Need answers quickly? PowerPoint 2013 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.   Inside the Book • Create powerful presentations faster using ready-made templates • Use gestures to navigate your presentation and slide show on touch screens • Organize information in sections and add impact with online pictures, 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 or IM your presentation to others for review • Broadcast your presentation over the Internet in a browser • Use SharePoint and SkyDrive to collaborate and share documents • Prepare for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) exam   Illustrations with matching steps Tasks are presented on one or two pages Numbered Steps guide you through each task Did You Know? alerts you to tips and techniques See Also points you to related information in the book   Bonus Online Content Register your book at queondemand.com to gain access to: • Workshops and related files • Keyboard shortcuts   Visit the author site: perspection.com  

Table of Contents:
Introduction    xvii 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 the Ribbon and Toolbars    6 Choosing Dialog Box Options    8 Using the Status Bar    9  New! Creating a Blank Presentation    10  New! Creating a Presentation Using a Template    11  New! Creating a Presentation from an Existing One    12  New! Opening a Presentation    14  New! Arranging Windows    16  New! Using Task Panes and Window Panes    17  New! Understanding PowerPoint Views    18  New! Browsing a Presentation    20  New! Documenting Properties    22 Converting an Existing Document    23 Getting Help While You Work    24  New! Saving a Presentation    26  New! Saving a Presentation with Different Formats    28  New! Saving a Presentation to Online Services    30  New! Working with Accounts    31  New! Recovering a Document    32 Closing a Presentation and Exiting PowerPoint    34  New! 2  Developing Presentation Content    35 Creating New and Consistent Slides    36  New! Working with Objects    38  New! Developing Text    40  New! Entering Text    42 Editing Text    44 Setting Editing Options    45  New! Correcting Text While Typing    46 Undoing and Redoing an Action    48 Resizing Text While Typing    50 Inserting Information the Smart Way    52 Inserting and Developing an Outline    54 Moving and Indenting Text    56 Setting Tabs    58 Changing Text Alignment and Spacing    60 Changing Character Spacing    62 Changing Character Direction    63 Formatting Text    64 Modifying a Bulleted and Numbered List    66 AutoFormatting Text While Typing    68 Applying a Format Style    70 Inserting Symbols    71 Creating a Text Box    72  New! Creating Text Columns    74 Finding and Replacing Text    75 Rearranging Slides    76 Organizing Slides into Sections    78 Using Slides from Other Presentations    80 3  Designing a Look    81 Making Your Presentation Look Consistent    82 Viewing Masters    84 Controlling Slide Appearance with Masters    86 Controlling a Slide Layout with Masters    88 Modifying Placeholders    90 Controlling a Slide Background with Masters    92 Adding a Header and Footer    93 Inserting Slide Numbers    94 Inserting the Date and Time    96 Understanding Color Themes    97 Viewing and Applying a Theme    98  New! Creating a Color Theme    100 Choosing Theme Fonts    102 Choosing Theme Effects    103 Creating a Custom Theme    104 Adding Colors to a Presentation    106 Adding a Background Style    107  New! Modifying a Background Style    108 Setting Up for Personal Templates    110  New! Creating a Personal Template    111  New! Opening Template    112  New! 4  Drawing and Modifying Shapes    113 Drawing and Resizing Shapes    114  New! Inserting Multiple Shapes    116 Adding Text to a Shape    117 Drawing Lines and Arrows    118  New! Creating and Editing Freeforms    120 Modifying a Freeform    122 Copying and Moving Objects    124  New! Adding a Quick Style to a Shape    126  New! Adding a Quick Style to Shape Text    127 Applying Color Fills    128  New! Applying Picture Fills    130  New! Applying Texture Fills    132  New! Applying Gradient Fills    134  New! Applying Shape Effects    136 Creating Shadows    138 Adding    3-D Effects to a Shape    140  New! Adding    3-D Rotation Effects to a Shape    142 Aligning Objects to Grids and Guides    144  New! Aligning and Distributing Objects    146 Aligning Objects with Smart Guides    148  New! Changing Stacking Order    149 Connecting Shapes    150 Rotating and Flipping a Shape    152 Grouping and Ungrouping Shapes    154 Merging Shapes Together    156  New! Selecting Objects Using the Selection Pane    157 5  Inserting Pictures and Multimedia    159 Locating and Inserting Online Pictures    160  New! Inserting Pictures from an Online Service    162  New! Inserting Pictures from a SkyDrive or SharePoint    164  New! Inserting a Picture from a File    165 Inserting a Picture from a Slide Layout    166 Examining Picture File Formats    167 Creating a Photo Album    168 Inserting a Picture Screen Shot    170 Adding an Artistic Style to a Picture    171 Adding a Quick Style to a Picture    172 Applying a Shape to a Picture    173 Applying a Border to a Picture    174  New! Applying Picture Effects    175  New! Modifying Picture Size    176  New! Compressing a Picture    178 Correcting a Picture    179  New! Recoloring a Picture    180 Cropping and Rotating a Picture    182 Removing a Picture Background    184 Creating WordArt Text    186 Formatting WordArt Text    188  New! Applying WordArt Text Effects    190 Modifying WordArt Text Position    191  New! Inserting Videos and Audio    192 Editing Videos and Audio    194 Adding Bookmarks to Video and Audio    196 Formatting Videos    197 Setting Video and Audio Play Options    198  New! Playing Videos and Audio    200 Recording Audio    202 Compressing Media    203 Optimizing Media    204  New! 6  Inserting Charts and Related Material    205 Creating SmartArt Graphics    206 Using the Text Pane with SmartArt Graphics    208 Modifying a SmartArt Graphic    210 Resizing a SmartArt Graphic    211 Formatting a SmartArt Graphic    212 Formatting a Shape in a SmartArt Graphic    214  New! Adding Pictures to a SmartArt Graphic    216 Converting a SmartArt Graphic to Shapes    217 Creating an Organization Chart    218 Modifying an Organization Chart    220 Inserting a Chart    222  New! Selecting Chart Data    224  New! Entering Chart Data    225  New! Editing Chart Data    226  New! Importing Data    228 Modifying the Data Worksheet    230 Selecting a Chart Type, Layout, and Style    232  New! Selecting and Changing Chart Elements    234 Formatting Chart Elements    236  New! Working with Chart Elements    237  New! Changing Chart Titles    238  New! Changing Chart Labels    239  New! Changing Line and Bar Charts    240  New! Filtering Chart Data    241  New! Saving a Chart Template    242  New! Inserting a Table    244 Modifying a Table    246 Formatting a Table    248  New! Adding a Quick Style to a Table    250 Applying Effects to a Table    252 Sharing Information Among Documents    253 Embedding and Linking an Object    254 Modifying Links    256 Inserting a Microsoft Excel Chart    258 Inserting a Microsoft Word Document    260 7  Creating a Web Presentation    261 Adding Action Buttons    262 Adding Hyperlinks to Objects    264 Creating Hyperlinks to External Elements    266 Inserting Hyperlinks    268 Using and Removing Hyperlinks    270 Saving Slides as Web Graphics    272 Saving a Presentation as Web Graphics    273 Exploring XML    274 Saving an XML Presentation    275 Opening a Web Page    276 Getting Documents from the Web    277 8  Finalizing a Presentation and Its Supplements    279 Changing Slide Setup Options    280  New! Preparing Handouts    282 Preparing Speaker Notes    284 Customizing Notes Pages    286 Changing Proofing Options    288  New! Setting Languages for Proofing    290 Checking Spelling    292  New! Using Custom Dictionaries    294 Inserting Research Material    296 Finding the Right Words    297  New! Translating Text to Another Language    298 Using Multiple Languages    300 Exporting Notes and Slides to Word    301 Documenting Presentation Properties    302 Checking Accessibility    304  New! Checking Compatibility    306 Saving Slides in Different Formats    307 Saving Outline Text as a Document    308 Creating a PDF Document    309 Creating an XPS Document    310 Selecting Printing Options    311 Previewing a Presentation    312 Printing a Presentation    314 Printing an Outline    316 9  Preparing a Slide Show    317 Creating Slide Transitions    318 Adding and Removing Animation    320 Using Specialized Animation    322  New! Coordinating Multiple Animations    324 Animating a SmartArt Graphic    326 Triggering Animations    328 Using the Animation Painter    329 Adding Slide Timings    330 Recording a Narration    332 Setting Up a Slide Show    334  New! Creating a Custom Slide Show    336 Hiding Slides    338 Creating a Self-Running Presentation    339 Working with Fonts    340 10  Presenting a Slide Show    341 Starting a Slide Show    342  New! Navigating a Slide Show    344  New! Navigating a Slide Show with Touch    346  New! Annotating a Slide Show    348  New! Delivering a Show on Multiple Monitors    350  New! Displaying a Show in Presenter View    352  New! Saving a Presentation as a Slide Show    354 Saving a Presentation as a Video    355 Packaging a Presentation on CD    356 Broadcasting a Presentation Online    358  New! Giving a Presentation at an Online Lync Meeting    360  New! Communicating Online with Lync    362  New! Showing a Presentation with the PowerPoint Viewer    364 Customizing the PowerPoint Viewer    365 Showing Multiple Presentations    366 11  Reviewing and Securing a Presentation    367 Adding Comments to a Presentation    368  New! Editing Comments in a Presentation    370  New! Comparing and Merging Presentations    372 Creating and Linking OneNotes    373 Working with OneNote    374  New! Inspecting Documents    376  New! Adding Password Protection to a Presentation    378 Adding Security Encryption to a Presentation    380 Marking a Presentation as Read-Only    381 Adding a Digital Signature    382 Sending a Presentation Using E-Mail    384 Sending a Presentation by Internet Fax    386  New! Sending a Presentation by Instant Message    387  New! Avoiding Harmful Attacks    388 Using the Trust Center    390  New! Selecting Trusted Publishers and Locations    391 Setting Document Related Security Options    392 Setting App Catalog Security Options    394  New! Setting Add-in Security Options    395 Setting ActiveX Security Options    396 Setting Macro Security Options    397 Changing Message Bar Security Options    398 Setting Privacy Options    399 Working with Office Safe Modes    400 12  Customizing the Way You Work    403 Setting Start Up Options    404  New! Setting Office Options    405  New! Setting General Options    406 Setting Image Options    408 Setting Chart Options    409  New! Setting Slide Show Options    410 Setting Display Options    411  New! Setting Recent Presentation Options    412  New! Setting Default File Locations    413  New! Setting Advanced Save Options    414 Working with Touch Screens    416  New! Accessing Commands Not in the Ribbon    417 Customizing the Way You Create Objects    418 Working with Office Tools    420  New! Maintaining and Repairing Office    422  New! 13  Expanding PowerPoint Functionality    423 Adding Apps for Office    424  New! Inserting Apps for Office    426  New! Managing Apps for Office    427  New! Viewing and Managing Add-ins    428 Loading and Unloading Add-ins    430 Enhancing a Presentation with VBA    432 Viewing the Visual Basic Editor    434 Setting Developer Options    435 Simplifying Tasks with Macros    436 Controlling a Macro    438 Adding a Digital Signature to a Macro Project    440 Assigning a Macro to a Toolbar or Ribbon    441 Saving a Presentation with Macros    442 Opening a Presentation with Macros    443 Inserting ActiveX Controls    444 Using ActiveX Controls    446 Setting ActiveX Control Properties    447 Playing a Movie Using an ActiveX Control    448 Changing the Document Information Panel    450 14  Working Online with Office Documents    451 Working Online with SharePoint and SkyDrive    452  New! Signing in to SharePoint or SkyDrive    454  New! Saving and Opening on SharePoint or SkyDrive    456  New! Accessing Documents on SharePoint    458  New! Syncing Documents on SharePoint    460  New! Publishing Slides to a SharePoint Library    462 Sharing Documents on SkyDrive    464  New! Accessing Documents on SkyDrive    466  New! Managing Documents on SkyDrive    468 Downloading or Uploading Documents on SkyDrive    470 Creating Office Documents on SkyDrive    471 Sending Links to Documents on SkyDrive    472  New! Comparing the Office Desktop App to the Web App    474 Working with Office Web Apps    476  New! Saving or Printing in Office Web Apps    478 Co-authoring Documents with Office Web Apps    480  New! Blocking Co-authoring Documents    482 New Features    483  New! Microsoft Office Specialist    489 Index    497