13. Customizing the Way You Work

What You’ll Do

Set General PowerPoint Options

Customize the Way You Create Objects

Access Commands Not in the Ribbon

Scan and Image Documents

Manage Pictures

Use Multiple Languages

Introduction

Once you’ve become familiar with Microsoft Office PowerPoint and all the features it contains, you might want to customize the way you work with PowerPoint. You can change your view settings so that your PowerPoint window looks the way you want it to. PowerPoint comes with set defaults, such as opening all documents using a certain view, showing the vertical ruler, or how many files you’ve recently opened, which you can change to a new default.

Some of the other PowerPoint customization features allow you to set a default ...

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