1. How to Become a PowerPoint Wizard
Mike Stein
How to Become a PowerPoint Wizard

2. Table of Contents Run slideshow in window Re-order list items
Duplicate objects
Remove image background
Edit design templates
Re-order animations
Create a table of contents
Office 365 – design ideas & highlighter

3. Run Slideshow in Window (Reading View)
At the bottom right of the screen, click the Book icon. This will start your slideshow in a window so that you can switch between applications more easily during a presentation.
Try it!
Run this slideshow in reading view.
Note:
You can also get to Reading View by clicking the View tab at the top of the screen and clicking Reading View.
To exit Reading View, press ESC on the keyboard or click the Normal View icon.

4. Re-order list items
Select a bullet or list text by triple clicking anywhere on that line of text.
Hold down the Alt + Shift keys on the keyboard.
Use the up and down arrow keys to move the item up or down in the list.
Try it with this item! Move this item to the top of this list and then back down to the bottom again.
Try it!
Move item #4 to the top of the list and then back down to the bottom again using Alt+Shift and the Up and Down Arrow keys.

5. Duplicate objects There are 3 ways to duplicate objects in PowerPoint:
Click the object and press Ctrl + C to copy the object and then Ctrl + V to paste the item on the same slide.
Click the object and press Ctrl + D to duplicate the object.
Hold Ctrl on the keyboard and left click the object and drag it to make a copy and release the mouse button to drop it.
Try it!
Duplicate the wizard image on this slide using all 3 methods.

6. Remove Image Background
Double click an image
In the Drawing Tools Format tab click Remove Background.
Drag the corners of the shape to surround the entire image you’d like to keep. The purple area will be removed.
Use the Mark Areas to Keep or Mark Areas to Remove tools to select or deselect areas to remove.
Press Esc or click Keep Changes to remove the background.
Try it!
Insert an online image and remove the background using the steps on this slide:
Double click an image
In the Drawing Tools Format tab click Remove Background.
Drag the corners of the shape to surround the entire image you’d like to keep. The purple area will be removed.
Use the Mark Areas to Keep or Mark Areas to Remove tools to select or deselect areas to remove.
Press Esc or click Keep Changes to remove the background.

7. Edit design templates & variants
Open a new blank presentation.
In the Design tab, click on a theme to apply to the presentation.
In the Variants group, select another variant.
Click the More drop down arrow in the Variants group and select Colors from the list.
Hover over the preset options to preview the theme or click Customize Colors… at the bottom of the list.
Modify the colors by clicking the color drop down arrow and selecting a new color.
Try it!
Create a new presentation and follow the steps to choose a theme variant and change the colors of the theme:
1. Open a new blank presentation.
2. In the Design tab, click on a theme to apply to the presentation.
3. In the Variants group, select another variant.
4. Click the More drop down arrow in the Variants group and select Colors from the list.
5. Hover over the preset options to preview the theme or click Customize Colors… at the bottom of the list.
6. Modify the colors by clicking the color drop down arrow and selecting a new color.

8. Re-order animations
On a slide with animations, click the Animations tab and in the Advanced Animation group, click Animation Pane.
Click and drag an animation up or down to change the order in which it will occur on the slide.
In the Timing group, you can also use the Move Earlier and Move Later buttons to adjust when an animation will occur.
Try it!
Adjust the animations on this slide so that they are in the following order:
On a slide with…
Picture 2
Click and drag…
Picture 8
In the Timing…
Picture 6

9. Create a table of contents
Select text you want to make a hyperlink.
Right click the selected text & click Hyperlink (or press Ctrl + K).
In the Insert Hyperlink pop up window, in the Link to section on the left, click Place in This Document.
Click the slide you would like to link to and click OK.
Repeat this with the other text and slides to make a table of contents for your presentation.
Try it!
Use slide 2 to create a table of contents for this presentation and run the slideshow to see how it works.
Extra challenge:
Create links to slides on the Master Slide to create a running table of contents throughout the presentation.

10. Office 365 Design Ideas Highlighter Try it!
1. Go to the Office in Education website.
2. Enter your HCC and click Get Started.
3. Click I’m a teacher.
4. Click Sign in.
5. Enter your HCC password and click Sign in.
6. Click Yes to stay signed in or No to be prompted to sign in each time you log in.
7. Click OK, got it.
8. In the top right, click Install Office apps.
9. Click Office 2016 on the list.
10. A setup installer will download. Open and run the installer to install the Office 365 version of Office 2016 on your computer.