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Getting Started

• Start PowerPoint.
• Create new presentations.
• Identify elements on the screen.
• Add text.
• Use the Ribbon.
• View ScreenTips.
• Use the Quick Access Toolbar.
• Move around in presentations.
• Change slide size options.
• Manage presentation files.
• Use Backstage to save presentations.
• Maintain backward compatibility.
• Modify presentation properties.
• Use presentation views.
• Close and open presentations. 

Working with Slides

• Use and apply themes.
• Format slide backgrounds.
• Apply slide layouts or create a new slide layout.
• Apply styles to slides.
• Customize slide layouts.
• Modify existing layout masters.
• Use gridlines and guides.
• Add, delete, resize, and reposition placeholders.
• Rename a slide layout.
• Apply modified layouts to slides.
• Insert, duplicate, hide, show, and delete slides.
• Insert slides from an existing presentation.
• Insert slides from an outline.
• Add footers, dates, and slide numbers.
• Organize and rearrange slides.
• Use the Slide Sorter.
• Use sections. 

Working with Texts

• Use the Outline view.
• Import Word and text file outlines.
• Use the spelling checker.
• Cut, copy, and paste text.
• Use the Clipboard.
• Create bulleted and numbered lists.
• Apply formatting and styles to text.
• Use the Format Painter.
• Format paragraphs.
• Add or remove columns.
• Set tabs, indentation, and line spacing.
• Insert and format text boxes.
• Distribute, order, and align objects. 

Working with Charts and Tables

• Create and insert charts.
• Change chart types.
• Select and edit chart data.
• Change chart layouts and styles.
• Select, format, add and remove chart elements.
• Modify chart parameters.
• Import charts.
• Create tables from scratch.
• Import tables from Word or Excel.
• Insert an Excel worksheet.
• Modify a table.
• Insert and delete table rows and columns.
• Format and apply styles to a table. 

Adding Multimedia Elements

• Insert shapes.
• Format shapes.
• Edit shapes.
• Arrange shapes.
• Create custom shapes.
• Insert images.
• Adjust pictures.
• Apply styles and effects to pictures.
• Arrange pictures.
• Resize and crop pictures.
• Insert hyperlinks.
• Insert action buttons.
• Work with SmartArt.
• Modify SmartArt.
• Use SmartArt styles.
• Insert 3D Models.
• Modify 3D Models. 

Enhancing Presentations

• Insert audio and video.
• Configure media playback options.
• Set media timing options.
• Compress and optimize media.
• Insert slide transitions.
• Set transition effect options.
• Change the duration of a transition.
• Manage multiple transitions.
• Use animations.
• Apply animations to objects.
• Apply animations to text.
• Apply motion path animations.
• Use the animation pane.
• Change animation settings and options.
• Set animation triggers.
• Change animation timing.
• Use the Animation Painter.
• Change the order of animations.
• Remove animations.
• Animate 3D models.
• Draw using digital ink. 

Preparing the Slideshow

• Insert audio and video.
• Configure media playback options.
• Set media timing options.
• Compress and optimize media.
• Insert slide transitions.
• Set transition effect options.
• Change the duration of a transition.
• Manage multiple transitions.
• Use animations.
• Apply animations to objects.
• Apply animations to text.
• Apply motion path animations.
• Use the animation pane.
• Change animation settings and options.
• Set animation triggers.
• Change animation timing.
• Use the Animation Painter.
• Change the order of animations.
• Remove animations.
• Animate 3D models.
• Draw using digital ink. 

Sharing Presentations

• Compress and optimize media.
• Compress pictures.
• Inspect a presentation.
• Set presentations to open as read-only.
• Mark presentations as final.
• Apply passwords and restrict editing.
• Export presentations in other formats.
• Print presentations.