SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
How To Use This Guide
Instructions

SECTION 2. THE BASICS

WHAT IS POWERPOINT?
Launching Powerpoint
The Powerpoint Screen
Toolbars
Status Bar
Task Pane

ABOUT SMART TAGS
Autocorrect Options Smart Tag
Paste Options Smart Tag
Autofit Options Smart Tag
Automatic Layout Options Smart Tag

SECTION 3. CREATING A PRESENTATION

CREATING PRESENTATIONS
Adding New Slides
Entering And Editing Text
Multi-Level Bullets
Editing Text
Adding Free Form Text

CHANGING THE SLIDE LAYOUT

SAVING A PRESENTATION
Name And Save A Presentation File
Subsequent Saves
Saving A Presentation With A New Name

SECTION 4. POWERPOINT VIEWS

DIFFERENT WAYS TO VIEW SLIDES
The Normal (Tri Pane) View

WORKING WITH OUTLINE VIEW
The Outline Tab
Creating Slides In Outline View
The Outlining Tools
Expand Or Collapse Text
Demote Or Promote Text
Creating A Summary Slide
Importing An Outline
Add A Slide From Another Presentation File

SLIDE SORTER VIEW
Working With Slide Sorter View
Moving & Copying Slides In A Presentation
Moving And Copying Between Presentations
View In Black And White
To Print Grayscale

SLIDE SHOW VIEW
Viewing A Slideshow
Print Preview


SECTION 5. FORMATTING SLIDES

SELECTING PLACEHOLDERS AND TEXT
Selecting Placeholders
Selecting Text

FORMATTING TEXT
Text Formatting Using The Home Ribbon
Text Formatting Using The Format Ribbon
The Format Painter
Changing Case
Formatting The Placeholder
Formatting Slide Backgrounds

FORMATTING NUMBERED AND BULLETED LISTS
Formatting A Bulleted List
Formatting A Numbered List

SECTION 6. OBJECTS

CHARTS
Chart Elements
To Create A Chart
Moving And Resizing Embedded Charts
Data Layout
Shortcut Menu
Chart Types
Default Chart Type

FORMATTING CHARTS
Design Ribbon
Switch Rows And Columns
Changing The Chart Layout
Chart Styles
Layout Ribbon
Formatting Chart Elements
Resetting Custom Formats
Adding, Removing And Formatting Labels
Axes
Gridlines
Unattached Text
Format Dialog
Add A Series Manually
Charting With Blocks Of Data

ILLUSTRATIONS
Drawing
Creating Regular Shapes
Drawing Perfect Squares, Circles And Straight Lines
Drawing Objects From Centre Outwards
Drawing Lines
Selecting Objects 
Format Objects Using The Format Ribbon
Quickstyles
Connecting Shapes 

SMARTART
Creating A Smartart Organisation Chart
Wordart

PICTURES
Inserting A Picture
Formatting Your Picture
Picture Tools
Picture Effects
Cropping Pictures
Working With Gridlines And Guides
Snap To Grid
Aligning And Distributing Objects
Rotating/ Flipping Objects
The Rotation Handle
Ordering (Stacking) Objects
Grouping Objects
Inserting Text Within An Object

CLIP ART
Format Options
Ungrouping Clip Art
Resizing Clipart
Copying Objects, Clipart, Pictures

TABLES
Working With Tables
Inserting A Table
Adding New Columns And Rows
Enter Data In A Table
Select Items In A Table
Format Table Data
Change Column And Row Size
Add Rows And Columns
Remove Rows And Columns
Text Alignment
Table Borders And Shading
Border Style
Table Shading
Table Styles
Merging And Splitting

SECTION 7. SLIDE TYPES AND LAYOUTS

SLIDES
Slide Layouts

SLIDE FORMATTING
Themes
Applying A Theme
Slide Colour Scheme
Slide Background
Headers And Footers

MASTER SLIDES
Selecting The Correct Master

FORMATTING THE MASTERS
Office Theme Master
Title Master
Title And Text Master
Create Your Own Master
Multiple Slide Masters
Preserving A Slide Master

SECTION 8. TRANSITION AND ANIMATION EFFECTS

ANIMATION EFFECTS
Slide Transitions
Slide Timings On Transitions
Setting Slide Timings Manually
Animating Text
Removing Animation
Preset Animation Schemes
Applying A Preset Animation
Animating Objects
Adding Animation Effects
Adding Multiple Animation Effects
Animating Objects Simultaneously
Using Motion Paths
Custom Motion Paths
Modifying A Custom Motion Path

SECTION 9. ORGANISE AND DELIVER PRESENTATIONS

RUNNING A SLIDE SHOW
Starting A Slide Show From Within Powerpoint
Rehearsing Timings
Running A Show Using Timings
Hiding Slides
Custom Shows
Hyperlinks (Action Buttons)
Inserting Hyperlinks (Objects And Text)


SECTION 10. SAVING AS DIFFERENT TYPES
Web Page
Saving A Presentation As A Powerpoint Show
Save As Earlier Version
Templates
Comments