[...]... Question for Help 2 Type in a topic you wish to search for and then press Enter The PowerPoint Search Results pane opens (see Figure 2-9) 3 Click one of the listed results The Microsoft Office PowerPoint Help document opens in another window 4 If you want to expand the window, drag the left edge to the left 5 Click the X in the top-right corner of the Microsoft Office PowerPoint Help document to close the. .. item in the contents list and the Help docu- ment displays information on the selected item 5 To expand the pane so you can read more comfortably, place the cursor along the left edge of the Help document and drag left (see Figure 2-8) 6 To find help on additional topics, click the Table of Contents; the Help document changes to display information on the respective topic The Microsoft Office PowerPoint. .. file Move the document around by dragging the title bar Minimize, maximize, and close the Help window by clicking the appropriate button in the top-right corner Figure 2-8: Drag the left edge of the Help pane to the left to open the pane to more easily read the help information ➟ 19 Chapter 2: Customizing the PowerPoint Interface Search a Help Topic 1 Open PowerPoint and click in the box in the top-right... just show off your latest travel photos, Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Just the Steps For Dummies has something for you About This Book This book cuts all the fluff out of a computer book and takes you right to steps to produce an effect, task, or job The book is not linear However, in some cases, you might need to move around a little to understand one concept before moving to another Each series of steps. .. and the presentation opens in PowerPoint Close a Presentation 1 Open a PowerPoint document in PowerPoint 2 Click the X in the top-right corner of the PowerPoint Document window (see Figure 1-4) Be certain to click the X appearing in the top-right corner of the Document window Another X appears at the top-right corner of the PowerPoint application window If you click this X, the program quits Alternately,... over the Web Get Ready To Glance over the Table of Contents to locate the task you want to perform in Microsoft PowerPoint You don’t need to grasp any background information; just jump into the series of steps that defines a solution for a project you want to complete Part I Creating A Presentation Chapter 1: Getting Started with PowerPoint 5 Start PowerPoint Using the Start Menu 6 Start PowerPoint. .. collapsing the pane provides you more viewing area on the slides You can quickly bring the Task Pane back by pressing Ctrl+F1 Figure 3-1: Click the Outline tab to open the Outline pane 4 Click to the right of the small slide icon, type the main title in the title slide, and then do one of the following: • Advance to the next slide: If you want just a title to appear on the first slide, press Enter, and PowerPoint. .. information to appear on the slides, uncheck the respective check box in the wizard 11 Click Next in the wizard to advance to the last pane in the wizard 12 Click Finish to complete the slide creation and open it in PowerPoint (see Figure 1-12) 13 Edit the presentation to customize it for your own needs The slide presentation opens in Normal view with the Outline tab in view You can edit text in the. .. customize the presentation for your own use Figure 1-12: Click Finish in the wizard and the new presentation opens in PowerPoint ➟ 11 Chapter 1: Getting Started with PowerPoint Change the Opening Default View 1 Open PowerPoint and choose Tools➪Options 2 Click the View tab in the Options dialog box (see Figure 1-13) 3 Uncheck the Startup Task Pane option When you remove the check mark for the Startup... toolbar, the toolbar is added in a row at the top of the PowerPoint window and remains stationary until you drag it to another location or close the toolbar 4 Click and drag the toolbar up to the toolbar area in the PowerPoint window As you approach the Standard toolbar, the toolbar snaps in position below the Standard toolbar 5 Release the mouse button when the toolbar is in Figure 2-5: Toolbars are . http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. Trademarks: Wiley, the Wiley Publishing logo, For Dummies, the Dummies Man logo, A Reference for the Rest of Us!, The Dummies Way, Dummies Daily, The Fun and Easy Way, Dummies. com, Just the Steps, and. Obermeier & Ted Padova PowerPoint ® 2003 Just the Steps ™ FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_574795 ffirs.qxp 3/30/06 8:14 PM Page i PowerPoint 2003 Just the Steps For Dummies Published by Wiley Publishing,. safely exit the program. Note that, at this point, we assume you have installed either the entire Microsoft Office 2003 suite or just Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003. If you need to perform an installation,