This document provides an overview of how to modify presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. It discusses how to enter and format text, convert text to SmartArt graphics, insert and modify shapes, edit and duplicate shapes, align and group objects, add slide headers and footers, and use proofing and language tools.
2. Objectives
• Enter text in the Outline tab
• Format text
• Convert text to SmartArt
• Insert and modify shapes
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3. Objectives
• Edit and duplicate shapes
• Align and group objects
• Add slide headers and footers
• Use proofing and language tools
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4. Entering Text in the Outline Tab
• The Outline tab is a great place to
enter type when you want to focus on
text and not the layout
• The Outline tab is organized with
slide titles as headings and bulleted
text as indented lines
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5. Entering Text in the Outline Tab
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6. Entering Text in the Outline Tab
• When you create a new slide in the
Outline tab, a new slide appears
• A blinking insertion point indicates you
can enter slide title
• Press [Enter], then [Tab] to start a new
bullet
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7. Entering Text in the Outline
Tab
• To rearrange the order of slides,
simply drag a ºÝºÝߣ Icon to a new
location in the Outline tab
• A horizontal indicator line appears to
show the new location of the slide
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8. Formatting Text
• Once text is entered, you can format
it with fonts, colors and sizes
• Formatting text allows you to make
specific points stand out and grab the
audience’s attention
• To format text
• Select a text box or
• Highlight a word or phrase
• Use buttons on the Mini toolbar to
format selected text
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10. Converting Text to SmartArt
• The ability to convert text to a
SmartArt graphic increases your
ability to create dynamic-looking text.
• A SmartArt graphic is a professional-
quality diagram that visually
illustrates text.
• There are eight categories, or types,
of SmartArt graphics
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11. Converting Text to SmartArt
• You can convert existing text into a
SmartArt graphic or start from scratch
• To convert existing text, select the
text box, then click Convert to
SmartArt button in Paragraph group
• A SmartArt Style is a pre-set
combination of simple and 3-D
formatting options that follows the
presentation theme
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13. Inserting and Modifying
Shapes
• In PowerPoint you can insert many
different types of shapes including
lines, geometric figures, arrows,
stars, callouts, and banners
• You can create single shapes or
combine several shapes together to
make a more complex figure
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14. Inserting and Modifying
Shapes
• To resize a shape, drag a resizing
handle or use the Width and Height
commands in the Size group on the
Ribbon
• If you press [Shift] as you drag to
create a shape, the shape maintains
even proportions
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15. Inserting and Modifying
Shapes
• You can also apply a Quick Style
• A Quick Style is a set of formatting
options, including line style, fill color,
and effect
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16. Editing and Duplicating
Shapes
• With PowerPoint, you have the ability
to refine the aspects of a shape
• You use the adjustment handle—a
small yellow diamond—to change the
appearance of an object
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17. Editing and Duplicating
Shapes
Rotate handle
• The rotate handle
is used to rotate
an object in the
direction and the
amount that you
drag the handle
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18. Editing and Duplicating
Shapes
• As you drag a handle, a
semitransparent copy shows the
updated image before you release
the handle
• PowerPoint uses gridlines to align
objects
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19. Aligning and Grouping
Objects
• You can position objects accurately
on the slide using Align commands in
the Arrange group
• You can align objects relative to each
other by snapping them to a grid of
evenly spaced vertical and horizontal
lines
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21. Aligning and Grouping
Objects
• You can group objects to secure
their relative position to each other
• Click the Arrange button, then click
Group
• To distribute objects is to evenly
space them horizontally or vertically
relative to each other or the slide
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22. Adding ºÝºÝߣ Headers and
Footers
• Headers and footers are information
that you can add to each slide, such
as a company name or the date
• To insert headers and/or footers,
click the Insert tab, then click Header
& Footer
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24. Adding ºÝºÝߣ Headers and
Footers
• The placement of footer text objects
is dependent upon the presentation
theme
• The Header and Footer dialog box
has two tabs: a ºÝºÝߣ tab and a Notes
and Handouts tab
• There are three types of footer text,
Date and time, ºÝºÝߣ number, and
Footer
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25. Using Proofing and Language
Tools
• You can use the spell-checking
feature in PowerPoint to check for
and correct spelling errors
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26. Using Proofing and Language
Tools
• Click Change or Change All to
correct a misspelled word
• Use the correctly spelled suggested
word
• For proper names you can click
Ignore All
• The spell-checker will not question any
more occurrences of the word
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27. Using Proofing and Language
Tools
• The Microsoft Translator can
translate your text to a different
language
• Click the Translate button in the
Language group
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28. Summary
In this chapter you learned how to:
• Enter text in the Outline tab
• Format text
• Convert text to SmartArt
• Insert and modify shapes
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29. Summary
In this chapter you learned how to:
• Edit and duplicate shapes
• Align and group objects
• Add slide headers and footers
• Use proofing and language tools
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