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