Using Format painter

Consider a situation in which you have formatted a side by changing the font properties like style and size of the text and slide color scheme, Now you want to apply the same formatting to another slide, In this case, you have to select the text again and apply the same formatting . Instead of this you can use a feature called Format painter.

Format painter button is used to copy the font properties like style, size and look of the text to another place or apply the color scheme of one slide to another.

The steps to copy the style and look of the text  of a slide to one or more slides(s) are:

1.     Select the text that has the font properties, which you want to copy

2.     Click on the Format Painter button on the Standard toolbar (refer Figure 2.17)

The punter shape changes to a paintbrush.

3.     Select the text to which you want to apply those font properties

The font properties are copied to the selected text.

The Steps to apply the color scheme of one slide to another are:

1.     Select the Slide Sorter option from the View menu

2.     Select the slide whose color scheme you want to copy

3.     Click on the Format painter button once if you want to apply the color scheme to only one slide

4.     Double click on the Format painter button if you want to apply the color scheme to more than one slides (reform Figures 2.20)

The pointer shape changes toa paintbrush.

5.     Click on the slide to which you want to apply  the color scheme. If you have double clicked the Format painter button, you can click as many slides as you want as the pointer shape will remain the same.

6.     If you had double clicked the Format painter button, press Esc after you have finished copying the style .

The color scheme is copied to selected slide(s)

Summary :

*The Slide sorter view gives you a miniature picture of each slide *The Outline view displays the text of multiple slides in the outline form, The Outline View presents the contents in  a list. This helps you to see the flow for ideas and how the presentation is building up. You do not have to navigate through each slide individually.

*In case you want to increase the indent level of the bulleted text, you will need to use the promote button on the Outlining toolbar.

*In case you want to decrease the indent level of the bulleted text, you will need to use the Demotes button on the Outlining toolbar.

*A slide Maser is a special slides, which is used to define the formatting for all the slides in a presentation. If you want a pictured or some text to appear on every slide, you can add it to the Slides Master.

Working with Objects

Objectives

At the end of this chapter, you will be able to :

PDraw objects

PUse the text box

PChange the appearance of the objects

PUse the ClipArt Gallery

PWork with tables

Puse the office Clipboard 

PImport text from word

PInsert slides form one presentation into another