Introduction .1 Who This Book Is For . 2 How This Book Is Organized . 2 Conventions Used in This Book . 3 I PowerPoint 2013 Basics 1 Introducing PowerPoint 2013.5 Understanding What PowerPoint Can Do . 6 Exploring New PowerPoint 2013 Features . 6 Getting Started with PowerPoint .
7 Exploring the Start Screen . 7 Setting Up Your PowerPoint Account . 8 Using the Ribbon Tabs .10 Using Backstage View .12 Using Toolbars .12 Using Task Panes .13 Understanding PowerPoint Views .14 Getting Help .
17 2 Creating a Basic Presentation .19 Understanding PowerPoint Presentations.20 Understanding Themes.20 Understanding Templates .21 Understanding Slide Layouts .21 Creating a Presentation .23 Creating a Presentation with a Theme .24 Creating a Presentation from an Online Template or Theme .
26 Creating a Presentation from Scratch .27 Adding Slides to Your Presentation .28 Adding Sections to Your Presentation .29 Collapsing and Expanding Sections .31 Removing Sections .31 Managing Presentations .31 Exploring PowerPoint File Formats .31 Saving a Presentation to Your Computer .
33 Saving as a PDF or XPS Document .35 Changing to Another File Type .38 Opening a Presentation .39 Renaming a Presentation .41 Closing a Presentation .41 Deleting a Presentation .41 II Editing and Formatting Presentations 3 Customizing Themes and Backgrounds .43 Applying a New Theme to Your Presentation .
44 Applying Multiple Themes to a Single Presentation .45 Applying a New Theme Variant .46 Formatting Presentation Backgrounds .46 Formatting Your Presentation''s Background .46 Omitting Background Graphics .47 Resetting a Background .48 Customizing Themes .48 Customizing Theme Color Schemes .
48 Customizing Theme Fonts .51 Customizing Theme Effects .53 Working with Custom Themes .54 4 Working with Text .57 Adding Text to a Placeholder .58 Using AutoFit .58 Using Text Boxes .59 Inserting a Text Box .
59 Moving and Resizing a Text Box .60 Formatting a Text Box .60 Formatting Text .61 Enhancing Presentation Text .62 Using the Formatting Tools on the Home Tab .62 Formatting Text with Options in the Font Dialog Box .64 Formatting Text with Options in the Paragraph Dialog Box .66 Formatting Text with the Mini Toolbar .
67 Using Bullets .67 Changing the Bullet Style of Selected Text .68 Applying Picture Bullets .69 Applying Character Bullets .70 Using Numbered Lists .71 Using WordArt .72 Inserting WordArt .72 Formatting WordArt .
73 Proofing Your Text .74 Setting Spelling Check Options .74 Checking Your Spelling .75 Looking Up a Synonym in the Thesaurus .77 5 Formatting and Organizing Objects, Slides, and Presentations .79 Manipulating Objects .80 Cutting an Object .80 Copying an Object .
80 Pasting an Object .80 Moving and Resizing an Object.82 Arranging Objects .82 Layering Objects .82 Grouping Objects .83 Aligning Objects .