Inserting Research Material

With the 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 research pane allows you to quickly and easily find information and incorporate it into your work.

Research a topic

Click the Review tab.

Click the Research button.

Type the topic you would like to research.

Click the list arrow, and then select a reference source, or click All Reference Books.

To customize which resources are used for translation, click Research options, select the reference books and research sites you want, and then click OK.

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.

Did You Know?

You can search for more related words. In the Research task pane, click one of the words in the list of results.