Inside PowerPoint 2013

MicrosoftOffice Student Edition 2013 is loaded with lots of new features that are sure to excite you if you have been a long time user of the MS platform.  Let’s focus on PowerPoint of Office 2013. If you are an avid Microsoft user, then you have taken advantage of the older platforms, then you know that creating the best slide shows are the way to capture your audience’s attention.

Office 2013 features integration with the cloud via OneDrive. This may not be such a euphoric reason to like PowerPoint 2013, but it is nevertheless useful. If you have several Microsoft accounts, then you can use different profiles so that you can access the files you need by just using PowerPoint.  You can create an account for your personal files and you can create an account for school projects. Just use “Switch account” so that you can access different accounts. Additionally, you can have two OneDrive accounts in one place. And this is done through “Add a Place” that you can find on the Backstage view of PowerPoint.

Second, the Animations feature has now been refined as well. The Play From and the Motion Path End. The previous Play button from the animation pane has now become a Play From button. This means you can preview a portion of the animations on the slide you are creating. All you have to do is select an animated portion in the animation pane before hitting Play From. The Motion Path End treats the object like a ghost – this way you can see where the object will land after the animation is completed.

Third, PowerPoint now has a color picker. The Eyedropper tool can be located in the Shape Fill drop down at the Home tab and Drawing Tools Format tab respectively. To select a color within the slide, go to the Eyedropper button and then click on the color of your choice.

Finally, the Presenter View has now been improved. It is now darker so that if you present from behind a computer screen, there will be no tell-tale glow that will give you away. Different panes are now thrown in the mix, the slide preview, the preview for the next slide and your notes.  Don’t overly rely on Presenter View however. It is still best to internalize your topic so that you know how to relate it to the audience by heart.

Get Microsoft Office Student Edition 2013 to take advantage of all these features of PowerPoint.