Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Sheet Options


MS Excel provides various sheet options for printing purpose like generally cell gridlines aren’t printed. If you want your printout to include the gridlines, Choose Page Layout » Sheet Options group » Gridlines » Check Print.

Sheet Options

Options in Sheet Options Dialogue

  • Print Area − You can set the print area with this option.

  • Print Titles − You can set titles to appear at the top for rows and at the left for columns.

  • Print −

    • Gridlines − Gridlines to appear while printing worksheet.

    • Black & White − Select this check box to have your color printer print the chart in black and white.

    • Draft quality − Select this check box to print the chart using your printer’s draft-quality setting.

    • Rows & Column Heading − Select this check box to have rows and column heading to print.

  • Page Order −

    • Down, then Over − It prints the down pages first and then the right pages.

    • Over, then Down − It prints right pages first and then comes to print the down pages.

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Formatting Cell


MS Excel Cell can hold different types of data like Numbers, Currency, Dates, etc. You can set the cell type in various ways as shown below −

  • Right Click on the cell » Format cells » Number.
  • Click on the Ribbon from the ribbon.

Set Cell Type

Various Cell Formats

Below are the various cell formats.

  • General − This is the default cell format of Cell.

  • Number − This displays cell as number with separator.

  • Currency − This displays cell as currency i.e. with currency sign.

  • Accounting − Similar to Currency, used for accounting purpose.

  • Date − Various date formats are available under this like 17-09-2013, 17th-Sep-2013, etc.

  • Time − Various Time formats are available under this, like 1.30PM, 13.30, etc.

  • Percentage − This displays cell as percentage with decimal places like 50.00%.

  • Fraction − This displays cell as fraction like 1/4, 1/2 etc.

  • Scientific − This displays cell as exponential like 5.6E+01.

  • Text − This displays cell as normal text.

  • Special − Special formats of cell like Zip code, Phone Number.

  • Custom − You can use custom format by using this.

Friday, July 26, 2024

Explore Window


The following basic window appears when you start the excel application. Let us now understand the various important parts of this window.

Explore Excel Window

File Tab

The File tab replaces the Office button from Excel 2007. You can click it to check the Backstage view, where you come when you need to open or save files, create new sheets, print a sheet, and do other file-related operations.

Quick Access Toolbar

You will find this toolbar just above the File tab and its purpose is to provide a convenient resting place for the Excel's most frequently used commands. You can customize this toolbar based on your comfort.

Ribbon

Excel Ribbon

Ribbon contains commands organized in three components −

  • Tabs − They appear across the top of the Ribbon and contain groups of related commands. Home, Insert, Page Layout are the examples of ribbon tabs.

  • Groups − They organize related commands; each group name appears below the group on the Ribbon. For example, group of commands related to fonts or group of commands related to alignment etc.

  • Commands − Commands appear within each group as mentioned above.

Title Bar

This lies in the middle and at the top of the window. Title bar shows the program and the sheet titles.

Help

The Help Icon can be used to get excel related help anytime you like. This provides nice tutorial on various subjects related to excel.

Zoom Control

Zoom control lets you zoom in for a closer look at your text. The zoom control consists of a slider that you can slide left or right to zoom in or out. The + buttons can be clicked to increase or decrease the zoom factor.

View Buttons

The group of three buttons located to the left of the Zoom control, near the bottom of the screen, lets you switch among excel's various sheet views.

  • Normal Layout view − This displays the page in normal view.

  • Page Layout view − This displays pages exactly as they will appear when printed. This gives a full screen look of the document.

  • Page Break view − This shows a preview of where pages will break when printed.

Sheet Area

The area where you enter data. The flashing vertical bar is called the insertion point and it represents the location where text will appear when you type.

Row Bar

Rows are numbered from 1 onwards and keeps on increasing as you keep entering data. Maximum limit is 1,048,576 rows.

Column Bar

Columns are numbered from A onwards and keeps on increasing as you keep entering data. After Z, it will start the series of AA, AB and so on. Maximum limit is 16,384 columns.

Status Bar

This displays the current status of the active cell in the worksheet. A cell can be in either of the fours states (a) Ready mode which indicates that the worksheet is ready to accept user inpu (b) Edit mode indicates that cell is editing mode, if it is not activated the you can activate editing mode by double-clicking on a cell (c) A cell enters into Enter mode when a user types data into a cell (d) Point mode triggers when a formula is being entered using a cell reference by mouse pointing or the arrow keys on the keyboard.

Dialog Box Launcher

This appears as a very small arrow in the lower-right corner of many groups on the Ribbon. Clicking this button opens a dialog box or task pane that provides more options about the group.

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Introduction to Excel Starter


Microsoft Excel Starter 2010 is a spreadsheet program designed for everyday tasks such as setting up a budget, maintaining an address list, or keeping track of a list of to-do items. Excel Starter is part of Microsoft Office Starter 2010, and comes pre-loaded on your computer.

Excel Starter 2010 is very similar to Microsoft Excel 2010 in appearance. If you are new to the Ribbon interface or the Backstage view, Excel Starter gives you an opportunity to get accustomed to the new interface before upgrading to Excel 2010.

Excel Starter differs from the complete version of Excel in that it includes display advertising, and it does not support the advanced features of the complete version of Excel. If you find that you want more features, you can upgrade to Excel 2010 right from Excel Starter 2010. Just click Purchase on the Home tab on the ribbon.

Open Excel Starter and take a look around

Open Excel Starter with the Windows Start button.

  1. Click the Start button start button . If Excel Starter is not included among the list of programs you see, click All Programs, and then click Microsoft Office Starter.

  2. Click Microsoft Excel Starter 2010.

    The Excel Starter startup screen appears, and a blank spreadsheet is displayed. In Excel Starter, a spreadsheet is called a worksheet, and worksheets are stored in a file called a workbook. Workbooks can have one or more worksheets in them.

Excel Starter

1. Columns (labeled with letters) and rows (labeled with numbers) make up the cells of your worksheet.

2. Clicking the File tab opens the Backstage view of your workbook, where you can open and save files, get information about the current workbook, and perform other tasks that do not have to do with the content of the workbook, such as printing it or sending a copy of it in e-mail.

3. Each tab in the ribbon displays commands that are grouped by task. You'll probably spend most of your time using the Home tab, when you're entering and formatting data. Use the Insert tab to add tables, charts, pictures, or other graphics to your worksheet. Use the Page Layout tab to adjust margins and layout, especially for printing. Use the Formulas tab to make calculations on the data in your worksheet.

4. The pane along the side of the Excel Starter window includes links to Help and shortcuts to templates and clip art, to give you a head-start on creating workbooks for specific tasks, such as managing a membership list or tracking expenses. The pane also displays advertising and a link to purchase a full-feature edition of Office.

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Rearrange the order of slides

In the pane on the left, click the thumbnail of the slide that you want to move, and then drag it to the new location.

To select multiple slides: Press and hold Ctrl, and in the pane on the left, click each slide that you want to move. Release the Ctrl key, and then drag the selected slides as a group to the new location.

Monday, July 22, 2024

Delete slides


  1. For a single slide: Right-click the slide in the thumbnail pane on the left, and select Delete Slide.

  2. For multiple slides: Press and hold Ctrl, and in the thumbnail pane on the left, select the slides. Release the Ctrl key. Then right-click the selection and choose Delete Slide.

  3. For a sequence of slides: Press and hold Shift, and in the thumbnail pane on the left, select the first and last slides in the sequence. Release the Shift key. Then right-click the selection and choose Delete Slide.

Friday, July 19, 2024

Adding text to slides


  1. On the Home tab, under Insert, click Text.
  2. On the pop-up menu, click Text Box.
  3. On the slide, click the location where you want to add the text box.
  4. Type or paste your text in the text box.

 

Important Shortcut Keys for Computer

  
CTRL+A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Select All
CTRL+C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copy
CTRL+X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cut
CTRL+V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paste
CTRL+Z. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undo
CTRL+B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bold
CTRL+U. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Underline
CTRL+I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Italic
F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Help
F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rename selected object
F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Find all files
F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opens file list drop-down in dialogs
F5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Refresh current window
F6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shifts focus in Windows Explorer
F10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activates menu bar options
ALT+TAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cycles between open applications
ALT+F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quit program, close current window
ALT+F6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Switch between current program windows
ALT+ENTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opens properties dialog
ALT+SPACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System menu for the current window
ALT+¢ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . opens drop-down lists in dialog boxes
BACKSPACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . Switch to the parent folder
CTRL+ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opens Start menu
CTRL+ALT+DEL . . . . . . . . . . Opens task manager, reboots the computer
CTRL+TAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Move through property tabs
CTRL+SHIFT+DRAG . . . . . . . Create shortcut (also right-click, drag)
CTRL+DRAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copy File
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cancel last function
SHIFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Press/hold SHIFT, insert CD-ROM to bypass auto-play
SHIFT+DRAG . . . . . . . . . . . . Move file
SHIFT+F10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opens context menu (same as right-click)
SHIFT+DELETE . . . . . . . . . . . Full wipe delete (bypasses Recycle Bin)
ALT+underlined letter . . . . Opens the corresponding menu
PC Keyboard Shortcuts
Document Cursor Controls
HOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to the beginning of the line or far left of field or screen
END . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to end of line, or far right of field or screen
CTRL+HOME . . . . . . . . to the top
CTRL+END . . . . . . . . . . to the bottom
PAGE UP . . . . . . . . . . . . moves document or dialog box up one page
PAGE DOWN . . . . . . . . moves document or dialog down one page
ARROW KEYS . . . . . . . move focus in documents, dialogs, etc.
CTRL+ > . . . . . . . . . . . . next word
CTRL+SHIFT+ > . . . . . . selects a word
Windows Explorer Tree Control
Numeric Keypad * . . . Expand all under the current selection
Numeric Keypad + . . . Expands the current selection
Numeric Keypad – . . . Collapses current selection
¦ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Expand current selection or go to first child
‰ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Collapse current selection or go to parent
Special Characters
‘ Opening single quote . . . alt 0145
’ Closing single quote . . . . alt 0146
“ Opening double quote . . . alt 0147
“ Closing double quote. . . . alt 0148
– En dash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0150
— Em dash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0151
… Ellipsis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0133
• Bullet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0149
® Registration Mark . . . . . . . alt 0174
© Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0169
™ Trademark . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0153
° Degree symbol. . . . . . . . . alt 0176
¢ Cent sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0162
1⁄4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0188
1⁄2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0189
3⁄4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0190
PC Keyboard Shortcuts
Creating unique images in a uniform world! Creating unique images in a uniform world!
é . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0233
É . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0201
ñ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0241
÷ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0247
File menu options in the current program
Alt + E Edit options in the current program
F1 Universal help (for all programs)
Ctrl + A Select all text
Ctrl + X Cut selected item
Shift + Del Cut selected item
Ctrl + C Copy selected item
Ctrl + Ins Copy selected item
Ctrl + V Paste
Shift + Ins Paste
Home Go to the beginning of the current line
Ctrl + Home Go to bethe ginning of the document
End Go to end of the current line
Ctrl + End Go to end of the document
Shift + Home Highlight from the current position to the beginning of the line
Shift + End Highlight from the current position to the end of line
Ctrl + f Move one word to the left at a time
Ctrl + g Move one word to the right at a time
MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® SHORTCUT KEYS
Alt + Tab Switch between open applications
Alt +
Shift + Tab
Switch backward between open
applications
Alt + Print
Screen
Create a screenshot for the current program
Ctrl + Alt + Del Reboot/Windows® task manager
Ctrl + Esc Bring up the start menu
Alt + Esc Switch between applications on the taskbar
F2 Rename selected icon
F3 Start find from desktop
F4 Open the drive selection when browsing
F5 Refresh contents
Alt + F4 Close current open program
Ctrl + F4 Close window in the program
Ctrl + Plus
Key
Automatically adjust widths of all columns
in Windows Explorer
Alt + Enter Open properties window of selected icon
or program
Shift + F10 Simulate right-click on selected item
Shift + Del Delete programs/files permanently
Holding Shift
During Bootup
Boot safe mode or bypass system files
Holding Shift
During Bootup
When putting in an audio CD, will prevent
CD Player from playing
WINKEY SHORTCUTS
WINKEY + D Bring desktop to the top of other windows
WINKEY + M Minimize all windows
WINKEY +
SHIFT + M
Undo the minimize done by WINKEY + M
and WINKEY + D
WINKEY + E Open Microsoft Explorer
WINKEY + Tab Cycle through open programs on the taskbar
WINKEY + F Display the Windows® Search/Find feature
WINKEY +
CTRL + F
Display the search for computers window
WINKEY + F1 Display the Microsoft® Windows® help
WINKEY + R Open the run window
WINKEY +
Pause /Break
Open the system properties window
WINKEY + U Open utility manager
WINKEY + L Lock the computer (Windows XP® & later)
OUTLOOK® SHORTCUT KEYS
Alt + S Send the email
Ctrl + C Copy selected text
Ctrl + X Cut selected text
Ctrl + P Open print dialog box
Ctrl + K Complete name/email typed in the address bar
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection
Ctrl + I Italicize highlighted selection
Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection
Ctrl + R Reply to an email
Ctrl + F Forward an email
Ctrl + N Create a new email
Ctrl + Shift + A Create a new appointment to your calendar
Ctrl + Shift + O Open the outbox
Ctrl + Shift + I Open the inbox
Ctrl + Shift + K Add a new task
Ctrl + Shift + C Create a new contact
Ctrl + Shift+ J Create a new journal entry
WORD® SHORTCUT KEYS
Ctrl + A Select all contents of the page
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection
Ctrl + C Copy selected text
Ctrl + X Cut selected text
Ctrl + N Open new/blank document
Ctrl + O Open options
Ctrl + P Open the print window
Ctrl + F Open find box
Ctrl + I Italicize highlighted selection
Ctrl + K Insert link
Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + Y Redo the last action performed
Ctrl + Z Undo last action
Ctrl + G Find and replace options
Ctrl + H Find and replace options
Ctrl + J Justify paragraph alignment
Ctrl + L Align selected text or line to the left
Ctrl + Q Align selected paragraph to the left
Ctrl + E Align selected

Thursday, July 18, 2024

Add new Slides


Adding New Slides To A PowerPoint Presentation

steps:
  1. In the slide thumbnail pane on the left, click the slide that you want your new slide to follow.

  2. On the Home tab, click New Slide.

  3. In the New Slide dialog box, select the layout that you want for your new slide. Learn more about slide layouts.

  4. Select Add Slide.

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Create a presentation in PowerPoint


With PowerPoint on your PC, Mac, or mobile device:

  • Create presentations from scratch or a template.

  • Add text, images, art, and videos.

  • Select a professional design with PowerPoint Designer.

  • Add transitions, animations, and motion.

  • Save to OneDrive, to get to your presentations from your computer, tablet, or phone.

  • Share and work with others, wherever they are.

 

Create a presentation

  1. Open PowerPoint.

  2. Select an option:

    • Select Blank Presentation to create a presentation from scratch.

    • Select one of the templates.

    • Select Take a Tour, and then select Create, to see tips for using PowerPoint.

Create new PowerPoint

Add a slide

  1. Select the slide you want your new slide to follow.

  2. Select Home > New Slide.

  3. Select Layout and the you type want from the drop-down.

PowerPoint slide layouts

Add and format text

  1. Place the cursor where you want, and type.

  2. Select the text, and then select an option on the Home tab: FontFont sizeBoldItalicUnderline, ...

  3. To create bulleted or numbered lists, select the text, and then select Bullets or Numbering.

PowerPoint format text
 

Add a picture, shape, or chart

  1. Select Insert.

  2. To add a picture:

    • Select Picture.

    • Browse for the picture you want and select Insert.

  3. To add a shape, art, or chart:

    • Select ShapesIconsSmartArt, or Chart.

    • Select the one you want.

Insert pictures, shapes, and charts

Friday, July 12, 2024

Back Stage View


The Backstage view in Powerpoint Online provides access to the File menu and some other options. However, don’t expect the Backstage view within PowerPoint Online to be as full featured, compared to the Backstage view in PowerPoint’s desktop versions—in fact, there’s almost no feature to control interface elements. The options here mainly accomplish basic tasks such as sharing, saving, downloading, etc.

You access Backstage view from the File tab, as shown in Figure 1, below. The File tab, highlighted in blue is placed towards the extreme-left of the Ribbon.

File tab in PowerPoint Online
Figure 1: File tab in PowerPoint Online

Although it looks like a tab, the File tab brings up a menu on the left side of the Backstage view that it spawns, as shown in Figure 2. Notice that there are no other menus  Within Powerpoint Interface Backstage view, you'll find features for managing your PowerPoint presentation files, creating and saving files, printing slides, downloading and sharing.

PowerPoint Online Backstage view
Figure 2: PowerPoint Online Backstage view

When Backstage view is open, you can find several options on the left side. These options, when selected open individual Panes. Here is a a brief introduction to these options:

Info

There are two options within this pane: Open in PowerPoint and Previous Versions.

New

Offers you various Themes to start a new Presentation.

Open

When you launch PowerPoint, and select the File menu, you'll see the Open Pane visible within Backstage view with recently opened presentations listed (see Figure 2, above). If you want to open a presentation that is not listed here, click the More on OneDrive link (highlighted in red within Figure 2), navigate to the OneDrive folder where you have saved it, and open it.

Rename

You can rename the open presentation using this option.

Save a Copy

There is no Save option in PowerPoint Online since PowerPoint saves after every change you make automatically. If you want to go back to a previous stage in your presentation, you can use PowerPoint Online’s versioning feature that’s accessed from the Info option in backstage view. Also, you can save the open presentation as a new presentation (a copy) using the Save a Copy option, shown in Figure 3, below.

Save as a new presentation
Figure 3: Save as a new presentation

Print

Prints the open presentation.

Share

Includes two options:

Share with people: Share your slides with other peoples.

Embed: Used to create an embed code for the open presentation that you can post on your web site or blog.

Download As

This pane, shown in Figure 4, below includes three options:

  1. Download a Copy: Creates a copy that you can download to the device on which you are running PowerPoint Online.
  2. Download as PDF: Saves your PowerPoint file as a PDF available for download.
  3. Download as ODP: Saves your PowerPoint file as ODP (Open Document Presentation) file, available for download. ODP is an open format that can be opened in Google Slides or OpenOffice.

Download options
Figure 4: Download options

About

The About pane, shown in Figure 5, below includes four options:

  1. Try Microsoft Options: Opens the Try Office 365 for free page on Office.com.
  2. Terms of Use: Opens the Microsoft Services Agreement page on Office.com.
  3. Privacy and Cookies: Opens the Microsoft Privacy Statement on Office.com.
  4. Diagnostics: Provides details of your ongoing session.

About options
Figure 5: About options

Help

The Help pane, shown in Figure 6, below includes two options:

  1. Help: Opens the PowerPoint Online Help page on Office.com.
  2. Give Feedback to Microsoft: Opens the Feedback window where you can give your opinions. You can either like or dislike something or even give suggestions.

Help options
Figure 6: Help options

To go back from Backstage view to Normal view, you click the Back arrow placed on the top left of the interface, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 7 below.

Back arrow within Backstage view
Figure 7: Back arrow within Backstage view

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Explore Windows in Powerpoint


Explore Windows in Powerpoint 2010 - Tutorialspoint

 

  1. File Tab. This tab opens the Backstage view which basically allows you to manage the file and settings in PowerPoint. ...
  2. Ribbon. The ribbon contains three components − ...
  3. Title Bar. This is the top section of the window. ...
  4. Slide Area. ...
  5. Help. ...
  6. Zoom Options. ...
  7. Slide Views. ...
  8. Notes Section.

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Save PowerPoint presentations as PDF files


When you save presentation as a PDF file it freezes the formatting and layout. People can view the slides even if they don’t have PowerPoint, but they can’t make changes to it.

 
  1. Select File > Export.

    Save a presentation as PDF

  2. Click Create PDF/XPS Document, then click Create PDF/XPS.

  3. In the Publish as PDF or XPS dialog box, choose a location to save the file to. If you want it to have a different name, enter it in the File name box.

  4. Optionally, if you want to change what the final PDF file is like, do any of the following:

    • At Optimize for, select Standard for higher quality (for example, if you want to print it). Select Minimum size to make the file smaller (for example, if you want to send it as an e-mail attachment).

    • Click Options to set how the presentation will appear as a PDF. Here are some of the available options:

      • To save the current slide only as a PDF, under Range, select Current slide.

      • To save specific slides as PDF, in Slides(s), enter the slide number range in From and To boxes.

      • If you don't want to save slides, but instead only save comments, handouts, or Outline view, under Publish what, select an appropriate option. You can also specify the number of slides to appear in Slides per page dropdown box, and modify the order (Horizontal or Vertical).

      • You can choose to include frame slides, hidden slides, comments, ink, non-printing information such as Document properties or Document structure tags, in your PDF by selecting the appropriate options.

      • Click OK.

  5. Click Publish.

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Insert a picture in PowerPoint


Depending on which version of PowerPoint you're using, you can insert pictures, photos, clip art, or other images to your slide show from your computer or from the Internet.

You can add single or multiple images onto a slide, the slide master, or to the background.

Insert a picture from your computer on your slide

  1. Click where you want to insert the picture on the slide.

  2. On the Insert tab, in the Images group, click Pictures.

    On the Insert tab, click Pictures.
  3. In the dialog box that opens, browse to the picture that you want to insert, click that picture, and then click Insert.

    Tip: If you want to insert multiple pictures at the same time, press and hold the Ctrl key while you select all the pictures you want to insert.

Insert a picture from the web on your slide

  1. Click where you want to insert the picture on the slide.

  2. On the Insert tab, in the Images group, click Online Pictures.

    Select Online Pictures
  3. (PowerPoint 2013) In the Bing Image Search box, type what you are searching for, and press Enter.

    Or

    (Newer versions) Ensure Bing is showing on the left in the drop-down list of sources to search. In the box, type what you are searching for, and press Enter.

    Use the SizeTypeColorLayout, and licensing filters to adjust the results according to your preferences.

  4. Click the picture you want to insert, and click Insert.

    Tip: After you insert a picture, you can change its size and position. To do so, right-click the picture, and click Format Picture. You can then use the Format Picture tools that are on the right of your slide.

Insert clip art

Unlike some earlier versions of PowerPoint, PowerPoint 2013 and newer versions don't have a clip art gallery. Instead, use Insert > Online Pictures to find and insert clip art using the Bing search tool.

Select Online Pictures

For example, after you select Online Pictures, you might search for horse clip art and see a variety of images under a Creative Commons license.

Searching for “horse clip art” gives you a variety of images under a Creative Commons license.

Monday, July 8, 2024

Font Management in Powerpoint


Managing the fonts in PowerPoint is vital to designing an impressive slideshow. PowerPoint offers extensive font management features to cover various aspects of fonts. The font management can be accessed from the Home ribbon in the Font group.

You can also access font management features by selecting a text box, right-clicking and selecting Font.

This opens up the Font dialog which contains all the font management features available under the font section in the Home ribbon.

The table below describes various font management features available in PowerPoint.

S.NoFeatures & Description
1Font Type

 

Defines the font type like Arial, Verdana, etc.

2Font Size

 

Defines the font size. Besides, there are icons to increase and decrease the font size in steps in the Font group.

3Font Style

 

Defines font styles like Regular, Bold, Italics or Underlined.

4Font Color

 

Specifies the font color.

5Font Effects

 

Defines effects like shadow, strikethrough, subscript, superscript, etc.

6Character Spacing

 

Specifies character spacing like loose, tight, normal, etc.

 

Friday, July 5, 2024

Copy and paste in PowerPoint


Copying and pasting in PowerPoint for the web differs from copying and pasting in the PowerPoint desktop application because of certain web browser limitations.

Copy and paste pictures

You can copy and paste pictures from one slide to another in the same presentation or another presentation. You can also copy a picture from another app, such as Word for the web, and then paste it in PowerPoint for the web.

  1. Select the image you want to copy, and then on the Home tab, select the Clipboard button The Clipboard button opens a menu that has Cut, Copy, and Paste options. and then select Copy.

    Home tab: Copy and Paste

  2. Click where you want to insert the text, and on the Home tab, select the Clipboard button The Clipboard button opens a menu that has Cut, Copy, and Paste options. and then select Paste.

    If you're prompted for access to the Clipboard, click Allow Access.

You can also copy pictures from web sites and paste them to your slides as long as you have a license for the image:

  • Right-click the image on the web site and select the Copy command, then switch to PowerPoint for the web to paste the image on your slide.

PowerPoint for the web doesn’t support pasting pictures that are copied from Outlook. If there’s a picture in Outlook that you want to use in PowerPoint for the web, save the picture to your computer, then go to Insert > Pictures in PowerPoint for the web.

Copy and paste text

Shortcut key for Paste:    Ctrl + V

  1. Select the text you want to copy, and then on the Home tab, select the Clipboard button The Clipboard button opens a menu that has Cut, Copy, and Paste options. and then select Copy.

    Home tab: Copy and Paste

  2. Click where you want to insert the text, and on the Home tab, select the Clipboard button and then select Paste.

    If you're prompted for access to the Clipboard, click Allow Access.

Copy and paste unformatted text

Shortcut key for Paste Unformatted:    Ctrl + Shift + V

  1. Select the text you want to copy, and then on the Home tab, select the Clipboard button The Clipboard button opens a menu that has Cut, Copy, and Paste options. and then select Copy.

  2. Click where you want to insert the unformatted text, and on the Home tab, select the Clipboard button and then select Paste Text Only.

    Paste Text Only

    Currently, Paste Text Only is only available in Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer.  And for Chrome, you need an Office extension to use this command in PowerPoint for the web. 

Copy and paste slides

  1. In the thumbnail pane on the left, select the slide or slides you want to copy, and then on the Home tab, select the Clipboard button The Clipboard button opens a menu that has Cut, Copy, and Paste options. and then select Copy.

  2. In the thumbnail pane, select the slide you want to insert after, and then on the Home tab, select the Clipboard button and then select Paste.

  3. If the slide or slides you copied come from a different presentation and you want to keep their original formatting, Click the (Ctrl) button that pops up at the bottom-right corner of the pasted slide, and select Keep Source Formatting.

    Paste Slide and Keep Source Formatting

    When you're copying-and-pasting slides within the same presentation, Keep Source Formatting currently isn't supported.

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