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SmartArt is a feature in PowerPoint 2010 that provides you with the option to add a graphic with a predefined layout.  There are a number of categories of graphics including lists, hierarchies and process flow layouts. 1. Open the presentation that you would like to add the SmartArt graphic to. 2. On the Insert tab click SmartArt in the Illustrations group. NOTE: If your slide layout contains a Content object, you can click the SmartArt icon to access the SmartArt gallery: 3. You now have the option to select the type of SmartArt graphic you would like to insert.  Click any of the categories on the left to display a list of related graphics in the centre.  Select one of these graphics to see an enlarged image on the right with a short description of the type of information usually displayed in that graphic layout.  If you would like to view all the SmartArt graphics available, click the All category. 4. Once you have selected the app...

Once you have inserted a SmartArt graphic into your PowerPoint 2010 presentation, you may decide that another graphic is more appropriate.  However, you don’t want to lose the content that you have already added to the SmartArt graphic.  PowerPoint 2010 allows you change the graphic without losing the content already entered. 1. Open the presentation that contains the SmartArt graphic you would like to change. 2. Click the SmartArt graphic to display the SmartArt Tools tabs – Design and Format . 3. To change the SmartArt graphic, click the Design tab under SmartArtTools and click More button in the Layout group. 4. The various SmartArt layout options are displayed.  Hover your mouse over each graphic to display a preview in your presentation. 5. Select the SmartArt layout you wish to apply to your presentation.  Your SmartArt graphic is now converted to the new layout, but all your content is retained. NOTE: If you wish to reset yo...

Sometimes, when PowerPoint 2010 presentations are opened, they automatically start playing in slide show view without the need for the presenter to press F5 or click the Slide Show View button.  This is because the creator of the presentation has saved it as a PowerPoint Show rather than the default PowerPoint presentation. 1.      Open the presentation that you would like to convert to a PowerPoint Show. 2.      On the File tab click Save As . 3.      Enter a name for the presentation in the File name field. 4.      Click the Save As type drop-down arrow and select PowerPoint Show (.ppsx) . 5.      Click Save . 6.      This file now appears with a PowerPoint Show icon and file extension (.ppsx).  When opening the file, it will automatically run as a PowerPoint slide show. NOTE: If you want to edit this file, open PowerPoint 2010 and click the File tab and select...

By marking a presentation as final in PowerPoint 2010, you are indicating to anyone who views the presentation that it is the final copy. It will also be marked as read-only, so that no further changes can be made. 1. Open the presentation that you would like to mark as final. 2. On the File tab, click Info. 3. Select the Protect Presentation button to be presented with a number of options. 4. Click Mark as Final. 5. Confirm that you would like to mark the presentation as final by clicking OK. 6. If the following message appears, click OK. It indicates that the Status property is set to Final and that this is now a read-only copy. 7. There are now a number of areas that indicate that this presentation is final: In the information area on the File tab: In the Status Bar in the presentation (Mark as Final icon is displayed): In the Title Bar of the presentation (marked as Read-Only): In the Information Bar: 8. ...

As we often use many images in a presentation application, such as PowerPoint 2010, it can affect the size of the file, particularly if they are high-resolution images.  By compressing images, you have the option to select a different picture quality, which in turn may reduce the size of your presentation. 1. Open the presentation that contains the images you would like to compress and select one of the images. 2.  On the Format tab under Picture Tools , click Compress Pictures in the Adjust group. 3.  If you would like all images to be set to the same output, ensure that Apply only to this picture is deselected.  However, if these settings are only for the selected image, select this option. 4. If you choose Delete cropped areas of pictures , any images that you have manually cropped will have those areas removed.  This may not be an issue, unless you wish to include some of those cropped areas at a later stage. 5.  Determine th...

PowerPoint 2010 has a built-in packager that allows you to quickly incorporate all the elements of your presentation, including sound, video and graphics, into a single folder that can be burnt to CD or any other storage device such as a USB memory stick or DVD. 1. Open the presentation that you have prepared and would like to package. 2. On the File tab, click Save & Send. 3. Select Package Presentation for CD and click the Package for CD button in the right-hand  4. If you would like to include any additional files, click Add and select the other files. Similarly, if you wish to remove any files, select them and click Remove . 5. Click Options for further packaging options.PowerPoint Options 6. If you do not wish to include linked files or embedded TrueType fonts, then deselect these checkboxes. NOTE: If you deselect these items, videos and sounds may not run and fonts may not appear correctly.  Only deselect these if you are conf...

YouTube can be an excellent source of material to illustrate presentations with. You don't need to move outside of a PowerPoint presentation to build your case with a well-placed YouTube video, though. You can easily embed one inside your presentation. Here's how you do this in PowerPoint 2013. Click on the Insert tab in PowerPoint. You will find the option to add an online video to your project under the Video button - one of the last objects on the Ribbon, under the Insert tab. PowerPoint gives you several online destinations to pick online videos from - Bing Video, Facebook and YouTube, among others. The first time that you pick an online source to add videos from, you need to select it from theAlso insert from section at the bottom of the screen. This should add the online video destination to theInsert Video screen. Once you have an online video source on theInsert video screen, you should be able to search for videos on that website right from ...