Chapter 2. Editing Slides

2. Editing Slides

• Editing Text

• Reversing an Action (Undo)

• Finding and Replacing Text Automatically

• Checking Spelling

• Adding Special Characters

Text is the heart and soul of an effective PowerPoint presentation. But coming up with just the right wordsand organizing them in just the right wayisn't always easy. Just as you would if you were constructing a presentation using a flip chart or overhead transparencies , you jot down a few bullet points, read through what you've written, think of a few additional points, change your mind, and end up deleting, rearranging, and editing your material over and over again until you've got every word on every page ( slide ) exactly right.

Fortunately, PowerPoint can help. In addition to the standard cut, copy, and paste operations, this chapter shows you how to use PowerPoint's Search and Replace feature to find words and phrases buried in long presentations and change (or delete) them quickly. And if spelling's not your speciality, PowerPoint can help you check it.