Before I started working at ViCoSo I claimed to be a PowerPoint expert, I soon learned that I was wrong and PowerPoint has a lot of features that I was unaware of. Below is a list of PPT features that I find save time and ultimately creates a more powerful presentation:
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Pick Up Object Style Tool (Eyedropper Tool): The Eyedropper tool allows you to copy the style of one object and apply it other objects in the presentation. You don’t need to go through the same process for applying a style to each object. One click will apply a style to multiple objects. For more instructions how to use the tool and on where to find it, visit our Tutorial: “What Can the Eyedropper do for me?”
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Align Tools: The alignment tools allow you to align multiple objects on a slide by the top, bottom, middle or center. For example if you want two boxes aligned by the top, you don’t have to guess exactly where they align to the top. Once both objects are selected you can click the Align to Top icon. You can also align an object relative to slide which is a great way to align an object perfectly in the center of a slide.
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Object Order: Bring to Front or Back, Bring Forward or Backward gives you the ability to change the order of objects that are placed on top of one another.
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Selection Pane: The Selection Pane is a new PowerPoint 2007 feature, which is extremely helpful. You can choose an object to be visible or invisible. This helps when you need to edit an object that is behind another object. By making an object invisible you can edit an object without moving anything. Just make sure you make all objects visible after you are done.
We would love to hear what your favorite PPT features are that help you.
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