouts. This edition of the Weekly Wonders reviews the power of Notes in PowerPoint. Here’s How Entering Notes Open a presentation, making sure it is…

Regardless of which design theme you have chosen, you can also change the background to a variety of options which work with your design. To  change the background: Click the Design tab on the Ribbon In the Background group, click the arrow next to Background Styles Click a new background style

In Normal view or Slide Sorter view make sure the slides you want to duplicate are selected From the Home tab on the Ribbon in the Slides group click the small arrow beside New Slide From the drop-down menu select Duplicate Selected Slides The new slides are inserted after the current slide.  If you use…

One of the most frequently asked questions in my PowerPoint workshops is how to play sounds across slides. Sounds stop playing when you move to the next slide. If you want them to play across multiple slides or even for the entire presentation, try this: Go to the slide where you want the sound to…