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Learn about PowerPoint: Create your first presentation

Get started with PowerPoint 2008

Get up to speed with the Office Elements Gallery

So that's how: great PowerPoint features

Great PowerPoint 2008 features

Multilingual features in Office 2008

Check for software updates automatically

Presentation performance tips

Turn on Japanese language features

Provide feedback

Turn off online Help

Turn off Compatibility Report

Technical support options

Known issues in PowerPoint 2008

Saving

Save a presentation to share with other people

Change how often files are automatically saved

File formats for saving presentations

Store text and graphics for future use

Customizing PowerPoint

Set a view for new presentations

Change Toolbox settings

Customize toolbars and menus

Reset menus and toolbars

Display font menus in plain text

Hide a reference tool

Change how the Toolbox appears when it is inactive

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So that's how: great PowerPoint features

Get up to speed with the Office Elements Gallery

Apply formatting and effects to text and pictures

Customize your applications by using accessibility features

Customize your presentation with slide layouts

Design great-looking documents with themes

Make slides come to life with transitions and animations

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Get started with PowerPoint 2008

Great PowerPoint 2008 features

Convert text to a SmartArt graphic in PowerPoint 2008

Create great-looking tables by using Table Styles in PowerPoint 2008

Get the most out of Help in Office 2008

Save time by using predefined workflows

Share PowerPoint slides as an iPhoto album

QuickTip - Format, insert, research, and clip with the Toolbox

QuickTip - Get a fast and free document translation

QuickTip - Make a bulleted list more visual

QuickTip - Access your pictures within Office

QuickTip - Download and use clip art from Office Online

Learning roadmap for PowerPoint

Accessibility

Accessibility options

Customize your applications by using accessibility features

Common Office keyboard shortcuts

PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts

Managing Files

Best practices for working with Windows

Sharing documents with other versions of Office

Set the format for saving files

Delete files

Add a word to the spelling dictionary

Change the language of the spelling dictionary

Add or edit automatic corrections

Turn off automatic changes

Translate text

Research a project

Proofing tools that are available for each language

Create and use a custom dictionary

Edit a file that is on a site or workspace

Creating a Presentation

About designing a presentation

Get started with PowerPoint 2008

Create a basic presentation in four steps

Add a new slide

Add text to a slide

Add notes to a presentation

Change the layout of a slide

Duplicate a slide in a presentation

Copy slides from one presentation to another

Create a custom theme

Create and apply your own template

Find templates for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Import and use existing templates

Create slides by using an existing outline

Edit text in Outline view

Create a PowerPoint slide from existing text

I can't replace my existing text with what I type

Organizing

Views in PowerPoint

Set a view for new presentations

Move slides

Change the order of slides

Headers and Footers

Add a header or footer

Change a header or footer

Change slide numbering

Reference Tools

Look up a word in the Office dictionary

Research words and topics by using the Reference Tools

Creating a Custom Show

Create a presentation within a presentation

Add or remove slides in a custom show

Remove a custom show

Formatting Text

Add text to a slide

Find and replace text

Control formatting when you copy between presentations

Apply formatting and effects to text and pictures

Change the font in your presentation

Insert a symbol

My text gets smaller as I type

Format line breaks for Asian and Latin text

Use Japanese date formats

Use Asian and Latin fonts

Find full-width or half-width characters

Create a Japanese kanji-numbered list

Keyboard shortcuts for the euro currency symbol

Arranging Text

Move text on a slide

Change paragraph spacing or alignment

Change text orientation

Set or clear tab stops

Make Asian and Latin text vertical

Use Latin numbers in Asian vertical text

I can't select and move text

Bullets and Numbering

Turn off automatic lists

Create a bulleted list

Change a bulleted or numbered list

Add space between bullets and text

I can't change the appearance of bullets or numbers

Designing Slides

Themes

Give your Office documents a stylish look

Design great-looking documents with themes

Create a custom theme

Set a default theme for your presentations

Backgrounds

Add or edit slide backgrounds

Change the background color, gradient, or texture

Add a background picture

Hide a background object on a slide

Add a watermark to slides

Theme Colors

Apply a theme color

Create or delete a custom theme color

Use a different set of colors for a presentation

Apply Web-safe colors to your presentation

Slide Layouts

Add a new slide

Change the layout of a slide

Customize your presentation with slide layouts

Create or change your own slide layouts

Add placeholders to a slide layout

Move or resize placeholders on a slide

I can't see the animation in my custom layout

I can't see the instruction text in my custom layout

Slide Masters

About slide masters and slide layouts

Have the same image appear on every slide

Modify a slide master

Add a watermark to slides

I can't format my slide masters

Adding Objects

Charts

Chart types

Create a chart

Change data for a chart

Format a chart

Add or edit data labels on a chart

Change the order of categories, values, or series in a chart

Create a combination chart

Add error bars to a chart

Add a secondary axis to a chart

Add a picture to a chart

I can't edit my chart data

I can't insert a chart

Tables

Add a table to a slide

Create great-looking tables by using Table Styles in PowerPoint 2008

Add or delete columns and rows in a table

Add a title row or total row to a table

Add a table that has style

Add or change a fill color of a table cell

Change the look of a table

Change a table by using the Formatting Palette

Change column width or row height in a table

Change table borders

Draw a diagonal line across a table cell

Make columns or rows the same size in a table

Merge or split cells in a table

Select a column or row in a table

I can't edit a table

I can't make my table cells smaller

I can't move a shape, text box, or table

I can't see text in my table in the outline pane

My table row expands or shrinks when I add or delete text from a cell

My text doesn't move when I rotate a shape or text box

Objects

Add or change a shape

Position text in a shape

Graphics file types you can insert and save

Add or change a line

I can't move a shape, text box, or table

I can't edit a shape

I can't edit text boxes in shapes

My text doesn't move when I rotate a shape or text box

Pictures

Add or replace a picture

Add a picture for pizzazz

Frame a picture and add a text description

Crop or trim a picture

Add an effect to a picture

Apply formatting and effects to text and pictures

Create transparency in a picture

Use a logo across Office applications

Diagrams

Add or edit a SmartArt graphic

Create an organizational chart

Convert a bulleted list to a diagram

Convert text to a SmartArt graphic in PowerPoint 2008

Formatting Objects

Move, rotate, or flip an object

Resize an object

Align objects

Group, arrange, or distribute objects

Copy formatting between objects

Create a reflection of an object

Duplicate an object

Make a new shape the same size as an existing shape

Restore a picture

Freely rotated objects in earlier versions of Office

Change table borders

I can't make my table cells smaller

Applying Effects

Add effects to text

Apply Quick Styles and preset effects

Shadows in earlier versions of Office

Transparent objects in earlier versions of Office

Change fill color or fill effects

Make a picture look 3-D

Adding Action

Transitions

Add, edit, or remove transitions

Apply a transition to all slides

I can't see my slide transitions

Make slides come to life with transitions and animations

Links and Navigation

Create, edit, or remove a hyperlink

Insert a navigation button

Open an application from within a presentation

Animations

Animate text and objects

Animate a chart

Animate a word on a slide

Animate each bullet point on a slide

Edit an animation

Add sound to an animation

Remove animation

Change object or text color after an animation plays

I can't see my shape or chart animations

I can't see the animation in my custom layout

My animation effects play incorrectly

Make slides come to life with transitions and animations

Apply and edit path animations

Add an animated GIF

Sound and Narration

Add and format sound in a presentation

Play a CD during a presentation

Record a sound or comment on one slide

Record narration

I can't hear a sound file

Audio and video file types that you can add to a presentation

Movies

Add a movie to a slide

Set options for a movie that plays during a slide show

Collaborating

Add or change a comment

About PowerPoint Packages

Plan an event by using Project Center

Share data between applications

Presenting

Setting Up

Select slides to show during a presentation

Hide a slide

Rehearse and set slide timings

Turn timing off

Run a custom show

Delivering

Present a slide show in person

Rehearse and manage a presentation

Turn off narration

Run a presentation as a movie at a kiosk

Using Pen and Pointer Tools

Show or hide the pointer during a presentation

Erase marks or write on a slide during a presentation

Change the color of the annotation pen

Using the Apple Remote

Give a presentation by using an Apple Remote

Presentation controls on the Apple Remote

Printing and Handouts

Set the size and orientation for printing

View slides in grayscale

Print slides, handouts, and notes

Print a presentation in grayscale or black and white

Preview a presentation before printing

Change notes layout for printing

Send a presentation as a fax

Print a custom show

Handouts

Create handouts

Set the number of slides per handout

Sharing with Other Applications

Ways to share presentations

Save a presentation to share with other people

Share data between applications

Save your slides as pictures by using iPhoto

Give a presentation from an iPod

Share PowerPoint slides as an iPhoto album

Creating a PowerPoint Movie

Save and run a presentation as a movie

Set options for a presentation saved as a movie

Actions displayed in a PowerPoint movie

Security and Privacy

Help protect your privacy

View the privacy statement

Troubleshooting

Troubleshoot animations

Troubleshoot objects

Troubleshoot slide layouts

Troubleshoot tables

I can't see my Meeting Minder notes

I can't see the object that I want to select

I can't type characters for a certain language.

I can't type smart quotes

My characters appear differently in earlier versions of Office.

My keyboard shortcut doesn't work

My QuickTime movie doesn't play in Office for Windows

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