1. Wasting Time?Top Tips for Faster PowerPoint
Tips meant for PowerPoint 2007

2. Four Skills to Get You There Faster
3. Skill #1: Quick Access Toolbar
Quick Access Toolbar
Tabs
Menus
To set up your workspace, know how to navigate:
Office 2007 menus = the Ribbon
The Ribbon = Quick Access Toolbar & Tabs
One tab = several menus
4. Skill #1: Quick Access Toolbar
>7tabs, >35 menus, >200tools ???
Quick Access Toolbar =
No more hunting and pecking
for often used tools
Click here
5. Skill #1: Quick Access Toolbar
Highly recommended additions:

Group & Ungroup

6. Arrange tools 7. Align tools 8. Distribute tools 9. Selection Pane 10. Custom AnimationFrom here to there
11. Skill #2: Quick Styles
Quickly apply any of 42 styles to a PowerPoint object:

Select object

12. Click on Quick Styles 13. Select styleDefault
Styled
14. Skill #3: SmartArt
Make bullets smart:

Select text box

15. Click on Convert to SmartArt