Saturday, March 21, 2009

SHORT TIPS ON POWERPOINT

1.To Open your presentations as slide show automatically open your PPT file;save as and save the presentation as PPS file.Use this file as your presentation-you need to double click the file to open as slide show.

2. Enter text quickly in PowerPoint slides
To open the presentation or slide,press CTRL+ENTER to enter text in the title place holder.Press the same keys again and again to enter the Body text place holder and type your text here.

3. Jump to a slide during a presentation
When in the presentation slide show mode and you want to see some particular slide then press GO TO SLIDE and then press the slide you need to jump to.

4. Get a different cursor during a presentation
You can use your cursor to highlight or underline important points on the slide during a presentation. In slide show mode, right-click anywhere on the screen, go to Pointer Options, and click Ballpoint, Felt Tip Pen, or Highlighter. You can even choose the Ink Color for any of these.

5. Blank out the screen during a presentation
If you want to remove the focus from your presentation for a while to focus on some other input, press B on the keyboard to make the screen blank. Press B again to begin the presentation from where you left off.

6. Create duplicates of objects
If you want to use an object (shape plus text, for instance) more than once on a slide, create the first object. Then, press CTRL and drag the object to the next position on which you want to place it. A duplicate of the object will be placed in the new position, while the first object remains in the original position.

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