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Here are a few of the fundamentals you should know.

How to Customize Templates

Templates are like blueprints for your slide show.

They also make it easy to create a slide show layout once and use it over and over again.

Say, for example, you were teaching a class about tigers.

Of course, you could also customize any template you download or have installed.

you’re able to set separate fonts and colors for titles and for several levels of text.

Of course, every object on each slide can also be moved around or deleted.

If you want to adjust an object, left-click it to select it.

All of your information will stay as it was, but reformatted to fit the new template.

Align Right does the same thing with the furthest right object as the anchor point.

Align Center will center all selected objects on the horizontal center point of the selected objects.

Select your objects, go to the Align menu, and select either Distribute Horizontally or Distribute Vertically.

If you want some snazzy transitions between each slide, thats even easier.

bang out in your notes and youre all set.

For whatever reason, this isnt included in the Mac version.

you’ve got the option to also draw shapes and write out equations.

Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V:Cut, Copy, or Paste selected text, object, or slide.

Shift+F10:Display the context menu for the selected item.

Alt+N, P:Insert a picture.

Alt+H, S, and then H:Insert a shape.

Alt+G, H:Select a theme.

Alt+H, L:Select a slide layout.

Alt+W, Q:Change the zoom for the slide.

Alt+H:Go to the Home tab.

Ctrl+Z:Undo the last action.

Ctrl+S:Save the presentation.

Alt+S,B:Start the slide show.

Esc:End the slide show.

Get familiar with these and youll be able to whip up a presentation in no time.

More pre-made templates means less work for you and more ways to customize.

verify your charts and graphs are easy to interpret.

Hit the B key again to bring the previous slide back up.

These add-ins work with the entire line of Microsoft Office products.