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Microsoft Access MS Access Basics Tips and Trick-7

Adding Data An Access database is not a file in the same sense as a Microsoft Office Word document or a Microsoft Office PowerPoint are. Instead, an Access database is a collection of objects like tables, forms, reports, queries etc. that must work together for a database to function properly. We have now created two tables with all of the fields and field properties necessary in our database. To view, change, insert, or delete data in a table within Access, you can use the table’s Datasheet View. A datasheet is a simple way to look at your data in rows and columns without any special formatting. Whenever you create a new web table, Access automatically creates two views that you can start using immediately for data entry. A table open in Datasheet View resembles an Excel worksheet, and you can type or paste data into one or more fields. You do not need to explicitly save your data. Access commits your changes to the table when you move the cursor to a new field in the same row, or whe

Microsoft PowerPoint MS POWERPOINT BASICS Tips and Tricks-12

Managing Sections in Powerpoint 2010 Given the popularity of PowerPoint and its versatility, there are situations when you are dealing with very large slide decks or just collaborating with multiple people to build the slides. In such cases, it is always helpful to be able to segregate the slides into smaller groups and work with these groups. PowerPoint 2010 introduces the concept of sections to achieve this. Here are the main functions you can execute with sections. Creating Sections The steps to create a new section are as follows. You can execute these steps from Normal or Slide Sorter views. Step (1):  In  Normal  or  Slide Sorter  view right click at the position where you want to add the section and select add section. Step (2):  The new section gets added to the presentation with all the subsequent slides being included in this section. Step (3):  By default the new section is named "Untitled Section" but you can change the section name. Right click on the section and

Microsoft PowerPoint MS POWERPOINT BASICS Tips and Tricks-11

Adding Slide Notes Powerpoint 2010 Slides notes can be very useful tools for presentation. These notes are not displayed on the screen in the  Slide Show  mode, but the presenter can see them so they can prepare well to present the slides. Depending on your printing settings, you can also print out the slide notes along with the slides. This chapter will show you how to add slide notes to an existing presentation. Step (1):  To locate the slide notes set the view in  Normal  mode. Step (2):  Slide Notes section is indicated by the "Click to add notes". Step (3):  You can click on the top border and drag the section to increase its size to make it easier to type. Step (4):  Type your text in this section as slide notes. You can only use bullets, numbering and alignment functions in the Slide Notes section. All other functions can be selected, but will apply to the selected slide, not the notes. Slide notes can be printed from the print menu under Backstage view. From the print

Microsoft PowerPoint MS POWERPOINT BASICS Tips and Tricks-10

Sidebars in Powerpoint 2010 PowerPoint slides have a left hand side bar which offers two invaluable views. These views are great to review the slides and edit them. The side bar is available in the Normal view and by default is set to the  Slides  tab. Slides Tab This tab shows all the slides stacked vertically in a sequential manner. You can select individual slides from this tab and also perform some tasks like changing slide layouts, reordering slides, inserting new slides, deleting slides, etc. Although you cannot edit the slide contents from this tab, you can select the slide and make edits from the slide displayed to the right. Outline Tab This is the tab right next to the Slides tab and as the name suggests this provides the outline for the slide. This section just displays all the textual content from every slide - this can be very useful if there are too many non-text content in the slide and reviewing just the written part gets difficult. Unlike the slides tab, you can edit t

Microsoft PowerPoint MS POWERPOINT BASICS Tips and Tricks-9

Adding New Text Boxes in Powerpoint 2010 This chapter will teach you how to add new text boxes in a slide. Most of the standard layouts come with the text box option. As mentioned in the previous chapter, text boxes will have " Click to add text " as the default text. Here are the steps to add new text boxes in slide. Step (1):  Click on the  Text Box  icon in the  Home  ribbon under  Drawing  section. Step (2):  You will get the insert text box cursor that looks like an inverted cross. Step (3):  Click to insert a text box. You can now start typing directly into the text box. Step (4):  Alternately, you can click and drag the cursor without releasing the click to create a text box. The size of the text box can be adjusted by selecting one of the edges marked by squares or corners marked by circles. The beginner to advance and start up step-9 Thank you all very much

Microsoft PowerPoint MS POWERPOINT BASICS Tips and Tricks-8

Adding Text in Boxes in Powerpoint 2010 PowerPoint allows users to add text to the slide in a well-defined manner to ensure the content is well distributed and easy to read. The procedure to add the text in a PowerPoint slide is always the same - just click in the text box and start typing. The text will follow the default formatting set for the text box, although this formatting can be changed later as required. What changes is the different kinds of content boxes that support text in a PowerPoint slide. Given below are some of the most common content blocks you will see in PowerPoint. Title Box This is typically found on slides with title layout and in all the slides that have a title box in them. This box is indicated by " Click to add title " Subtitle Box This is found only in slides with Title layout. This is indicated by " Click to add subtitle " Content Box This is found in most of the slides that have a placeholder for adding content. This is indicated by &q

Microsoft PowerPoint MS POWERPOINT BASICS Tips and Tricks-7

Rearranging Slides in Powerpoint 2010 Rearranging slides is important when it comes to organising the overall presentation flow. While it is vital that you get the right content in every slide, it is equally important that you are able to present them in a format that makes it easier for the audience to understand the content too; most times this will require rearranging the slides. You can rearrange slides from two views in PowerPoint -  Normal View  and  Slide Sorter View . Given below are the steps to rearrange slides from different views. Normal View Step (1):  Select the slide to be moved Step (2):  Left click on the slide and drag it to the position in the sequence where you want to place it. PowerPoint will indicate the insert position with a line in-between existing slides. Step (3):  When you get to the right position release the left click button to insert the slide Alternately you can also cut the selected slide and paste it back in the sequence as shown below. Slide Sorter

Microsoft PowerPoint MS POWERPOINT BASICS Tips and Tricks-6

Deleting Existing Slide in Powerpoint 2010 There are times while building a slide deck, you may need to delete some slides. This can be done easily from PowerPoint. You can delete the slides from the  Normal  view as well as the  Slide Sorter  view. In each view you can delete the slides in two ways. Deleting from Normal View Step (1):  Go to the Normal view. Step (2):  Right click on the slide to be deleted and select delete. Alternately, you can select the slide and press the delete button on your key board. Deleting from Slide Sorter View Step (1):  Go to the Slide Sorter view. Step (2):  Right click on the slide to be deleted and select delete. Alternately, you can select the slide and press the delete button on your key board. The beginner to advance and start up step-6 Thank you all very much

Microsoft PowerPoint MS POWERPOINT BASICS Tips and Tricks-5

Add New Slides in Powerpoint 2010 This chapter will teach you how to add new slides in an existing presentation. Here are the steps that allow you to insert a new slide in the deck: Step (1):  Right click in the  Navigation Pane  under any existing slide and click on the  New Slide  option. Step (2):  The new slide is inserted. You can now change the layout of this slide to suit your design requirements. Step (3):  To change the slide layout, right click on the newly inserted slide and go to  Layout  option where you can choose from the existing layout styles available to you. You can follow the exact same steps to insert a new slide in between existing slides or at the end on the slide list. Usually, when you insert a new slide it will inherit the layout of its previous slide with one exception. If you are inserting a new slide after the first slide ( Title  slide) the subsequent slide will have  Title and Content  layout. You will also notice that if you right click in the first step