Most PowerPoint presentations are created to be run as a slideshow. Given all the advanced features available in PowerPoint 2010, it is no surprise that there are many features related to running the slideshow that have been included in this program too. Most of these features are really to help you create a good slideshow without having to go through the entire presentation over and over again after every minor change. Features related to running the slideshow are grouped under the Slideshow ribbon.
| Section | Menu Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Start Slideshow | From Beginning | Starts slideshow from beginning |
| From Current Slide | Starts slideshow from the current slide | |
| Broadcast Slideshow | Allows users to broadcast the slideshows using Microsoft's PowerPoint Broadcast Service | |
| Custom Slideshow | Builds a custom slideshow by picking the slides you want to run | |
| Set Up | Set Up Slideshow | Helps set up the slideshow including browser/ full screen display, show options with or without narration/ animation, pen and laser color during the slideshow and the slides to be presented during the show |
| Hide Slide | Helps mark/ unmark the slide as hidden, so it is skipped or shown during the slideshow respectively | |
| Rehearse Timing | Allows users to rehearse the timing on each slide and the entire slideshow | |
| Record Slideshow | Records the slideshow including narration and animation | |
| Slideshow Checkboxes | Helps set or avoid the use of narrative audio and rehearsed timings during the show. Display media controls in the slideshow view | |
| Monitors | Resolution | Defines resolution in slideshow view |
| Show Presentation on | Picks the monitor to display the presentation one - in case of multiple monitors | |
| Use Presenter View | Run presentation in Presenter view rather than just slideshow view Like the other windows based programs, PowerPoint 2010 also offers a wide range of keyboard shortcuts. For the current PowerPoint users, there is a major change in the way these shortcuts are being mapped in the 2010 release compared to some of the older ones. With a whole new range of features being added to PowerPoint, it is evident why there are so many changes to the keyboard shortcuts. We will understand how to read and figure out the shortcuts with ease. Step 1 − The first step to access the keyboard shortcuts is to press the Altkey on your keyboard. This will display the first level of shortcuts indicated by alphabets or numbers as shown. For example, the shortcut to access the Home ribbon is 'H' and for saving the presentation, the shortcut is '1'.  Step 2 − Once you select the first level of shortcut, the second level of shortcuts for respective commands are shown. Notice that some of these shortcuts are disabled or displayed in a lighter shade than others. This is because the disabled shortcuts cannot be used in the current state.  For example, all the font related commands are disabled as no text has been selected. If you execute the same steps after selecting a portion of text, these shortcuts will be enabled too.  In some cases, there are two alphabets associated with a single shortcut; in such cases, you need to key in both of them immediately after another to get the desired effect. Despite getting a good grasp of the program, we may need help on the different aspects from time to time. To aid in such scenarios, PowerPoint has created the Context Help feature. With this feature, if you get stuck in any dialog, you can press F1 and PowerPoint will open the help topic related to that dialog. This is extremely beneficial as you need not spend time trying to browse through all the help topics just to get to the one you need. The context help is based on the active window and not on the object you have selected. So if you select an image and press F1, you will get the generic help windows as your active window is still the main PowerPoint program.  If you select any other dialog or window, PowerPoint context help will show the related help topic when you press F1. If you continue to work only with the ribbon options on the screen, the context help would not work. But if you right-click on the shapes or objects and open the related editing dialogs, you can press F1 and can learn more about the related functionalities of those shapes and objects.  |
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