Power Point® All?in?One Desk Reference For Dummies®

Chapter 1. Customizing PowerPoint

In This Chapter

• Changing around the Quick Access toolbar

• Choosing what appears on the Status bar

• Choosing a PowerPoint color scheme

This short chapter describes a handful of things you can do to customize PowerPoint. Don't be afraid to make like a software developer and change the program to your liking. Many people are wary of retooling PowerPoint, but you can always reverse the changes you make if you don't like them, as I explain throughout this chapter.

This chapter shows how to put your favorite button commands on the Quick Access toolbar. Instead of fishing around for your favorite commands, you can assemble them on the Quick Access toolbar and locate them right away. You also discover how to change around the Status bar and dress up PowerPoint in a new set of clothes.

Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar

The Quick Access toolbar, located in the upper‐left corner of the screen, offers three important buttons — Save, Undo, and Repeat. No matter where you go in PowerPoint, these buttons are ready and waiting on the Quick Access toolbar. However, which buttons appear on the Quick Access toolbar is entirely up to you. You can put your favorite buttons on the toolbar and keep them within reach. And if the Quick Access toolbar gets too big, you can move it below the ribbon, as shown in Figure 1-1 . Adding buttons to and removing buttons from the Quick Access toolbar is, I'm happy to report, a piece of cake. And moving the toolbar below the ribbon is as ...