## Ict Guides Powerpoint - What'S New In 2013?

Find what you need Click any tab on the ribbon to display its buttons  
  
and commands. 

Use contextual tabs Some ribbon tabs  appear only when you need them. For example, when you insert or select a picture, the  
Picture Tools Format tab appears. 

Manage your presentations Click the  
File tab to open,  
  
save, print, and manage  
  
your presentations. 

Show the content you want Switch views or show or hide notes and comments. 

See more options Click this arrow to see more options in a dialog box. 

Get help Click here or press  
F1. 

Need more space? 

Click here or press  
CTRL+F1  
to  
hide or show the ribbon. Use the Format pane Use this handy pane to apply formatting to pictures, video, SmartArt, shapes, and other objects. 

Zoom in and out Slide this bar to the left or right to zoom in or out on slide details. 

When you open PowerPoint 2013, you'll have several choices for getting started - using a template, a theme, a recent file, or a blank presentation. 

Search for online templates and themes Type keywords into the search box to find templates and themes online at Office.com. 

Use a featured theme Choose a built-in theme to start your next presentation. These work well for both widescreen (16:9) and standard screen (4:3) presentations. 

Open a recent presentation It provides easy access to  
  
your most recently opened presentations. 

Find other files Browse to find presentations and other files stored on your computer or in the cloud. 

Start from scratch To start a new, presentation, click  
Blank Presentation. 

Choose a template category Click the template categories below the search box to find  
  
some of the most popular PowerPoint templates. 

Sign in to Office Sign into your account and  
  
access the files you've saved to the cloud from anywhere. Theme variations When you choose a theme, PowerPoint offers you variations with different color palettes and font families. 

## How To Get Help With Powerpoint 2013

If you've been using earlier versions of PowerPoint, you'll probably have questions about where to find certain commands in PowerPoint 2013.  
There are many free resources available to help you learn PowerPoint 2013, including training courses, Getting Started help topics and videos, and basic tasks. To find these materials, click the PowerPoint Help button (the question mark) in the upper right corner of the PowerPoint window. 

## Create Custom Ribbon Tabs And Groups

You can create custom tabs or groups on the ribbon and add buttons with the commands you want. Right-click any ribbon tab or group, and then click Customize the Ribbon.  
 
Next, add commands from the **PowerPoint Options** box. For example, you could create a tab called **Frequent,** and then add some of your most frequently-used commands to a custom group on this tab. If you make a mistake, you can use the **Reset** button to go back to the default ("factory") settings. Some older PowerPoint commands don't appear on the ribbon, but they're still available. In the **PowerPoint Options** dialog box, click Customize Ribbon, and then, in the **Choose commands from** list, select Commands Not in the Ribbon. Now find the commands you want and add them to a custom ribbon tab or group. 

 

## Things You Might Be Looking For

Use the list below to find some of the more common tools and commands in PowerPoint 2013. 

To... 
Click... 
And then look in the... 
Open, save, print, share, send, export, convert, or protect files  
File 
Backstage view (click the commands in the left pane). 
Add slides, apply a layout, change fonts, align text, or apply Quick 
Styles 
Home 
Slides, Font, Paragraph, Drawing, and **Editing** groups. 
Insert 
Tables, Images, Illustrations, Comments, Text, and **Media** groups. 
Insert tables, pictures, shapes, SmartArt, WordArt, charts, comments, 
Header and footer, video, or audio   
Design 
Themes, Variants, or **Customize** groups. 
Apply a theme, change the color of a theme, change the slide size, change the background of a slide, or add a watermark Apply or adjust the timing of a transition 
Transitions 
Transition and **Timing** groups. 
Apply or adjust the timing of an animation 
Animations 
Animation, Advanced Animation, and **Timing** groups. 
Slide Show 
Start Slide Show, Set Up, and **Monitors** groups. 
Start a slide show, set up a slide show, specify monitors for use with Presenter view Check spelling, enter and review comments, or compare presentations 
Review 
Proofing, Comments, and **Compare** groups. 
Change views, edit a master view, show grids, guides, and rulers, zoom in, switch between PowerPoint windows, and use macros 
View 
Presentation Views, Master Views, Show, Zoom, Window, and Macros groups. 

## Access Frequently Used Intuitive Tools At Your Fingertips Commands

The Quick Access Toolbar, in the upper-left corner of the PowerPoint window, is a great place to add shortcut buttons to the commands you'll use most often. Click the drop-down arrow next to the Quick Access Toolbar to add or remove the commands listed on the shortcut menu. 

If the command you want to add isn't shown in the list, switch to the ribbon tab where the button resides, and then right-click it there. On the shortcut menu, click Add to Quick Access Toolbar.  

## Intuitive Tools At Your Fingertips

 Note that some ribbon tabs appear and disappear, depending on what you're doing. For example, when you insert or select a video, the Video Tools: Playback and Format tabs automatically appear. They appear so you can apply formatting or set playback options for the video. These types of contextual tabs appear any time you insert or select a picture, chart, table, WordArt, or any other object. When you're working on a slide and you right-click the slide background, the right click menu appears, which is loaded with task options. Similarly, the mini toolbar automatically appears whenever you want to perform quick text-related tasks, such as indenting a bullet or applying bold to your text. 


## New Default Slide Size

Much of the world's TVs and video have gone to widescreen and HD formats, and so has PowerPoint. In previous versions, the slide ratio was 4:3. In PowerPoint 2013, 16:9 
is the new default, but you can change this on the **Design** tab. If you work with slides in older versions of PowerPoint, or are presenting on older monitors or projectors, you'll want to change the slide ratio back to 4:3. To do so, click Design > Slide Size and then choose **4:3** - or you can set your own custom size. 

## Presenter View Setup Is Automatic

If you used Presenter View in previous versions of PowerPoint, you might have had difficulties setting it up. PowerPoint 2013 fixes that headache and makes it simpler to use. 

All you do is connect a projector and monitor and PowerPoint applies the right settings for you automatically. However, you can also take control manually 
(switching between the monitor and projector) if you need to. 

## 

Note that Presenter View no longer requires multiple monitors. Now you can rehearse and use all the tools in Presenter View from a single monitor without hooking up anything else. 

 

## Powerpoint On Touch Devices

You can now interact with PowerPoint 2013 on touch devices running Windows 
8.  Using typical touch gestures, you can swipe, tap, scroll, zoom, and pan your way through your presentations. 

## How To Work With People Who Don'T Have Powerpoint 2013

Here are some of the things to keep in mind when sharing or exchanging files with people who are using an older version of PowerPoint

## In Powerpoint 2013… What Happens? What Should I Do? You Open A Presentation That Was Created In  Powerpoint 2007  Or Earlier.

In PowerPoint 2013 you'll see the words **[Compatibility Mode]** on the title bar. This tells you that the presentation is currently saved in the older file format, which doesn't recognize newer features like embedded video, new transition effects, sections, and more. 

If you want to use all of the available PowerPoint 2013 features, you'll need to change the presentation to the newest file format.  

## You Save Your Presentation As A Powerpoint 2013.

If a colleague opens your PowerPoint 2013 presentation in PowerPoint 2007 or earlier, a prompt appears with a link to download the free Compatibility Pack. They'll need the Compatibility Pack to open and work with presentations in the new format. If you've included new PowerPoint 2013 features or formatting in your presentation, your colleague (using PowerPoint 2007 or earlier) will see warnings about unsupported features. If a colleague opens the presentation in PowerPoint 2007 or earlier, the file will open normally - no Compatibility Pack is required.  

## You Save Your Presentation As A Powerpoint 2007 Or Earlier File.

If you've included new PowerPoint 2013 features or formatting in your presentation, your colleague will see warnings about unsupported features, the formatting or feature may not appear in the file, or the objects may not be editable.  
You can continue working in Compatibility Mode. However, if no one you share the presentation with is using PowerPoint 2007 or earlier, it's best to change the file to the newest format . To change the file, click File > Info > **Convert.** 
Before sharing your PowerPoint 2013 presentation with colleagues who use earlier versions of PowerPoint, run the Compatibility Checker tool. To check for compatibility, in PowerPoint 2013, click File > Info > Check for Issues > **Check Compatibility.** The tool tells you which new features in PowerPoint 2013 aren't supported in older versions. You can then decide whether to remove these features to avoid warnings in earlier versions of PowerPoint. You don't have to do anything, necessarily. When you save your file in the older PowerPoint file format, the Compatibility Checker will run automatically and warn you about any unsupported features.