Navigating Microsoft PowerPoint 2013
Start Screen
Instead of the blank presentation you started with in
PowerPoint 2010, this Start screen is packed with
options including a range of templates. The Start screen
is a link to a list of recently accessed PowerPoint files
and an Open Other Presentations link which you use to
access files on disk.
Better Drawing Tools
In PowerPoint 2013, the Join, Combine, Fragment,
Intersect and Subtract tools are accessible by selecting
the Drawing Tools, Format tab and clicking the Merge
Shapes button. To see Drawing tool option, you must
select the shape you want to format from the slide.
Presenter View
Theme Variations
Themes now come with a set of variations. PowerPoint
2013 provides new widescreen themes along with
standard sizes. Choose a theme and variant from the
start screen or from the Design tab.
Presenter View allows you to see your notes on your
monitor while the audience only sees the slide. In
previous releases, it was difficult to figure out who saw
what on which monitor. The improved Presenter View
fixes that and makes it simpler to work with.
Common Tools and Commands
To…
Click tab…
And then look in group…
Open, save, print, share, send, convert,
export, or protect files
FILE
Add slides, apply a layout, change fonts, align
text, or apply Quick Styles
Insert tables, pictures, shapes, SmartARt,
Word Art, charts, comments, header and
footer, video, or audio
Apply a theme, change the color of a theme,
change the slide size, change the background
of a slide, or add a watermark
Apply or adjust the timing of a transition
HOME
Backstage View (click commands in the left
pane)
Slides, Font, Paragraph, Drawing, and Editing
Apply or adjust the timing of a animation
Start a slide show, set up a slide show, specify
monitors for use with Presenter view
Check spelling, enter and review comments,
or compare presentations
Change views, switch between PowerPoint
windows, edit a master view, show grids,
guides, and rulers, zoom in, and use macros
INSERT
Tables, Images, Illustrations, Comments, Text,
and Media
DESIGN
Themes, Variants, and Customize
TRANSITIONS Function Library, Defined Names, and
Formula Auditing
ANIMATIONS Animation, Advanced Animation, and Timing
SLIDE SHOW
Start Slide Show, Set Up, and Monitors
REVIEW
Proofing, Comments, and Compare
VIEW
Presentation Views, Master Views, Show,
Zoom, Window, and Macros
Insert a Video
PowerPoint 2013 supports additional video formats so it's
more likely videos play in your presentation without the
need to install additional codecs. The MP4 and MOV
formats are now supported for playing video. The new
Video button on the INSERT tab includes options that let
you search for a video from an online source and drop it
onto your slide without first downloading it to your
computer.
Insert a Hyperlink to a video from a website: Copy the
website address from the chosen video. Select the text and
right click, from the menu select Hyperlink. In the window
that appears, select the External button, then at the
bottom paste in the website address and click the OK.
A List of Helpful Shortcuts in Office 2013
Copy
Cut
Find
Go To
Help
Hyperlink
New
Open
Ctrl+C
Ctrl+X
Ctrl+F
Ctrl+G
F1
Ctrl+K
Ctrl+N
Ctrl+O
Paste
Print
Redo
Replace
Save
Select All
Spellcheck
Undo
Ctrl+V
Ctrl+P
Ctrl+Y
Ctrl+H
Ctrl+S
Ctrl+A
F7
Ctrl+Z