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Laminated quick reference card showing step-by-step instructions and shortcuts for how to use Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2013. This guide is suitable as a training handout, or simply an easy to use reference guide, for any type of user.

The following topics are covered:

Adding a New Slide; Changing a Slide's Layout; Switching Between Standard and Widescreen Format; Custom Slide Size and Orientation; Entering Text; Starting a Line without a Bullet; Moving Between Text Areas with the Keyboard; Adding Other Text on the Slide; Changing Level of Indention; Text Formatting; Using Presentation Views: Normal View, Outline View, Slide Sorter View.

Applying Design Themes; Changing Background of a Slide; Adding a Header or Footer; Creating Speaker Notes.

Using the Slide Master; Suppressing Slide Master Objects.

Adding Clip Art and Online Images; Creating a Chart; Creating an Org Chart; Adding and Deleting Org Chart Boxes; Drawing Shapes; Resizing a Shape or Picture; Rotating Objects; Moving a Shape; Adding Text to Shapes; Selecting Shapes; Changing Color, Fill Pattern, or Line Style of a Shape or Line; Using Eyedropper to Match Colors; Duplicating Shapes; Animating an Object.

Running a Slide Show; Assigning Transition Effects and Timings for a Slide Show; Changing Slide Show Settings; Printing.

Also includes a list of Touch Actions, Text Selection and Movement and Slide Show Shortcuts.

This guide is one of two titles available for PowerPoint 2013: PowerPoint 2013 Introduction, PowerPoint 2013 Advanced (ISBN 978-1936220885).

Recommended companion title covering Office basics: Microsoft Office 2013 Essentials (ISBN 978-1936220755).