PowerPoint 2016: Shortcuts

Become a Microsoft PowerPoint power user. Learn the shortcuts that will help you save time, be more productive, and create more engaging PowerPoint presentations.

PowerPoint power users know what features to use to make their presentations truly engaging. They know how to work seamlessly with the software, controlling their slideshows and presentations directly from the keyboard. They know how to make PowerPoint their own by adjusting settings to fit their unique workflows. Want to know what the power users know? Watch these tutorials to find out how to put these power shortcuts to work for you.

Microsoft Office expert David Rivers begins with the top 10 tips, including how to repurpose slides from other presentations, create custom shapes and animations, and insert online video into a slide. From there, he offers pro tips on managing files; using little-known keyboard shortcuts; getting the most out of your text, objects, and media; sharing your presentations; and more.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files

1. Top Ten Tips

• Animate objects with the painter
• Match colors with the Eyedropper tool
• Reuse slides from other presentations
• Use multiple templates simultaneously
• Merge shapes to create a custom shape
• Create a custom animation
• Zoom in to highlight slide details
• Play sounds across multiple slides
• Fit an image into another shape
• Insert online video into a slide

2. Manage Your PowerPoint Files

• Access recent files quickly
• Choose a default save location
• Ways to reduce file sizes in PowerPoint
• Save your files with fonts embedded
• Open Word documents in PowerPoint

3. Customize the User Interface

• Organize objects with Smart Guides
• Enable grids and gridlines
• Customize the Ribbon
• Customize the Quick Access Toolbar

4. Handy Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts

• Change views with the keyboard
• Select Ribbon commands with KeyTips
• Navigate slideshows with the keyboard
• Mouse tricks to navigate slideshows

5. Work with Text

• Create abbreviations with AutoCorrect
• Adjust paragraph spacing
• Clear text formatting

6. Work with Media

• Insert screenshots
• Make image colors transparent
• Disable graphics acceleration
• Enable PowerPoint Designer

7. Work with Objects and Animations

• Create 3D images
• Create the perfect gradient
• Add action buttons to a slide
• Create cumulative animations
• Coordinate transitions
• Use the Selection pane

8. Share Presentations

• Print files economically
• Remove proprietary metadata
• Create custom slideshows
• Save presentations as templates

Conclusion

• Next steps