Join David Rivers for an in-depth discussion in this video Customizing the Ribbon, part of PowerPoint 2013: Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts.
- One of the fastest and easiest ways…to help you work more efficiently is to…make a few adjustments to your user interface…to suit your individual needs.…Right now as we look, for example,…across the top there's a quick-access toolbar…with some buttons, and a ribbon with…different tabs; within those tabs,…different sections and commands.…Maybe there are some that you simply never use…and others that you do use that…you have to go digging around for.…We can customize the ribbon by adding our own tabs,…adding our own groups inside the different tabs,…and then, of course, adding all of those commands…that we like to use to those groups or tabs.…
That's what we're going to do right now.…We'll get to the quick access toolbar…in the next movie.…Really it doesn't matter what you're working on here.…If you want to have exactly what I have on screen…it's KE_Company_Info_0303, and I'm on…slide three here with the Home tab selected.…If I want to customize the ribbon,…I can right click anywhere in an empty space…and you'll see a pop-up menu with…
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11/18/2014Need quick tips and shortcuts for other Office apps? Check out our other Power Shortcuts courses.
- Matching colors, with the Eyedropper tool
- Zooming in to highlight details
- Quickly accessing recent files
- Reducing file sizes
- Opening Word docs in PowerPoint
- Customizing the Ribbon and the Quick Access Toolbar
- Navigating slideshows from the keyboard
- Adding headers, footers, and dates
- Customizing clip art
- Creating 3D shapes and the perfect gradient
- Animating bulleted lists
- Coordinating transitions
- Removing private and proprietary metadata
- Sharing your presentation in the cloud
- Saving a presentation as a template
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome38s
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1. Top Ten Tips
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2. Tips for Managing Your Files
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Setting AutoRecover options2m 13s
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3. Customizing the User Interface
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Enabling grids and gridlines5m 40s
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Customizing the Ribbon6m 32s
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4. Handy Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts
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5. Working with Text
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Adjusting paragraph spacing6m 10s
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Clearing text formatting2m 11s
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6. Working with Media
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Inserting screenshots3m 24s
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Customizing clip art4m 3s
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7. Working with Objects and Animations
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Creating 3D shapes4m 47s
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Animating bulleted lists5m 22s
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Coordinating transitions3m 19s
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Using the Selection pane3m 8s
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8. Sharing Presentations
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Printing files economically5m 45s
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Creating custom slideshows3m 38s
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Conclusion
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Next steps36s
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