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Table of Contents How to convert .pptx to text file using Office 2013 ................................................................................ 3 Export presentation handout notes to Word 2013 ................................................................................ 4 How to increase the maximum number of undo in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 ............................... 6 How to make a PowerPoint in Office 2010 read-only ........................................................................... 7 How to change the number of recent documents in PowerPoint 2010 .............................................. 9 Enable display of shortcut key in PowerPoint 2010 ScreenTips......................................................... 9 How to turn off the popup toolbar in PowerPoint 2010 ....................................................................... 10 How to enable check spelling as you type feature in PowerPoint 2010 .......................................... 11 How to disable advance slide on mouse click in PowerPoint 2010 .................................................. 11 How to disable the display of black slide in PowerPoint 2010 .......................................................... 12 How to check version of PowerPoint in Office 2010 ........................................................................... 12 Slide Show keyboard shortcuts in PowerPoint 2010 .......................................................................... 13 How to convert a PowerPoint 2010 to PDF.......................................................................................... 15 How to change the slide layout in PowerPoint 2010 .......................................................................... 16 How to change the background style in PowerPoint 2010 slides ..................................................... 17 How to reset slide settings in PowerPoint 2010 .................................................................................. 17 How to turn off display of screen tips in PowerPoint 2010................................................................. 18 Change the default view for file open in PowerPoint 2010 ................................................................ 19 Start PowerPoint Slide Show using Windows Explorer...................................................................... 21 Download Keyboard shortcuts for PowerPoint 2010 .......................................................................... 21 Add Title, Tag and Category to PowerPoint Presentations ............................................................... 22 Change default file location in PowerPoint 2010 ................................................................................. 24 Change the default file format in PowerPoint 2010 ............................................................................ 25 Password protection in PowerPoint 2010 ............................................................................................. 26 Embed Videos in PowerPoint 2010 ....................................................................................................... 29 Adding notes to slides in PowerPoint 2010 .......................................................................................... 31 How to hides slides in PowerPoint 2010 .............................................................................................. 32 How to set screen resolution in PowerPoint 2010 .............................................................................. 33 Specify screen resolution in PowerPoint ...................................................................................... 33 How to display gridlines in PowerPoint 2010 ....................................................................................... 34 How to insert header and footer in PowerPoint 2010 ......................................................................... 35 Digital Answers

2 How to change slide orientation in PowerPoint 2010 ......................................................................... 37 How to change zoom level in PowerPoint 2010 .................................................................................. 38 Different Presentation views in PowerPoint 2010 ............................................................................... 40 How to enable spell check in PowerPoint 2010 .................................................................................. 41 How to copy existing theme to new presentation in PowerPoint 2010 ............................................ 41 How to copy slides in PowerPoint 2010................................................................................................ 43 How to save theme in PowerPoint 2010 ............................................................................................... 45 How to automatically launch blank presentation in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac ............................... 47 How to set default theme in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac ...................................................................... 49 Turn off tracking of recent documents in PowerPoint 2011 ............................................................... 50 Reduce file size in PowerPoint 2011..................................................................................................... 51 How to convert slides to images in PowerPoint 2013 ........................................................................ 52

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How to convert .pptx to text file using Office 2013 PowerPoint 2013 can be used to convert .pptx file to .txt file. This is quite useful when you want to send out content from PowerPoint file to contacts without having PowerPoint installed on their system. Step 1: Open the .pptx file in PowerPoint 2013.

Step 2: Click File menu and select Save as from the menu option.

Step 3: Select Outline/RTF(*.rtf) in Save as type drop down. Step 4: Now open the .rtf file in Microsoft Word 2013 then click File menu and select Save As.

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Step 5: Choose the Save as type as Plain Text (*.txt) Export presentation handout notes to Word 2013 PowerPoint 2013 users can use the export feature to create handout notes for their presentation in Word 2013. This is quite useful when you want to quickly take print out of your presentation notes for all your audience. Step 1: Open the presentation in PowerPoint 2013, click File menu and select Export option from the menu list.

Step 2: Click Create Handouts under Create Handouts in Microsoft Word (Export Screen)

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This should display the following Send to Microsoft Word window.

Step 3: Now choose the Page layout in Microsoft Word and specify whether you want to add slides to Microsoft Word document and just link to the slides.

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Since I want only the text, I have gone with Outline only option. Step 4: Click OK button to start exporting the presentation from PowerPoint to Microsoft Word. This should launch a new word document with content from PowerPoint Presentation.

How to increase the maximum number of undo in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 In Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, the default value for the maximum number of undos is set to 20. There might be circumstances where you would like to revert more than 20 changes and in this case you can increase the maximum number of undos in PowerPoint using Options screen. ď&#x201A;ˇ

Click on File menu and select options

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Navigate to Advanced Screen

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Under Editing options, there is a field for specifying the Maximum number of undos.

By this way you can increase or decrease the number of undos in PowerPoint. How to make a PowerPoint in Office 2010 read-only PowerPoint in Office 2010 can be made read-only by using the PowerPoint Info menu features. This would prevent other users from editing and making changes to the PPT slides. 

Click on File menu –> Navigate to menu

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Click on the Protect Presentation and select Mark as Final from list of menus.

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The following dialog box would be displayed. Click Ok to continue.

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The following warning message would also be displayed. Click ok to complete the operation.

This would make the PowerPoint Presentation in Office 2010 as a read-only.

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How to change the number of recent documents in PowerPoint 2010 The recent PowerPoint documents are displayed under the Recent menu. The number of recent documents displayed is set to a default value of 20. This default value can be changed using the PowerPoint options. Click on the File menu â&#x20AC;&#x201C;> Options link and Navigate to Advanced tab

Scroll down to Display section and using the Show this number of Recent Documents you can change the number of Recent documents displayed under Recent menu. Enable display of shortcut key in PowerPoint 2010 ScreenTips PowerPoint 2010 displays information like ScreenTip when you place the mouse pointer on the menu option. For example, the below image displays ScreenTip displayed for Find menu option.

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But if you want also see shortcut key for this menu, then you can enable the display of shortcut key in ScreenTip using PowerPoint Advanced Options. Click on the File menu –> Options –> Navigate to Advanced tab.

In the advanced options, scroll down to the display section and mark the check box with label as Show shortcut keys in ScreenTips. This would display the shortcut keys in the ScreenTips for a menu option.

How to turn off the popup toolbar in PowerPoint 2010 PowerPoint 2010 displays a popup toolbar at the bottom of the screen during a full screen slide show. This toolbar can be used for navigating between the slides and also for apply annotations during the presentation.

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PowerPoint provides user with an option to turn off this popup toolbar. This can be done using the PowerPoint Advanced Options. Click the file menu â&#x20AC;&#x201C;> Options link and click the Advanced tab.

In Advanced Options, navigate to Slide Show section. To turn off the display of popup toolbar, un mark the checkbox with label as Show popup toolbar. After making the necessary changes, click OK button to confirm the changes. How to enable check spelling as you type feature in PowerPoint 2010 PowerPoint 2010 has a feature which checks for spelling as you type in your slides. If you want to enable this feature then you can enable using the PowerPoint options. Click the File menu â&#x20AC;&#x201C;> Options link. In the PowerPoint Options window, click the Proofing tab and navigate to When correcting spelling in PowerPoint section.

Mark the checkbox labeled as Check spelling as you type. This would enable the feature and PowerPoint would check for spelling errors as we type in a slide. How to disable advance slide on mouse click in PowerPoint 2010 In PowerPoint 2010 slide show, you can move to next slide either by on mouse click. And using Transitions menu, you can disable or enable the advance slide on mouse click.

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Click the Transitions menu and navigate to Timing section

If you want to disable the feature, then un mark the check box labeled as On Mouse Click. How to disable the display of black slide in PowerPoint 2010 PowerPoint slide shows displays a black slide at the end of a slide show.

In PowerPoint 2010, this can be disabled by using the Advanced Options. Click the File menu and select Options link. In the PowerPoint Options window, select Advanced tab and navigate to Slide Show section.

To turn off the black slide at the end of a slide show, un mark the check box with label as End with black slide. Click OK button available at the end of the window to save the changes. How to check version of PowerPoint in Office 2010 You can check version of PowerPoint in Office 2010 using the PowerPoint Help menu. Click the File menu and select Help menu from the list of available menus.

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This would display various section such as Support, Tools for Working with Office and About Microsoft PowerPoint. The About Microsoft Section contains information about the Version of PowerPoint along with other Additional and Copyright Information.

Slide Show keyboard shortcuts in PowerPoint 2010

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PowerPoint 2010 Slide Show keyboard shortcut will be displayed as part Slide Show help (by pressing F1 during a Slide Show). The different Slide Show Shortcuts available as part of PowerPoint 2010 are Slide show navigation shortcuts Advanced to the next slide

‘N’, space, right or down arrow, enter, or page down

Return to the previous slide

‘P’, backspace, left or up arrow or page up

Go to that slide

Number followed by Enter

All Slides dialog

Ctrl+S

Blacks/Unblacks the screen

‘B’ or ‘.’

End slide show

Esc, Ctrl+Break, or ‘-‘

Whites/Unwhites the screen

‘W’ or ‘,’

Stop/restart automatic show

‘S’ or ‘+’

Go to hidden slide

‘H’

View task bar

Ctrl+T

Hide/Show arrow on mouse move Ctrl+H/U

Rehearse or Record shortcuts Use new time

‘T’

Use original time

‘O’

Advance on mouse click

‘M’

Re-record slide narration and timing

‘R’

Media control shortcuts Media – Play/Pause

Alt+P

Media – Stop playback

Alt+Q

Media – go to previous/next

Alt+HOME/END

bookmark Media – Volume down/up

Alt+Down/Up

Media – Skip backward/forward

Alt+Shift+Left/Right

Media – mute/Unmute

Alt+U

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Ink markup shortcuts Change pointer to pen

Ctrl+P

Change pointer to arrow

Ctrl+A

Change pointer to eraser

Ctrl+E

Show/Hide ink markup

Ctrl+M

Erase drawing on screen

‘E’

How to convert a PowerPoint 2010 to PDF One of the easiest and simple way of converting a PowerPoint slides to PDF is using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010. 

Open the slides in PowerPoint 2010

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Click File –> Save As option. This would display the following Save As dialog box

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In the Save As type dropdown, select PDF (*.pdf) as the value and provided your desired File name.

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Click Save button to convert the PowerPoint slides to PDF.

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How to change the slide layout in PowerPoint 2010 Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 provides option for changing the slide layout. For example if you want to change the layout of the first slide from Title and Caption to just Title then you can use Layout menu option for doing this. The layout option can be accessed from the Home menu. To change the layout of a slide In the home menu option, navigate to slides section and click the drop down arrow next to Layout menu option.

This would display the different slide layout option that are available as shown below.

Now select the Layout with Title only. By this way you can change the slide layout in PowerPoint 2010.

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How to change the background style in PowerPoint 2010 slides PowerPoint 2010 allows users to change the background style of the slides. You Change the background style using the Design menu option and customize style depending upon your presentation theme. To change the background style in PowerPoint 2010, click Design menu and then navigate to Background section.

Click the down arrow available next to Background Styles to customize the PowerPoint Slide.

Selecting the preferred style from the list would immediately change the background style of the slide.

How to reset slide settings in PowerPoint 2010 PowerPoint 2010 has a reset option that can be used for resetting the position, size and formatting of slide place holders to the default settings. For example if you have resized the place holders for adding title and subtitle and now want to revert to default settings then you can use this reset option.

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The reset option can be accessed via the home menu. In PowerPoint 2010 home menu, navigate to the slides section. And click Reset menu option, to revert the changes done to the slide to the default position.

How to turn off display of screen tips in PowerPoint 2010 PowerPoint 2010 displays screen tips along with feature description when we hover the mouse over the menu items. By default screen tip feature is enabled in PowerPoint but if you do not want this extra information to be displayed then you can turn off using PowerPoint options.

Click File menu and then Options link

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In PowerPoint Options under General tab, navigate to User Interface options.

Set the value for ScreenTip style dropdown to Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t show ScreenTips and click OK to confirm and save the changes. This would disable the display of screen tips for all menu items in PowerPoint.

Change the default view for file open in PowerPoint 2010 PowerPoint 2010 by default opens a presentation file in the view it was saved. But it also provides users with the option for changing the default view for opening the document. The default view for file open can be done using the PowerPoint Advanced Options.

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Click the File menu and then the Options link.

In the PowerPoint options screen navigate to Advanced Tab and then scroll down to Display section.

The default view can be changed using the Open all documents using this view drop down available under the display section. The list of available option includes 

The view saved in the file (the default selection)

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Normal – outline, notes and slide

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Normal – thumbnails, notes and slide

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Normal – outline and slide

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Normal – thumbnails and slide

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Normal – notes and slide

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Normal – slide Only

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Outline Only

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Slide Sorter

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Notes

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After selecting your preferred value for Open all documents this view, click OK button to confirm and save the changes.

Start PowerPoint Slide Show using Windows Explorer Windows users can also start a PowerPoint slide show using Windows Explorer. This is the quickest way to start a Slideshow without launching PowerPoint then selecting the Slide Show view. To start PowerPoint Slideshow using explorer, navigate to the stored location of the PowerPoint Presentation file. Then right click on the file, from the context menu select Show from the list of available menus.

This would start the PowerPoint Slideshow and if you want to exit the Slideshow then press Esc on your keyboard. This is a useful tip if you are looking only for Slideshow and not making modification to the presentation file.

Download Keyboard shortcuts for PowerPoint 2010 A post is already available for Slide Show keyboard shortcuts in PowerPoint 2010, this post covers some more keyboard shortcuts available in PowerPoint and in the end you can download a document listed with these available keyboard shortcuts. Indenting – Increase

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Press TAB Press ALT + SHIFT + RIGHT + ARROW Indenting – Decrease Press SHIFT+ TAB Press ALT + SHIFT + LEFT + ARROW Slides Navigation – Next Slides PAGE UP + UP ARROW PAGE DOWN + DOWN ARROW FIRST – CTRL + HOME LAST – CTRL + END View and Hide Ribbon CTRL + F1 Some more Slide Show keyboard shortcuts Start from Current Slide – SHIFT + F5 Beginning Slide – F5 Close Slide – ESC You can download the list of PowerPoint 2010 keyboard shortcuts from here. Add Title, Tag and Category to PowerPoint Presentations This tutorial explains how to add title, tag and category information to a PowerPoint Presentation file. Adding Title, Tag and Category information will keep you more Digital Answers

organized and also help us during searches in a shared environment. To add these information to your PowerPoint Presentation file, click the File menu then Info menu option.

In the Info screen navigate to the section on the right hand side.

You can start providing the required details for your presentation file by editing the field adjacent to Title, Tags and Categories respectively. Also using the Related People section you can addition authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s information as shown below. You can add the people from either your contacts or using your address book.

After adding the required information, click the File â&#x20AC;&#x201C;> Save options to save the entered details.

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Change default file location in PowerPoint 2010 PowerPoint 2010 has the default file location set as C:\Users\<username>\Documents\ in a Windows Vista or Windows 7 Operating System. This is the location that will be shown and used as the default location when a user tries to save a presentation file.

PowerPoint provides users with option for changing this default file location to some other folder of your choice. To change the default file location in PowerPoint 2010, click the File menu then the options link. In PowerPoint options window, navigate to Save options and then to the Save presentations section.

In Save presentation section, set the folder of your choice for Default file location. For example if you set it to C:\Projects then the Save or Save As option would now default to the newly set folder location as shown below.

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Change the default file format in PowerPoint 2010 This tutorial explains how to change the default file format in PowerPoint 2010 while saving a Presentation file. This is useful when most of your organization users are still using Office 2003. As the Office 2003 users will have compatibility issues when they open a presentation file created using PowerPoint 2010. To fix the issue you can change the default file format for saving a file to be compatible with Office 2003. Click the file menu and then the options link. In the PowerPoint options window, navigate to Save options.

In the Save Options screen, navigate to Save presentation section and using the Save files in this format drop down you can set the PowerPoint presentation file to be compatible with Office 2003.

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After setting the value to PowerPoint Presentation 97-2003, click Ok to confirm and save the changes. Password protection in PowerPoint 2010

The tutorial explains the different ways to password protect a presentation file in PowerPoint 2010. You can password protect a presentation in PowerPoint 2010 by the following ways 1. Using Info Menu Click File menu followed by Info and then navigate to Permission section.

Click the down arrow available below the Protect Presentation option and select Encrypt with Password from the drop down list.

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This would display the following Encrypt Document window. Enter the password for protecting the file and click OK to save the changes.

Repeat the same as Encrypt Document window for the Confirm Password window as well.

A password protected presentation will be highlighted as shown below.

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2. Using File â&#x20AC;&#x201C;> Save As The other alternate way to protect a presentation file is to use the General Options same as password protection of a PowerPoint 2007 presentation. Click the File mu then the Save As option. In the Save As dialog box, select General Options available as part of tools drop down list.

Using the General Options, you can set password to open as well as password to modify a PowerPoint presentation file. After entering the required details, click OK to confirm and save the changes.

To remove password protection for a presentation, Navigate to Protect Presentation section as discussed earlier and select the Encrypt Password from the list. Now clear the password that was already set for the Presentation then click OK to confirm the changes.

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Embed Videos in PowerPoint 2010 In this tutorial we will be seeing how to embed videos in PowerPoint 2010. For example if you want to insert videos from YouTube then there are different ways, like 

Download videos from YouTube to local PC and insert the video file in PowerPoint.

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Using external PowerPoint add-in and insert the YouTube Videos URL

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Embed the Videos in Flash Player.

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Use the built-in feature in PowerPoint 2010.

The easy and simplest solution is to use the built-in feature in PowerPoint 2010. Let us say you want to insert a demo video of how to Configure Gmail in Outlook 2010 in a PowerPoint slide. 1. Access the video in YouTube and click the Share button and then Embed button.

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Mark the check box with label as Use old embed code and copy the displayed code starting and ending with object tag. 2. Navigate to the PowerPoint slide where you want to insert the video. 3. Click Insert menu and navigate to Media section. Then click the down arrow available below the Video menu option and select Video from Web Site.

4. Now paste the YouTube Video code in the Insert Video From Web Site window and click Insert button.

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5. Adjust the size of the Video box so that you can see proper view of the video during the slide show. 6. Now you can play the embedded video in PowerPoint during the slide show. Adding notes to slides in PowerPoint 2010 Adding speaker notes to your PowerPoint slides will be useful to remind you about the important points that need to be spoken during your presentation. You can insert notes to your slide either in Normal view and or Notes Page view. Adding Notes – Normal View

If you are not already in Normal View then change slide view to Normal. Navigate below the slide to Notes Pane with description as “Click to add notes” and start entering your notes

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Adding Notes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Notes Page View The most suitable view to add notes is by using the Notes Page View. Navigate to View menu and click the Notes Page option available under Presentation Views section.

This would display the Slide and the notes pane with larger area for adding notes.

How to hides slides in PowerPoint 2010 There might be scenarios were you have to show the same presentation to different audience. And you may have slides which are specific to each groups. Instead of removing these slides from the presentation you can hide them so that during the slide show only the relevant slides will be displayed to the individual groups. Click the Slide Show menu and navigate to Set up section.

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Now select the slide or slides that you want to hide and click the Hide Slide menu option. The hidden slides will have a cross mark as shown below.

If you want to unhide any slides, then select the slides and click again on the Hide Slide menu option. How to set screen resolution in PowerPoint 2010 PowerPoint 2010 allows users to set the screen resolution for a presentation. The screen resolution will be used during the full screen slide show. Specify screen resolution in PowerPoint Users can specify the screen resolution using the option available as part of Slide Show menu. Click the Slide Show menu in Office Ribbon and navigate to Monitors section.

Then click the drop down for Resolution and select the appropriate monitor resolution for the full screen slide show.

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Please make sure to the select a resolution supported by the projector and the most common resolution that is supported in 1024Ă&#x2014;768.

How to display gridlines in PowerPoint 2010 This short tutorial is about the option that allows users to display gridlines in PowerPoint 2010. Displaying gridlines in a PowerPoint slide is helpful when you have controls and want them to be aligned properly. You can show the gridlines using the option available as part of the view menu. Click the View menu and navigate to Show section.

After marking the check box with label as Gridlines, you can see Gridlines in PowerPoint slide as shown below.

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How to insert header and footer in PowerPoint 2010 PowerPoint 2010 provides users with the option to insert header and footer in Slides, Notes and Handouts. Users can insert header and footer using the option available as part of Insert menu. Click the Insert menu then navigate to Text section.

On clicking Header & Footer option the following window will be displayed.

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The different option that is available as part Header and Footer are 

Inserting Date and Time (Fixed as well as Dynamic).

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Inserting Slide Number.

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Inserting Footer.

The only extra feature that is available for Notes and Handouts compared to slide is the option for adding Headers.

After entering the required information, click the Apply to All button to reflect this change in all the slides. If you do not want to insert header and footer in Title Slide then un tick the check box with label as Don’t show on title slide. Check out screenshots of Header & Footer for Slides, Notes and Handouts. Insert Header & Footer in Slides

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Insert Header & Footer in Notes

How to change slide orientation in PowerPoint 2010 In this tutorial we will see how to change the slide orientation in PowerPoint 2010. PowerPoint allows users to change the slide orientation using the option available as part of the Design menu. When you want draw flowcharts and Org charts then you can use this feature to change the slide orientation based on your chart requirement. Click the Design menu and navigate to Page Setup section. Digital Answers

Click the arrow pointing downward below for Slide Orientation and select Portrait or Landscape based on your requirement.

You can also change the Slide Orientation using Page Setup option.

Click the Page Setup and navigate to Orientation section. This has the option for changing the orientation for slide as well Notes, handouts & outline as shown in the above screenshot.

How to change zoom level in PowerPoint 2010 The default zoom level set for PowerPoint slides in normal view is 88%. But you can change the zoom level using the option provided as part of the view menu or using the slider control in status bar.

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View menu Click view menu then navigate to Zoom section and click Zoon option.

Select your preferred zoom level then click the Ok button to apply the zoom setting to PowerPoint View.

If you want to revert to the original Zoom value then click Fit to Window option available under Zoom section.

Zoom Settings in Status bar If you want to quickly change the change the zoom level then you can use slider control available as part of status bar. Similarly to revert the changes, you can use the Fit to Windows option available next to the slider control.

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Different Presentation views in PowerPoint 2010 PowerPoint 2010 has different presentation views with each one designed for specific purposes. The four different views available in PowerPoint are 

Normal

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Slide Sorter

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Notes Page

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Reading View

Normal Normal is set to be the default presentation view (but you can change default view) and you will be working on this view most of the time when making any changes to the current slide. This view also has Notes Page Pane at the bottom of the screen. Slide Sorter Slide Sorter view allows users to navigate easily between different slides. You can easily apply any changes to all the slides from this view Notes Page Notes page view is suitable view for adding notes to PowerPoint. Check out adding notes to slides for more information on this view. Reading This shows the slide that fits within the window and you can change to this view when you want to proof read or rehearse. PowerPoint users can navigate between different views by clicking the view menu and using the menu options available as part of Presentation section.

If you want to quickly navigate all the views expect Notes Page then you can use the option available as part of the status bar.

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How to enable spell check in PowerPoint 2010

This short tutorial provides the steps to be followed to enable spell check in PowerPoint 2010. Click the File menu then options link.

In the PowerPoint Options window, click the Proofing section then navigate to when correcting spelling in PowerPoint section.

Mark the check box with label as Check spelling as you type to enable spell check in PowerPoint presentation. Click the Ok button available at the bottom of the PowerPoint options window to apply the changes.

How to copy existing theme to new presentation in PowerPoint 2010 In this tutorial, we will be seeing how to copy a theme from an existing presentation to new presentation in PowerPoint 2010. Launch PowerPoint 2010 and click New menu option under File menu and select Blank Presentation from the list of available templates and themes.

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Now click the Design menu and navigate to themes section. Under themes section, click the arrow pointing downwards to expand the themes list.

New from existing presentation. Selecting Browse for Themes would display the following Choose Theme or Themed Document dialog box. Now locate the existing PowerPoint presentation from which you want to copy the theme then click the Apply button.

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The theme from the selected presentation file will be applied to your current presentation. There is also another way to copy the theme from an existing presentation but it will also copy the content of the presentation. You can do this by clicking File menu â&#x20AC;&#x201C;> New â&#x20AC;&#x201C;> then selecting New from existing option.

How to copy slides in PowerPoint 2010 This is another short tutorial about the different ways a user PowerPoint 2010 can duplicate a slide. When you have customized your slide with unique background and transition and want to have the same feature for another slide then you can use the duplicate slide option. Duplicate slide feature allows users to make a copy of the selected slide.

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Using Context Menu The quickest way to duplicate a slide is by right clicking on the slide and selecting Duplicate Slide from the menu list.

Using Home Menu Another alternative way to duplicate a slide is by using the option available as part of the Home menu. After selecting the slide, click Home menu and navigate to slides section. Then click the down arrow available below New Slide and select Duplicate Selected Slides from the menu list. This should create a copy of the selected slide.

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How to save theme in PowerPoint 2010 PowerPoint 2010 lets users to choose different themes for the slides from the Design menu. Users can also customize the themes by changing the Fonts, Colors, Background Styles and adding effects to the slides. We have already seen about the steps required to copy the existing theme to new presentation but if you want to save this theme and apply this for your future PowerPoint files then you can use the Save theme feature available in PowerPoint 2010. After customizing the theme, navigate to Design menu and select More option.

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This would display the following All Themes drop down with the Save Current Theme option available at the bottom of the window.

Clicking the Save Current Theme, should display the save dialog as shown below.

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Provide a name for the theme and click the Save button. The customized theme will now be available under the Custom theme section.

How to automatically launch blank presentation in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac PowerPoint 2011 for Mac by default displays the theme gallery when opening the application. If you want to use only the blank presentation then you can turn off this feature by the following methods.

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Mark the check box with the label as “Don’t show this when opening PowerPoint” below the PowerPoint Presentation Gallery while choosing the theme for your presentation.

Another alternate way to turn off the display of theme gallery is by using the option available as part of PowerPoint 2011 preferences menu. Step 1: Click PowerPoint menu and Select Preferences from the list. Step 2: Click the General Tab and navigate to the General Option section.

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Step 3: Unmark the check box with caption as “Open PowerPoint Gallery when application opens“. Step 4: Click OK to confirm and save the changes. How to set default theme in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac PowerPoint 2011 for Mac allows users to select theme from theme galleries and the default theme is set to blank presentation (White Theme). Let us see how to set another theme as default theme other than the blank presentation (White Theme). Step 1: Launch PowerPoint 2011 and navigate to Themes tab.

Step 2: Select the theme which you want to make as the default theme

Step 3: To make the above selected theme as default theme, click the down arrow available next Save Theme and select “Set Current Theme as Default” from the drop down list.

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Now whenever a new presentation is launched in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac, it will have the above selected theme as its default theme. Turn off tracking of recent documents in PowerPoint 2011 PowerPoint 2011 for Mac provides users with the option to disable the tracking of recently opened documents. If you do not wish PowerPoint to maintain the history of recent presentations then you can turn off this feature using the General Options. Step 1: Launch PowerPoint 2011 and click PowerPoint menu then select Preferences from menu list.

Step 2: Click the General tab in PowerPoint Preferences screen. Step 3: Navigate to General Option and un mark the checkbox with caption asâ&#x20AC;? Track recently opened documents â&#x20AC;&#x153; Step 4: Click OK button to confirm and save the changes.

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Reduce file size in PowerPoint 2011 When you have lot of images in your PowerPoint 2011 presentation then you can reduce file size by compressing the pictures. This can be done by using the Reduce File Size option available as part of the File menu. Step 1: Click the File menu and select Reduce File Size from the menu list.

Step 2: In the Reduce File Size screen, choose the required Picture Quality option.

Step 3: Users can also reduce the file size by removing cropped picture regions. Step 4: If you want to apply the compress option only to selected pictures then choose the right Apply to option.

Step 5: Click OK button to confirm and apply the Reduce File Size changes.

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How to convert slides to images in PowerPoint 2013 This tutorial provides step by step instruction for converting PowerPoint slides to images. Listed below are the steps for exporting slides in to PNG format. Step 1: Click the File menu and select Export from the menu list.

Step 2: In the Export section, navigate to Change File Type option.

Step 3: In the Change File Type section, double click PNG Portable Network Graphics (*.png) option under Image File Types section.

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You can also select .PNG format and click Save As button. Step 4: In the Save As dialog, enter a filename for the image file and click Save button.

If you want to convert to a different image type then pick appropriate type using Save as type dropdown.