5. Shortcuts are great
They save us time
and effort
and generally just make our lives easier
Shortcuts are great
And generally just make our lives easier.
6. Shortcuts are great
They save us time
and effort
and generally just make our lives easier
Shortcuts are great
Shortcuts apply to everything, from Farmer’s fields..
11. Shortcuts are great
We’ve seen this before
ctrl+c to copy and ctrl+v to paste, or ctrl+s to save and ctrl+o to open
Ctrl
Ctrl
C V S O
CtrlCtrl Ctrl
+ + + +
17. Shortcuts are great
The modest younger brother of ctrl still has a wealth of functions.
Shift
shift
18. Shortcuts are great
Hold down shift when you make a shape or line
And it stays perfectly regular
shift
19. Hold down shift when you make a shape or line
and it stays perfectly regularShortcuts are great
shift
This also works when you resize an object
20. Shift+Ctrl
Hold down shift when you make a shape or line
and it stays perfectly regularShortcuts are great
shift Ctrl
Shift Ctrl
+
21. Shift+Ctrl
Hold down shift when you make a shape or line
and it stays perfectly regularShortcuts are great
shift Ctrl
Shift Ctrl
+
A fearsome combination
22. Hold down shift when you make a shape or line
and it stays perfectly regularShortcuts are great
Hold down ctrl+shift when you click and drag to
duplicate an object in perfect alignment
shift Ctrl
+
1. 2.
23. Shift+Ctrl
Hold down shift when you make a shape or line
and it stays perfectly regularShortcuts are great
Press ctrl+shift+c when an object is highlighted to copy the
formatting and then ctrl+shift+v to paste them elsewhere
shiftCtrl
+ C
+
29. Alignment
Lining objects up manually is hard
Nudges up
Nudges up
Nudges up
JUMPS LIKE IT’S BEEN SCALDED
Lining objects up manually is hard
NUDGE!
NUDGE!
NUDGE!
NUDGE!
WHOOPS!
30. Alignment
Lining objects up manually is hard
Nudges up
Nudges up
Nudges up
JUMPS LIKE IT’S BEEN SCALDED
Hold down ctrl when using the arrows to move an
object will allow you to do small regular moves
Ctrl
+
31. Alignment
Lining objects up manually is hard
Nudges up
Nudges up
Nudges up
JUMPS LIKE IT’S BEEN SCALDEDCtrl
+ HOORAY!!
But if that is still too much try using
PowerPoint’s wealth of alignment tools..
33. Alignment
Lining objects up manually is hard
Nudges up
Nudges up
Nudges up
JUMPS LIKE IT’S BEEN SCALDED
Selection
Pane
This is the needle in a Haystack tool..
NEEDLE
HAYSTACK
34. Alignment
Lining objects up manually is hard
Nudges up
Nudges up
Nudges up
JUMPS LIKE IT’S BEEN SCALDED
You’ll find it at the right hand
side of the home bar..
HOME
Selection
Textbox
Rectangle
Mountains
Rectangle 2
Moon
Farmer
Mountains
Picture 2
Haystack
Triangle
Picture 3
Picture 4
Moon
Square 2
Needle
Textbox 3
5 point Star
35. Alignment
Lining objects up manually is hard
Nudges up
Nudges up
Nudges up
JUMPS LIKE IT’S BEEN SCALDED
It’s a map of different layers
on your slide.
HOME
Selection
LAYERS
Textbox
Rectangle
Mountains
Rectangle 2
Moon
Farmer
Mountains
Picture 2
Haystack
Triangle
Picture 3
Picture 4
Moon
Square 2
Needle
Textbox 3
5 point Star
36. Alignment
Lining objects up manually is hard
Nudges up
Nudges up
Nudges up
JUMPS LIKE IT’S BEEN SCALDED
So you can hide all the hay and
have a look at that needle without
having to move anything
HOME
Selection
Textbox
Rectangle
Mountains
Rectangle 2
Moon
Farmer
Mountains
Picture 2
Haystack
Triangle
Picture 3
Picture 4
Moon
Square 2
Needle
Textbox 3
5 point Star
37. Alignment
Lining objects up manually is hard
Nudges up
Nudges up
Nudges up
JUMPS LIKE IT’S BEEN SCALDED
Or just move it
to the top of
the Haystack!
HOME
Selection
Textbox
Rectangle
Mountains
Rectangle 2
Moon
Farmer
Mountains
Needle
Haystack
Triangle
Picture 3
Picture 4
Moon
Square 2
Picture 2
Textbox 3
5 point Star
39. Alignment
Lining objects up manually is hard
Nudges up
Nudges up
Nudges up
JUMPS LIKE IT’S BEEN SCALDED
Quick Access Toolbar
Do you have favourite
PowerPoint tools?
40. Alignment
Lining objects up manually is hard
Nudges up
Nudges up
Nudges up
JUMPS LIKE IT’S BEEN SCALDED
We do, so we put them in a ribbon of convenience
at the top of our PowerPoint workspace.
RIBBON OF CONVENIENCE
41. Alignment
Lining objects up manually is hard
Nudges up
Nudges up
Nudges up
JUMPS LIKE IT’S BEEN SCALDED
To add an element, right click and choose
‘Add to Quick Access Toolbar’
RIBBON OF CONVENIENCE
‘Add to Quick Access Toolbar’
42. Alignment
Lining objects up manually is hard
Nudges up
Nudges up
Nudges up
JUMPS LIKE IT’S BEEN SCALDED
RIBBON OF CONVENIENCE
43. Alignment
Lining objects up manually is hard
Nudges up
Nudges up
Nudges up
JUMPS LIKE IT’S BEEN SCALDED
But if this sounds like hard work, BrightCarbon
has one of its own you can download.
RIBBON OF CONVENIENCE
Click here to download
44. Slide creation will never be the same againAlignment
Lining objects up manually is hard
Nudges up
Nudges up
Nudges up
JUMPS LIKE IT’S BEEN SCALDED
Slide creation will never be the same again…
45. Slide creation will never be the same againAlignment
Lining objects up manually is hard
Nudges up
Nudges up
Nudges up
JUMPS LIKE IT’S BEEN SCALDED
Click here to find out more
46. Slide creation will never be the same againAlignment
Lining objects up manually is hard
Nudges up
Nudges up
Nudges up
JUMPS LIKE IT’S BEEN SCALDED
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