■Quickly switch input methods

Everyone knows that in Excel, it is easy to switch input methods through settings. Isn't there such a function in PowerPoint? In fact, there is such a function: click the "Options" command in the "Tools" menu, switch to the "Edit" tab, select the "Automatic Keyboard Switching" checkbox, and click OK. This setting is very convenient for editing existing files, but it does not have much effect when editing new files.

■Cleverly use text wrapping method

In PowerPoint/2003, we were able to rotate clip art freely after inserting it, but in Word 2003, we were unable to rotate clip art in this way after inserting it. In fact, we only need to select the inserted clip art, then click the "Text Wrap" button in the "Image" toolbar that appears, and choose any wrapping method other than "Embedded" in the pop-up text wrapping method. The clip art can be freely rotated. In addition, if we first insert clip art in PowerPoint and then cut it into Word, we can also freely rotate it directly.

■Quickly select multiple objects

In PowerPoint 2003, it is not easy to select several objects stacked together, especially when they are located at the lower level of the stacking order. However, we can click on the triangular arrow on the right side of the "Drawing" toolbar (toolbar options), point to "Add or Remove Button - Drawing" in sequence, then select "Select Multiple Objects" and add it to the "Drawing" toolbar. Clicking on it will open the "Select Multiple Objects" dialog box. We just need to select the corresponding objects in the object list of the dialog box. The addition of this button can also be done in the following way: click on the menu command "Tools - Customize", click on the "Command" tab in the opened dialog box, then select "Draw" in the "Category", select "Select Multiple Objects" in the "Command" bar, and drag it to any position on the toolbar.

■Creating Colorful Formulas

Formulas can also be inserted using the formula editor in PowerPoint. But the default formulas are all in black color, which is very incongruous with the background of our presentation. Actually, we can select the edited formula, right-click, and choose the "Show 'Image' Toolbar" command from the pop-up shortcut menu. Click the "Recolor Image" button in the "Image" toolbar again to specify any other color for the formula in the opened dialog box.

■Flexible setting of background

You can want certain slides to be different from the master, such as when you need to present a chart or photo in full screen. You can enter the "Format" menu, then select "Background", choose the "Ignore Master Background Graphics" option, and then you can make the current slide not use a master background.

■Prevent modification

Click on "Tools - Options - Security" in PowerPoint, and then set "Change Permission Password" to prevent the PPT document from being modified by someone. In addition, PPT can also be saved in PPS format, so that after double clicking the file, the slides can be played directly.

■Take a look at the special playback mode of PowerPoint

When playing a PPT document, clicking on "View Slides" in the PowerPoint "Slide Show" menu will activate the default full screen display mode. At this time, you must use the "Alt+Tab" or "Alt+Esc" key combination to switch with other windows. If you hold down the Alt key while playing a slide and press the "D" and "V" keys in sequence to activate the playback operation, you can turn the slide show mode into a regular window with a title bar and menu bar, making it much more convenient to operate.

■Remove the underline from the link text

Insert a text box into the PPT document, input text into the text box, select the entire text box, and set the hyperlink for the text box. This way, you won't be able to see the underline of the link text when playing the slide.

■Play PPT in window mode

While holding down the Alt key, press the D and V keys in sequence. At this point, the PPT can be played in window mode.

■Expand all menus at once

Due to work reasons, I often find PowerPoint's menus very cumbersome. To fully expand all menu items, I must click the downward double arrow in the menu. Later, open "Tools - Customize", click on the "Options" tab, select the "Always display the entire menu" checkbox, and then click the "Close" button to expand all menus at once.

■Cleverly using keyboard to locate objects

Sometimes using the mouse to locate objects in PPT is not very accurate. Holding down the Shift key while moving objects horizontally or vertically with the mouse can basically approach a straight line translation. While holding down the Ctrl key, use the directional keys to move objects precisely to the pixel level.

■Cleverly arrange multiple objects neatly

Multiple objects have been inserted on a certain slide. If you want to quickly arrange them neatly, hold down the Ctrl key, click on the objects you want to arrange one by one, then select "Draw - Align or Distribute", and finally choose a suitable arrangement from the arrangement list to achieve uniform and neat arrangement of multiple objects.

■Print clear and readable PPT documents

Usually, PPT presentations are edited to be visually and visually appealing, but if printed on a black and white printer, the readability will be poor. The following methods allow you to print a clear and readable presentation using a black and white printer:

 First, click on the "Tools - Options" command, click on the "Print" tab, under the "Default Print Settings for This Document" heading, click on "Use the following print settings", and then in the "Color/Grayscale" box, click on "Pure Black and White".

  After confirmation, selecting the "Grayscale" mode in the "Color/Grayscale" box is the best mode for printing color slides on a black and white printer. At this time, different color formats will be displayed in different grayscale levels; Choosing the "pure black and white" mode will change most of the gray shadows to black or white, which can be used to print drafts or clear and readable speaker notes and lecture notes; By selecting the 'Color' mode, you can print a color presentation or print it to a file and store the color information in a *. prn file. When selecting the "color" mode, if the printer is a black and white printer, use the "grayscale" mode when printing.

■Unlimited packaging of sound files into PPT files

After packaging the slides, they can be run on a computer without PPT installed. If sound files are linked, sound materials smaller than 100KB will be packaged into the PPT file by default, while sound materials larger than this size will be treated as independent material files. In fact, we can package all the sound files together into a PPT file through settings. The method is to click on "Tools - Options - General" and increase the "Link sound file size not less than 100KB" slightly, such as "50000KB" (maximum value).

■PPT editing and projection are both accurate

Can you edit the slides while comparing them with the presentation results? The answer is yes, just hold down Ctrl and click on the "Slide Show" menu“