Layouts, Design Theme and Slide Size
Text
How to create a text box
SmartArt
Adding/editing shapes
Grouping
Adding Images
Remove background (Images)
Embedding Videos
Adding Audio
Animations/...
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PowerPoint Tutorials
What is SmartArt?
Use SmartArt to quickly and easily make a visual representations of your information. You can choose from among many different layouts including: Lists...
Inserting Images
Adding images to a slide is one the features of PowerPoint you will use most often. You can insert Images from multiple locations: On your computer, from the web or off of your clipboard:
Inserting an Image from your computerInside the 'Insert' tab of the menu ribbon, you...
How to Embed a YouTube Video In PowerPoint
This page will show you how to embed an online video like YouTube in your PowerPoint Presentation.
1. Find the Youtube video you wish to embed in your Internet browser (on Youtube.com Website):
2. Select the URL (address)...
Word Tutorials Styles How to show hidden formatting symbols Format Painter How to...
Below are a list of Word guides currently available. If you have a need for a tutorial that doesn't exist yet then please email ITSkills@chi.ac.uk to request it.
Basic Document Editing How to add shapes and customise them
Images and text boxes can be shaped into more than just a square that we start with, as PowerPoint allows for custom shapes. This guide will show the steps required first generate a shape and then to edit it.
Inserting a shape (to customise)Powerpoint...
PowerPoint has a feature which allows you to remove the background from an image. There are limitations such as needing a high-resolution, decent quality image and a clearly defined background/foreground, It still has many uses and can allow you to bypass the need for you to search for a 'cut-...
Basic functions formulae (SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, MAX & MIN)
This page will cover the 5 basic functions found in the auto-sum drop-down menu:
SUM
AVERAGE
COUNT NUMBERS
MAX
MIN
Summation, the addition of a...
Flash fill and the fill handle
The fill handle can be used in a variety of ways that may save you time. From repeating sequences or repeating data to repeating a formula over a large area.
The fill handle is the name given to the green dot found on the bottom right corner of the selected...
IF functions
If functions are used when we want to specify a criteria to limit our function to. For instance, if we were interested in values above a certain amount we could use =countIf in order to count the number of the values in a range, that are above a certain value. There are multiple...