Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 (MOS)

A First Look at PowerPoint

• Who Uses PowerPoint and Why?
• What's New in PowerPoint 2013?
• Learning Your Way around PowerPoint
• Changing the View
• Zooming In and Out
• Enabling Optional Display Elements
• Opening a New Display Window for the Same Presentation
• Using the Help System
• Summary

Creating and Saving Presentation Files

• Starting a New Presentation
• Saving Your Work
• Setting Passwords for File Access
• Closing and Reopening Presentations
• Setting File Properties
• Summary

Creating Slides and Text Boxes

• Creating New Slides
• Inserting Content from External Sources
• Managing Slides
• Using Content Placeholders
• Creating Text Boxes Manually
• Working with Text Boxes
• Summary

Working with Layouts, Themes, and Masters

• Understanding Layouts and Themes
• Changing a Slide's Layout
• Applying a Theme
• Managing Themes
• Changing Colors, Fonts, and Effects
• Changing the Background
• Working with Placeholders
• Customizing and Creating Layouts
• Managing Slide Masters
• Summary

Formatting Text

• Changing the Font
• Changing the Font Size
• Adjusting Character Spacing
• Changing Font Color/Text Fill
• Applying a Text Outline
• Applying Text Attributes
• Applying WordArt Styles
• Applying Text Effects
• Copying Formatting with Format Painter
• Inserting Symbols
• Inserting Math Equations
• Summary

Formatting Paragraphs

• Formatting Bulleted Lists
• Formatting Numbered Lists
• Setting Indents and Tabs
• Adjusting Line Spacing
• Changing Horizontal Alignment
• Summary

Creating and Formatting Tables

• Creating a New Table
• Moving around in a Table
• Selecting Rows, Columns, and Cells
• Editing a Table's Structure
• Applying Table Styles
• Formatting Table Cells
• Using Tables from Word
• Integrating Excel Cells into PowerPoint
• Summary

Drawing and Formatting Objects

• Working with the Drawing Tools
• Selecting Objects
• Deleting Objects
• Moving and Copying Objects
• Understanding Object Formatting
• Resizing Objects
• Arranging Objects
• Merging Shapes
• Applying Shape or Picture Styles
• Understanding Color Selection
• Applying an Object Border
• Applying an Object Fill
• Applying Object Effects
• Summary

Creating SmartArt Graphics

• Understanding SmartArt Types and Their Uses
• Inserting a SmartArt Graphic
• Editing SmartArt Text
• Modifying SmartArt Structure
• Modifying a Hierarchy Graphic Structure
• Formatting a SmartArt Graphic
• Saving a SmartArt Graphic as a Picture
• Summary

Working with Charts

• Understanding the Parts of a Chart
• Starting a New Chart
• Working with Chart Data
• Chart Types and Chart Layout Presets
• Working with Chart Elements
• Controlling the Axes
• Formatting a Chart
• Rotating a 3-D Chart
• Working with Chart Templates
• Summary

Working With Photos

• Inserting Photos
• Sizing and Cropping Photos
• Adjusting and Correcting Photos
• Compressing Images
• Exporting a Photo from PowerPoint to a Separate File
• Summary

Incorporating Content from Other Programs

• Working with External Content: An Overview
• Copying Content from Other Programs
• Introducing OLE
• Summary

Adding Sound Effects, Music, and Soundtracks

• How PowerPoint Uses Audio
• When to Use Sounds - and When Not To
• Inserting an Audio Clip as an Icon on a Slide
• Assigning a Sound to an Object
• Adding a Digital Music Soundtrack
• Adding a CD Audio Soundtrack
• Configuring Sound Playback
• Using the Advanced Timeline to Fine-Tune Sound Events
• Summary

Incorporating Motion Video

• Understanding Video Types
• Placing a Video on a Slide
• Managing Clip Files and Links
• Changing the Video's Formatting
• Specifying Playback Options
• Summary

Creating Animation Effects and Transitions

• Assigning Transitions to Slides
• Animating Slide Content
• Layering Animated Objects
• Summary

Support Materials

• The When and How of Handouts
• Handouts
• Speaker Notes
• Printing an Outline
• Exporting Handouts or Notes Pages to Word
• Summary

Preparing for a Live Presentation

• Starting and Ending a Show
• Using the On-Screen Show Controls
• Using the On-Screen Pen
• Hiding Slides for Backup Use
• Using Custom Shows
• Creating and Using Sections
• Giving a Presentation on a Different Computer
• Summary

Designing User-Interactive Presentations

• Understanding User Interactivity
• Navigational Control Basics
• Creating Text Hyperlinks
• Creating Graphical Hyperlinks
• Setting Up a Secure System
• Summary

Preparing a Presentation for Mass Distribution

• Working with File Properties
• Checking for Compatibility and Usability
• Limiting User Access to a Presentation
• Presenting Online
• Working with the PowerPoint Viewer
• Summary

Collaborating Presentations

• Working with Comments
• Comparing and Merging Presentations
• Managing Simultaneous Edits
• Summary

Appendix

Appendix B

• Video Tutorials