PowerPoint Advanced Features And Customization

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Create and Apply a Custom Animation Effect to Text or an Object

1. Select the text or object to animate.
2. Select the Animations tab.
3. From the Add Animation drop-down, select an animation style.
4. From the Effect Options drop-down, select the appropriate direction.
5. From the Start drop-down, select the appropriate option.
6. In the Duration field, enter the appropriate duration.
7. In the Delay field, enter the appropriate delay.

Create, Customize, and Apply a Slide Master

1. Select the View tab.
2. In the Master Views group, click Slide Master.
3. To add more slide masters to a presentation, click Insert Slide Master.
4. To delete an unwanted layout, select the layout.
5. In the Edit Master group, click Delete.
6. To delete an unwanted placeholder, select the border of the placeholder.
7. Press Delete.
8. To insert a placeholder, select the Insert Placeholder drop-down.
9. Select the appropriate placeholder.
10. Click and drag to draw the placeholder.
11. To apply a theme, select the Themes drop-down.
12. Select the appropriate theme.
13. To change the background of a slide, select the slide.
14. In the Background group, select the Background Styles drop-down.
15. Select the appropriate background style.
16. To set the slide orientation, select the Slide Size drop-down.
17. Select Custom Slide Size.
18. Under Orientation, select the appropriate orientation.
19. Click OK.
20. To make footers display text at the bottom of slides, select the Insert tab.
21. In the Text group, click Header & Footer.
22. Select the Slide tab.
23. Select the Footer checkbox.
24. In the Footer field, enter the appropriate text.
25. To apply a footer to all slides, click Apply To All.
26. To apply to current slide, click Apply.
27. To save the slide master as a template, select the File tab.
28. In the left navigation pane, click Save As.
29. Under Save As, select the location where to save the file.
30. In the File Name field, enter the appropriate file name.
31. From the Save As Type drop-down, select PowerPoint Template.
32. Click Save.

Create a Custom Dictionary

1. On the File tab, click Options.
2. Click Proofing.
3. Click Custom Dictionaries.
4. Click New.
5. In the File Name field, enter the path and file name of the new custom dictionary.
6. Click Save.

Add, Delete, or Edit Words in a Custom Dictionary

1. On the File tab, click Options.
2. Select the Proofing tab.
3. In the When Correcting Spelling In Microsoft Office area, click Custom Dictionaries.
4. Select the custom dictionary to be modified.
5. Click Edit Word List.
6. To add a word, click the Word(s) field.
7. Enter the word.
8. Click Add.
9. In the Dictionary list box, select the word to delete.
10. Click Delete.
11. To edit a word, delete it, and add it again using the correct spelling.
12. To remove the words in the custom dictionary, click Delete All.
13. Click OK.
14. To close the dialog boxes, click OK.

Customize a Background Style for a Presentation

1. Select the appropriate slide.
2. Click the Design tab.
3. In the Customize group, click Format Background.
4. Click Fill.
5. Select the appropriate background.
6. Set the appropriate options.
7. To apply the background, click Close.
8. To apply the background style to all slides, click Apply To All.
9. To reset the background, click Reset Background.