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PowerPoint

Here you'll find video tutorials to help you understand Microsoft's Power Point software. 

This video contains information on:

  • Working with Power Point
  • Showing and hiding the Ribbon
  • Using the Quick Access Toolbar
  • Using the Ruler
  • Viewing options

This video contains information on:

  • Opening an existing presentation
  • Pinning presentation
  • Converting presentations

This video contains information on:

  • Using One Drive to save
  • Using Save As to make a copy
  • Using Auto Recover
  • Exporting and sharing presentations

This video contains information on:

  • Adding slides
  • Customizing slides
  • Organizing slides
  • Customizing slide styles
  • Formatting slide backgrounds

This video includes information on:

  • Adding and editing headers
  • Adding and editing footers
  • Adding and editing page numbers
  • Restarting page numbers

 

This video contains information on:

  • What themes are
  • Applying themes
  • How themes can change your layout

This video contains information on:

  • What transitions are
  • The different types of transitions
  • Applying and viewing transitions
  • Modifying transitions
  • Advancing slides

This video shows you the different views available in Power Point and how to organize slides. There is information on:

  • Viewing an outline
  • Adding notes to your slides
  • Creating slide sections
  • Re-arranging slides

This video contains information on:

  • Modifying a numbered list
  • Modifying a list's appearance
  • Creating bullet points
  • Customizing bullet points

This video contains information on:

  • Applying animations to objects and text
  • Working with animations
  • Using the Animation Pane
  • Using the Effect Options dialog box

This video contains information on:

  • Selecting new theme colors, fonts, and effects
  • Customizing colors
  • Applying background styles
  • Saving custom themes

This video contains information on:

  • Fine- tuning indents
  • Customizing bullet spacing
  • Formatting line spacing

This video contains information on:

  • Aligning two or more objects
  • Distributing objects evenly
  • Grouping objects
  • Ordering objects

This video contains information on:

  • Modifying a shape or text box
  • Formatting shapes and text boxes
  • Changing shape style, fill color, outline, and effects
  • Changing to a different shape

This video contains information on:

  • Re-sizing and deleting tables
  • Modifying tables with the Layout Tab
  • Applying table styles 
  • Changing table style options
  • Adding borders to a table

This video contains information on:

  • Identifying parts of a chart
  • Creating charts with existing Excel data
  • Modifying charts with chart tools
  • Switching row and column data

This video contains information on:

  • Inserting online pictures
  • Moving slides
  • Re-sizing slides
  • Inserting screenshots
  • Inserting screen clippings

This video contains information on:

  • Cropping images
  • Cropping an image into a shape
  • Adding borders to images
  • Compressing pictures

This video contains information on:

  • Inserting an online video
  • Pre-viewing, re-sizing, moving, and deleting videos
  • Adding fade-in and fade-outs
  • Formatting the appearance of a video

This video contains information on:

  • Recording your own audio
  • Previewing audio files
  • Deleting audio files
  • Adding fade- ins and fade-outs
  • Changing the audio icon

This video contains information on:

  • Finding text
  • Replacing text

This video has information on:

  • Adding text to a SmartArt graphic
  • Re-ordering, adding, and deleting shapes
  • Organizing SmartArt from the Design tab
  • Changing the SmartArt layout

This video contains information on:

  • Ignoring spelling and grammar "errors"
  • Using the automatic spell check feature
  • Modifying proofing options

This video contains information on:

  • Using the Document Inspector
  • Protecting your presentation

This video contains information on:

  • Advancing slides 
  • Reversing slides
  • Stopping a slideshow
  • Presentation tools and features
  • Using Presenter View

This video contains information on:

  • Adding, viewing, editing, replying to, and deleting comments
  • Commenting on presentations
  • Comparing presentations

This video shows you how to print slides and goes through the options available for printing set-up.