Boost Your Slides: A Complete Walkthrough of PowerPoint’s Insert Tab

 Boost Your Slides: A Complete Walkthrough of PowerPoint’s Insert Tab

Boost Your Slides: A Complete Walkthrough of PowerPoint’s Insert Tab is all about use of commands of Insert Tab. In this article user can understand uses and methods of inserting Table, Images, Illustrations, Links, Text, Symbols and Media in to Slides of Presentation. All command sets are given below step by step.

 

Table: User can insert and draw a table of own choice.

Ø Place cursor where you want the table

Ø Click on table and follow the steps prompted

Ø Or draw a table as you like

Insert Table: You can insert table using number of columns and rows.

Draw Table: You can draw table using this command. Also you can format it.

 

Images: User can insert images, screen shots and photo from photo album.

Ø Place the cursor where you want these objects

Ø Select the image or photo from your computer

Ø Edit the object using format tab

 

Images: You can insert images from your computer. Whether it is downloaded or drawn by you.

Screen Shot: You can also take screen shots of any page and crop it. Than save it in png format and insert in your document.

Photo Album: Get ready one photo album selecting photos or images from your computer. And insert it in to slides.

 

 

Illustrations: User can insert Shapes, charts and smart arts from this command tab.

Ø Place the cursor where you want these illustrations.

Ø Choose the one from any group

Ø Edit the shape using format tab commands.

Shapes: There are number of shapes, you can choose any one and place in slides.

Smart Art: This is one type of diagram that you can insert into your slide.

Chart: To represent numerical data you can use chart in slide.

 

 

Links: Under this tab you can insert links between files with in the same computer.

Ø Click on Hyper Link

Ø Select the necessary file or Email address

Ø Ok

Hyperlink: This command allows you to insert link between files with in the same computer.

 

Text: You can insert Text Box, word Art, Header Footer, Date & Time, Slide Number etc.

Ø Select any one of given commands

Ø Follow the steps prompted

Ø Edit as you like

 

Text Box: It will allow you to type text with pre-defined design. You can edit as well.

Header Footer: Once you Type any text as title at the top of one page, it will continually appear in all pages.

WordArt: These are Designed Text Formats that you can use and adjust for your document as you like.

Date & Time: Use this command to insert present date and time on your document.

Objects: Insert any object onto your document using this command.

 

Symbols: User can use symbols to insert many Symbols and Equations of different categories.

Ø Insert required symbol or equation in slide

Ø Make necessary changes

Ø Use format tab as well.

 

Symbols: There is variety of symbols in Power Point.

Equation: You can also use equations from this tab and use numerical data to fill it.

 

Media: User can insert audio clip or video clip into slide from this command tab.

Ø Place the cursor where you want to insert or insert a slide with media option and insert there

Ø Select the video clip or audio clip and make necessary changes.

 

Audio clip: First record audio or down load and use it in slides.

Video clip: first record video or down load and use it in slides.

 

Conclusion:

This article has given you clear picture of insert tab of PowerPoint application. Hence you can now use it to design your presentation with different objects and video and audio clips. Hence “Boost Your Slides: A Complete Walkthrough of PowerPoint’s Insert Tab” can be useful article regarding presentation. You have to update your knowledge time to time. Because the world of technology changing rapidly.

MS Word References Tab: From Citations to Tables of Contents (Unlock the Power)

 

MS Word References Tab: From Citations to Tables of Contents (Unlock the Power)

Introduction:

In Microsoft Word Reference Tab has unique value that allows you to insert Table of Contents Table of Figures, Footnote, Endnotes, Captions, and Table of Authorities. In this article “MS Word References Tab: From Citations to Tables of Contents (Unlock the Power)” you will get purpose all commands and their application in detail. 

 

 

Table of Contents:

Using this command user can insert contents of the whole document as the headings with page number. Once you insert it you can update the same contents time to time after editing or adding new contents to the same document.

 

Follow these steps to insert Table of Contents:

Step 1

Ø Type one document with 10 paragraphs.

Ø Mention one Title for each paragraph.

Ø Select the first Title

Ø Go to Home Tab

Ø In Home Tab, Select Heading1 from Styles Command sets.

Ø Repeat the same process for each title

Ø You may choose Heading2, if the title is to place under previous Title as Sub Content.

Step 2

Ø Insert a blank page at the beginning of document

Ø Place the cursor at the top of the page

Ø Go to Reference Tab

Ø Select Table Of Content

Ø Contents of each paragraph will be shown there

Step 3

If you add new paragraph or edit the titles of any paragraph than you should follow

Ø Fix heading style from Styles Command from Home Tab

Ø Then Go to Table Of Contents Page

Ø Select Update (Entire Table)

Ø You can see the changes.

 

Table of Figure:

Using this command user can insert Lists of Figures that you have inserted throughout the document. The list of all figures will be displayed on the first page like Table of Contents.

 

Follow these steps to insert Table of Figures.

Ø Insert images at different locations of the document at least 5 images.

Ø Allot caption to each image from Insert Caption command

Ø Select the level as Figure

Ø Go to the first page

Ø Click to place cursor just below the Table of Contents

Ø Go to Reference Tab

Ø Click on insert table of figure from Caption

Ø Change caption level as Figure

 

Table of Table:

If you want to insert a list of Tables that you have inserted in the document, you should follow these steps.

Ø First insert many tables in your document

Ø Go to insert caption in Reference Tab

Ø Select Table from insert caption level

Ø Allot caption to each table

Ø Go to the first page and place cursor below the table of figure

Ø Go to Reference tab and click on insert table of figure and choose Table from Caption Level

Ø Click on Ok

 

Table of Equations:

You can follow the steps involved to insert table of figures to insert equation of your document.

Ø First insert Equations as you like

Ø Set caption for each equations

Ø Go to first page where you want to insert Table of Equation.

Ø Place the cursor on the contents page

Ø Go to Reference Tab

Ø Click on insert Table of Figure

Ø Choose Equation in caption level

 

Footnotes:

Footnotes are short explanations of words, phrases or sentences located at the end of the same page. Follow the steps to insert footnote.

Ø Select the word, phrase or clause on which footnote will be explained.

Ø Go to Footnote on Reference tab

Ø Click on Insert Footnote

Ø You can see blank space for short explanation with auto numbering at the end of the same page. Fill it as you wish.

 

Endnotes:

Endnotes are short explanations of words, phrases or sentences located at the end of the document. Follow the steps to insert endnote.

Ø Select the word, phrase or clause on which endnote will be explained.

Ø Go to Footnote on Reference tab

Ø Click on Insert Endnote

You can see blank space for short explanation with auto numbering at the end of the document. Fill it as you wish.

 

Cross-reference: Table 1

Using cross reference command user can create relation between headings, tables, figures, equations, footnote, Endnote and other objects on the same document. Follow the steps to create cross-reference.

Ø Place the cursor beside heading or select the heading

Ø Go to Caption Tab

Ø Click on Cross-Reference

Ø Choose what you want in Reference Type

Ø Click on Insert

Ø Ctrl + Click to see the link.

 

Table 1

 

Conclusion:

In this article you learned how to insert Tables of contents, figures, tables, footnote and endnote with cross-reference through “MS Word References Tab: From Citations to Tables of Contents (Unlock the Power)”. Follow the steps to be master of Reference Tab.

MS WORD PAGE LAYOUT TAB: Step-By-Step Complete Guide

 

MS WORD PAGE LAYOUT TAB: Step-By-Step Complete Guide

 

Introduction:

Ms Office word application is enriched with Page Layout tab which includes many attractive features. The user can access command sets like Themes, Page Setup, Page Background, Paragraph and Arrange to furnish page contents. The article “MS WORD PAGE LAYOUT TAB: Step-By-Step Complete Guide” will help you out to understand and use practically.

 

Themes:

This is to change overall design of pages of whole document including font colour, font type, and effects.

v You can change it by changing predefined designs available or you can set new theme of your own.

v To see the changes select some content then select one “Style” from Home Tab.

v Change the “Style” from command set of Home Tab and apply it to feel difference.

 

 

 

Page Setup:

In this command set user can set page size, margin and orientation etc.

v Margin: It represents some fixed margin sets that you can apply to your document. Or you can go for custom margin where you can apply margin as you require.

v Orientation: There are two types of orientation. Those are portrait and landscape. You can apply and check based on your contents.

v Size: There are many fixed sizes available to apply on document like A4, Letter, and Magazine etc. You may choose one of those.

v Columns: This is to divide contents in to many columns horizontally. Select the page contents and apply options asked to check the difference.

v Breaks: It helps to break page, section, document vertically. Place the cursor where you want the breaking section than go for options.

v Line Numbers: This option is optional. It helps to numbering of rows on your page at the beginning of row.

v Hyphenation: It helps to insert hyphen sign between syllables of a given word especially at the end of row. To do so first select the text paragraph than click on auto hyphenation.  

 

Page Background:

There are three main options like watermark, Page colour and Page Boarders to design page.

v Watermark: This command allows you to insert designed text, and Pictures behind the text on a page. You can customize or remove the water mark as well.

v Page colour: It allows you to make your page colourful but it is not printable. You can see it only on soft copy.

v Page Boarder: This command is for inserting boarder around paragraph or page. Different boarders for different pages can be inserted as well. Do page breaks to insert different boarders for separate pages.

 

Paragraph:

In this command set you can set indent of paragraph and spacing horizontally between two paragraphs.

v Indent: Set left margin or right margin of a certain paragraph. Select the paragraph then apply indent.

v Spacing: You can insert space before or after between two paragraphs by selecting the involved paragraphs.

 

Arrange:

To use commands of Arrange command set, insert an object on your document first. Than select the object and apply all commands separately from the command set tab.

v Position: Change the position of object on page.

v Wrap Text: It enables you to move the object on content page freely. Select the object and apply any wrap text option you like.

v Rotate: This option will help you to rotate the object as you want on the basis of degree of angles.

 

Conclusion:

We come to know through “MS WORD PAGE LAYOUT TAB: Step-By-Step Complete Guide” that page Layout Tab is highly applicable command tab. Because when you start to work in word application you have to fix page setup and page back ground.