Inserting Research Material

With the new Research task pane, you can access data sources and insert research material right into your text without leaving your PowerPoint presentation. The Research task pane can help you to access electronic dictionaries, thesauruses, research sites, and proprietary company information. You can select one reference source or search in all reference books. This new feature allows you to find information and incorporate it into your work quickly and easily.

Research a topic

Click the Tools menu, and then click Research.

Type the topic you would like to research.

Click a reference source, or select All Reference Books.

Click the Start Searching button (green arrow).

Point to the information in the Research task pane that you want to copy.

Click the list arrow, and then click Copy.

Paste the information into your presentation.

When you're done, click the Close button on the task pane.