Editing slides and objects

• How do I add slides and sections?

  Choose New slide on the Home or Insert tab (or press Ctrl+M), pick a layout and a title, then use Add section to group slides.

• How do I reorder, move or delete slides?

  Drag slides in the Slides panel or press Alt+Up and Alt+Down, use Move to section to change section, and Delete slide… to remove one.

• How do I see the whole course as a map?

  Choose View › Story view. Each section is a row of slide cards, with lines for the links between slides. Select a slide to see where it leads, then open it or preview from it.

• How do I move and resize objects on a slide?

  Drag an object to move it and drag its handles to resize it, or type X, Y, W and H in Format › Size and Position. Align, Order, Group and Rotate are under Arrange.

• How do I change which object is in front by dragging in the Timeline?

  Drag an object's row up or down by its grip in the Timeline. The top row is the front object. With a row focused, Alt+Shift+Up and Alt+Shift+Down move it one place.

• How do I insert images?

  Choose Insert › Image, pick image files or paste a screenshot, describe each image, then click the slide where it goes.

• How do I crop, fit or replace a picture?

  Select the picture and open the Format tab. Crop trims a percent from each edge, Fit chooses how the picture fills its box, and Replace image swaps the file.

• How do I insert shapes, text boxes and buttons?

  On the Insert tab choose Shape, Text box or Button, then click the slide to place it or drag to size it. Type to replace its starting text.

• How do I add audio or video?

  Choose Insert › Video or Audio, pick an MP4, WebM, MP3, WAV or Ogg file, describe it and add captions, then click the slide. Format › Playback sets autoplay, loop and controls.

• How do I insert a table?

  Choose Insert › Table, set the rows, columns, heading row and caption, fill in the cells, then place it on the slide.

• How do I add an interactive widget?

  Choose Insert › Widget, pick a pattern such as Flip cards, Tabs or Accordion, add your items, then click the slide where it goes.

• How do I format objects?

  Select the object, then use the Shape styles gallery, Shape fill, Shape outline and Shape effects on the Format tab. The small corner arrow opens Format details for gradients, line style and shadow.

• How do I use Format details for gradients, lines, shadows and margins?

  Choose the small arrow at the corner of a ribbon group, such as Format › Shape styles. Format details opens beside the slide with Fill, Line, Shadow, Picture and Text box tabs. Choose Apply.

• How do I copy, paste, duplicate or delete objects and slides?

  Use Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X and Ctrl+V for objects, Ctrl+D to duplicate an object, Duplicate slide for a slide, and Delete to remove what you selected.

• How do I zoom the slide and use guides?

  Use Zoom in, Zoom out, Fit and the 100 percent button in the bar above the slide (or Ctrl+plus and Ctrl+minus), and Guides on to snap objects into line.

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