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Navigating PowerPoint
by Peggy Duncan
Having recently sat through a presentation with someone who was very new
to PowerPoint and feeling their pain, I wanted to share with you some
navigation tips for your next winning presentation.
As you're moving through your presentation, and you need to refer to
a previous slide, you don't have to Esc the presentation, go to slide
sorter view, find the slide you want, select it, and go back to slide
show. Whew!
Instead, all you have to do is type the number of the slide you need
to go back to, and press Enter. How do you know the slide number? By referring
to your thumbnail handouts of your presentation.
If you have a lot of handout pages, it may be quicker this way.
During the Slide Show:
- Right-click (or press Shift+F10), point to Go on the shortcut menu,
and then point to By Title.
- Click the title of the slide you want to go to.
- To return, right-click (or press Shift+F10), point to Go on the shortcut
menu, and then click Previously Viewed.
You can also use your keyboard arrow keys or the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN
keys to advance the next action during your slide show. Also, pressing
N (for Next) and P (for previous), the spacebar, and left click will advance
the next action.
To go to the first slide in your presentation anytime during the show,
hold down both your mouse buttons for about two seconds.
To pause your show during a discussion, you can turn the slide black
or white so your audience can focus on what you're saying. Type B or W
to turn the slide off, and retype it to turn it back on.
Hope this helps!
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Peggy Duncan is a combination professional organizer, project manager,
and computer trainer. She's the author of Put Time Management to Work:
Get Organized, Streamline Processes, Use the Right Technology and
Just Show Me Which Button to Click!: Computer Training for Busy People.
For more great tips and to subscribe to her free monthly Webzine, visit
her award-winning Web site at www.peggyduncan.com.
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