What you need, when you need it!   Need answers quickly? Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 on Demand provides those answers in a visual step-by-step format. We will show you exactly what to do through lots of full color illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions.   Includes Workshops MCAS Exam Prep More than 500 Essential PowerPoint Tasks   Inside the Book • Create powerful presentations faster using ready-made templates • Organize information in sections and add impact with clip art, SmartArt diagrams, tables, and charts • Make your presentation come alive with custom animations, 3-D effects, and slide transitions • Embed, format, trim, and add text to videos in your presentation • Add comments and email your presentation to others for review • Broadcast your presentation over the Internet in a browser • Use SharePoint to collaborate and share documents • Prepare for the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) exam   Bonus Online Content Register your book at queondemand.com to gain access to: • Workshops and related files • Keyboard shortcuts  

Table of Contents:
Introduction     xvii Chapter 1  Getting Started with PowerPoint     1 Starting PowerPoint     2 New! Viewing the PowerPoint Window     3 Using the Ribbon     4 New! Choosing Commands     5 New! Working with Toolbars     6 New! Choosing Dialog Box Options     8 Using the Status Bar     9 Creating a Blank Presentation     10 Creating a Presentation Using a Template     11 Opening a Presentation     12 New! Arranging Windows     14 New! Using Task Panes and Window Panes     15 Understanding PowerPoint Views     16 New! Browsing a Presentation     18 Documenting Properties     20 Converting an Existing Document     21 Getting Help While You Work     22 Saving a Presentation     24 Saving a Presentation with Different Formats     26 Recovering a Document     28 New! Maintaining and Repairing Office     30 Getting Updates on the Web     31 Closing a Presentation and Quitting PowerPoint     32 Chapter 2  Developing Presentation Content     33 Creating New and Consistent Slides     34 Working with Objects     36 Developing Text     38 Entering Text     40 Editing Text     42 Setting Editing Options     43 Correcting Text While Typing     44 New! Undoing and Redoing an Action     46 Resizing Text While Typing     48 Inserting Information the Smart Way     50 New! Inserting and Developing an Outline     52 Moving and Indenting Text     54 Setting Tabs     56 Changing Text Alignment and Spacing     58 Changing Character Spacing     60 Changing Character Direction     61 Formatting Text     62 Modifying a Bulleted and Numbered List     64 AutoFormatting Text While Typing     66 Applying a Format Style     68 Inserting Symbols     69 Creating a Text Box     70 Creating Text Columns     72 Finding and Replacing Text     73 Rearranging Slides     74 Organizing Slides into Sections     76 New! Using Slides from Other Presentations     78 Chapter 3  Designing a Look     79 Making Your Presentation Look Consistent     80 Viewing Masters     82 Controlling Slide Appearance with Masters     84 Controlling a Slide Layout with Masters     86 Modifying Placeholders     88 Controlling a Slide Background with Masters     90 Adding a Header and Footer     91 Inserting Slide Numbers     92 Inserting the Date and Time     94 Understanding Color Themes     95 Viewing and Applying a Theme     96 New! Creating a Color Theme     98 Choosing Theme Fonts     100 Choosing Theme Effects     101 Creating a Custom Theme     102 Adding Colors to a Presentation     104 Adding a Background Style     105 Modifying a Background Style     106 Saving a Template     108 Chapter 4  Drawing and Modifying Shapes     111 Drawing and Resizing Shapes     112 Inserting Multiple Shapes     114 Adding Text to a Shape     115 Drawing Lines and Arrows     116 Creating and Editing Freeforms     118 Modifying a Freeform     120 Copying and Moving Objects     122 Adding a Quick Style to a Shape     124 Adding a Quick Style to Shape Text     125 Applying Color Fills     126 Applying Picture Fills     128 New! Applying Texture Fills     130 Applying Gradient Fills     132 New! Applying Shape Effects     134 New! Creating Shadows     136 Adding 3-D Effects to a Shape     138 Adding 3-D Rotation Effects to a Shape     140 Aligning Objects to Grids and Guides     142 New! Aligning and Distributing Objects     144 Connecting Shapes     146 Selecting Objects Using the Selection Pane     148 Changing Stacking Order     149 Rotating and Flipping a Shape     150 Grouping and Ungrouping Shapes     152 Inserting AutoShapes from the Clip Gallery     154 Adding a Shape to the Clip Organizer     155 Chapter 5  Inserting Pictures and Multimedia     157 Inserting Multimedia Clips     158 Locating and Inserting Clip Art     160 New! Accessing Clip Art on the Web     162 Inserting a Picture     164 Examining Picture File Formats     165 Creating a Photo Album     166 Inserting a Picture Screen Shot     168 New! Adding an Artistic Style to a Picture     169 New! Adding a Quick Style to a Picture     170 Applying a Shape to a Picture     171 New! Applying a Border to a Picture     172 Applying Picture Effects     173 New! Modifying Picture Size     174 Compressing a Picture     176 New! Correcting a Picture     177 New! Recoloring a Picture     178 New! Cropping and Rotating a Picture     180 New! Removing a Picture Background     182 New! Creating WordArt Text     184 Formatting WordArt Text     186 Applying WordArt Text Effects     188 New! Modifying WordArt Text Position     189 Inserting Videos and Audio     190 New! Editing Videos and Audio     192 New! Adding Bookmarks to Video and Audio     194 New! Formatting Videos     195 New! Setting Video and Audio Play Options     196 Playing Videos and Audio     198 New! Recording Audio     200 Compressing Media     201 New! Chapter 6  Inserting Charts and Related Material     203 Creating SmartArt Graphics     204 New! Using the Text Pane with SmartArt Graphics     206 Modifying a SmartArt Graphic     208 Resizing a SmartArt Graphic     209 Formatting a SmartArt Graphic     210 Formatting a Shape in a SmartArt Graphic     212 New! Adding Pictures to a SmartArt Graphic     214 New! Converting a SmartArt Graphic to Shapes     215 New! Creating an Organization Chart     216 Modifying an Organization Chart     218 Inserting a Chart     220 Selecting Chart Data     222 Entering Chart Data     223 Editing Chart Data     224 New! Importing Data     226 Modifying the Data Worksheet     228 Selecting a Chart Type, Layout, and Style     230 New! Formatting Chart Objects     232 New! Changing the Chart Layout Objects     234 Saving a Chart Template     236 Inserting a Table     238 Modifying a Table     240 Formatting a Table     242 Adding a Quick Style to a Table     244 Applying Effects to a Table     246 New! Sharing Information Among Documents     247 Embedding and Linking an Object     248 Modifying Links     250 Inserting a Microsoft Excel Chart     252 Inserting a Microsoft Word Document     254 Inserting a Microsoft Organization Chart     255 Chapter 7  Creating a Web Presentation     257 Adding Action Buttons     258 Adding Hyperlinks to Objects     260 Creating Hyperlinks to External Objects     262 Inserting Hyperlinks     264 Using and Removing Hyperlinks     266 Saving Slides as Web Graphics     268 Saving a Presentation as Web Graphics     269 New! Exploring XML     270 Saving an XML Presentation     271 Opening a Web Page     272 New! Previewing a Web Page     273 Getting Documents from the Web     274 Accessing Office Information on the Web     276 Chapter 8  Finalizing a Presentation and Its Supplements     277 Changing Page Setup Options     278 Preparing Handouts     280 New! Preparing Speaker Notes     282 Customizing Notes Pages     284 Changing Proofing Options     285 New! Setting Languages for Proofing     286 Checking Spelling     288 Using Custom Dictionaries     290 Inserting Research Material     292 Finding the Right Words     293 Translating Text to Another Language     294 New! Using Multiple Languages     296 New! Exporting Notes and Slides to Word     297 Documenting Presentation Properties     298 Checking Accessibility     300 New! Checking Compatibility     302 Saving Slides in Different Formats     303 Saving Outline Text as a Document     304 Creating a PDF Document     305 Creating an XPS Document     306 Selecting Printing Options     307 Previewing a Presentation     308 New! Printing a Presentation     310 New! Printing an Outline     312 Chapter 9  Preparing a Slide Show     313 Creating Slide Transitions     314 New! Adding and Removing Animation     316 New! Using Specialized Animation     318 New! Coordinating Multiple Animations     320 Animating a SmartArt Graphic     322 Triggering Animations     324 New! Using the Animation Painter     325 New! Adding Slide Timings     326 Recording a Narration     328 New! Setting Up a Slide Show     330 New! Creating a Custom Slide Show     332 Hiding Slides     334 Creating a Self-Running Presentation     335 Working with Fonts     336 Chapter 10  Presenting a Slide Show     337 Starting a Slide Show     338 Navigating a Slide Show     340 New! Annotating a Slide Show     342 Delivering a Show on Multiple Monitors     344 Saving a Presentation as a Slide Show     346 Saving a Presentation as a Video     347 Packaging a Presentation on CD     348 Broadcasting a Presentation     350 New! Showing a Presentation with the PowerPoint Viewer     352 Customizing the PowerPoint Viewer     353 Showing Multiple Presentations     354 Chapter 11  Reviewing and Securing a Presentation     355 Adding Comments to a Presentation     356 Editing Comments in a Presentation     358 Comparing and Merging Presentations     360 Creating and Opening OneNotes     361 New! Inspecting Documents     362 Adding Password Protection to a Presentation     364 Adding Security Encryption to a Presentation     366 Marking a Presentation as Read-Only     367 Adding a Digital Signature     368 Sending a Presentation for Review Using E-Mail     370 Sending a Presentation by Internet Fax     371 Avoiding Harmful Attacks     372 Using the Trust Center     374 New! Selecting Trusted Publishers and Locations     375 Setting Document Related Security Options     376 New! Setting Add-in Security Options     378 Setting ActiveX Security Options     379 Setting Macro Security Options     380 Changing Message Bar Security Options     381 Setting Privacy Options     382 Working with Office Safe Modes     384 Chapter 12  Customizing the Way You Work     387 Setting General PowerPoint Options     388 New! Setting Advanced PowerPoint Options     390 Accessing Commands Not in the Ribbon     392 New! Customizing the Way You Create Objects     393 Managing Pictures     394 Organizing Clips     396 Changing Research Options     398 New! Chapter 13  Expanding PowerPoint Functionality     399 Viewing and Managing Add-ins     400 New! Loading and Unloading Add-ins     402 Enhancing a Presentation with VBA     404 Viewing the Visual Basic Editor     406 Setting Developer Options     407 New! Simplifying Tasks with Macros     408 Controlling a Macro     410 Adding a Digital Signature to a Macro Project     412 Assigning a Macro to a Toolbar or Ribbon     413 New! Saving a Presentation with Macros     414 Opening a Presentation with Macros     415 New! Inserting ActiveX Controls     416 New! Using ActiveX Controls     418 Setting ActiveX Control Properties     419 Playing a Movie Using an ActiveX Control     421 Changing the Document Information Panel     422 Chapter 14  Working Together on Office Documents     423 Getting Started with Office Web Apps     424 New! Setting Up to Use Office Web Apps     426 New! Saving and Opening Documents with Windows Live     428 New! Comparing the Desktop App to Web App     430 New! Accessing Documents on Windows Live     432 New! Working with Folders on Windows Live     434 Setting Folder Permissions on Windows Live     436 Creating Office Documents on Windows Live     437 New! Working with Documents on Windows Live     438 Downloading Documents from Windows Live     440 Downloading or Saving Documents in Office Web Apps     442 New! Collaborating with Documents on Windows Live     444 New! Working with SharePoint Workspaces     446 New! Sharing Documents in a Groove Workspace     448 New! Inviting Others to a Groove Workspace     449 New! Saving a Document to a SharePoint Server     450 New! Publishing Slides to a SharePoint Library     452 Using Office Mobile 2010     454 New! Workshops: Putting It All Together     455 Project 1: Optimizing Presentations     455 Project 2: Creating Better Presentations     458 Project 3: Creating a Self Running Presentation with Narration     461 Project 4: Creating a VBA Form in a Presentation     462 Want More Projects     466   New Features     467 New! Microsoft Certified Applications Specialist     475 Index     483