Microsoft® Office® Professional 2013 Plain & Simple

Chapter 12. Creating a presentation in PowerPoint 2013

In this section:

• Getting started with PowerPoint 2013

• Starting a new presentation from the Start screen

• Opening an existing presentation

• Choosing themes and variants

• Changing the slide background

• Adding text to slides

• Adding new slides

• Inserting pictures

• Aligning elements by using Smart Guides

• Merging shapes

• Adding and editing video

• Adding sound to your presentation

• Adding transitions

• Animating slide elements

Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 includes great new features that make it easier than ever for you to create professional presentations in a snap, share them easily with others, and customize the elements, animations, and transitions to achieve just the effect you want. From the new PowerPoint 2013 Start screen, ...