Microsoft Office Specialist: PPT 2013 Certification Skills Reference
Create and Manage Documents
Skill
Pages Where Covered
Create a Presentation
Create blank presentations
PPT 5
Create presentations using templates
PPT 38, PPT 334-336
Importing text files into presentations
PPT 272, PPT 274-275
Importing Word document outlines into
presentations
PPT 247-249
Format a Presentation Using Slide Masters
Apply a slide master
PPT 304-305, PPT 316
Add new layouts
PPT 321-324
Modify existing layouts
PPT 317-321
Add background images
PPT 200-202
Control page numbers
PPT 121-123
Insert headers and footers
PPT 121-123
Modify presentation themes
PPT 35-37, PPT 211-213, PPT 312-315
Skill
Pages Where Covered
Customize Presentation Options and Views
Change page setup options
PPT 250
Change to view in color/grayscale
PPT 202
Use views to navigate through presentations
PPT 13, PPT 28, PPT 30, PPT 50, PPT 53-56
Modify presentation properties
PPT 332-333, PPT 338-340
Configure Presentations to Print or Save
Set handout print options
PPT 58-59
Print selections from presentations
PPT 59-60
Package presentations for CD
PPT 229-230
Save presentations as web pages
PPT 10, PPT 348-350
Print presentations in grayscale
PPT 57
Print speaker notes
PPT 59
Maintain backwards compatibility
PPT 230-232
Configure and Present Slideshows
Create custom slideshows
PPT 336-337
Configure slideshow options
PPT 216-223, PPT 225-226
Rehearse timing
PPT 220-221
Skill
Pages Where Covered
Configure slideshow resolution
PPT 226
Use Presenter View
PPT 54-55
Navigating within slideshows
PPT 52-56
Annotate slideshows
PPT 290-291
Insert and Format Shapes and Slides
Skill
Pages Where Covered
Insert and Format Slides
Add slide layouts
PPT 11-13, PPT 321-324
Duplicate existing slides
PPT 28
Hide slides
PPT 291
Delete slides
PPT 29-30
Modify slide backgrounds
PPT 200-203
Apply styles to slides
PPT 35-37, PPT 200, PPT 211-214, PPT 312-314
Insert and Format Shapes
Modify shape backgrounds
PPT 70, PPT 79-80, PPT 90-92, PPT 173-175, PPT 177
Apply borders to shapes
PPT 71, PPT 81, PPT 161, PPT 175
Skill
Pages Where Covered
Resize shapes
PPT 48, PPT 78
Insert shapes
PPT 70, PPT 77-79
Create custom shapes
PPT 78-81, PPT 169-170, PPT 171-176
Apply styles to shapes
PPT 79-80
Order and Group Shapes and Slides
Insert section headers
PPT 11-13, PPT 256-258
Modify slide order
PPT 28-29
Align and group shapes
PPT 45-47, PPT 170-171, PPT 186
Display gridlines
PPT 45
Create Slide Content
Skill
Pages Where Covered
Insert and Format Text
Change text to WordArt
PPT 156-157
Create multiple columns in a single shape
PPT 111
Insert hyperlinks
PPT 204-211
Skill
Pages Where Covered
Apply formatting and styles to text
PPT 19-20, PPT 156-157
Create bulleted and numbered lists
PPT 14-18
Insert and Format Tables
Create new tables
PPT 84-86
Modify number of rows and columns
PPT 86-87, PPT 91
Apply table styles
PPT 89
Import tables from external sources
PPT 274, PPT 280
Insert and Format Charts
Create and modify chart styles
PPT 151-153, PPT 187, PPT 288-289
Insert charts
PPT 147-150
Modify chart type
PPT 151, PPT 288
Add legends to charts
PPT 151-153
Modify chart parameters
PPT 151, PPT 287-288
Import charts from external sources
PPT 284-2866
Insert and Format SmartArt
Add shapes to SmartArt
PPT 27, PPT 141-142
Change color of SmartArt
PPT 144
Skill
Pages Where Covered
Move text within SmartArt shapes
PPT 27, PPT 141-143
Reverse direction
PPT 141, PPT 186
Convert lists to SmartArt
PPT 24-26
Insert and Format Images
Resize images
PPT 45-47
Crop images
PPT 40-42
Apply effects
PPT 82
Apply styles
PPT 79-80, PPT 82
Insert and Format Media
Adjust media window size
PPT 45-48
Trim timing on media clips
PPT 118-119
Set start/stop times
PPT 118-119
Set media options
PPT 114-115, PPT 117-118, PPT 147, PPT 224
Link to external media
PPT 211, PPT 259
Apply Transitions and Animations
Skill
Pages Where Covered
Apply Transitioning between Slides
Insert transitions between slides
PPT 98, 100-102
Manage multiple transitions
PPT 98, 100-102
Modify transition effect options
PPT 98, 102
Animate Slide Content
Apply animations to shapes
PPT 99, 102-104
Apply animations to text strings
PPT 99, 103-104, PPT 109-111, PPT 133, PPT 300
Adding paths to animations
PPT 193
Modify animation options
PPT 99, PPT 105, PPT 107-111, PPT 145-147, PPT 193194, PPT 264-268
Set Timing for Transitions and Animations
Modify duration of effects
PPT 98-99, PPT 102, PPT 105
Configure start and finish options
PPT 99, PPT 107-108, PPT 265-268
Reorder animations
PPT 99, PPT 107
Use the Animation Pane
PPT 196-198, PPT 266-270
Manage Multiple Presentations
Skill
Pages Where Covered
Merge Content from Multiple Presentations
Merge multiple presentations
PPT 306-308
Reuse slides from other presentations
PPT 251-254
View multiple presentations
PPT 251
Track Changes and Resolve Differences
Set track changes
PPT 306-308, PPT 309-310
Modify options for track changes
PPT 309-310
Discard changes from specific users
PPT 306-308
Mange comments
PPT 310-311
Protect and Share Presentations
Encrypt presentations with a password
PPT 343-345
Proof presentations
PPT 51-52
Mark as final
PPT 346-347
Compress media
PPT 42-44, PPT 119-120
Embed fonts
PPT 229, PPT 335
Restrict permissions
PPT 348
Remove presentation metadata
PPT 227-228
Skill
Pages Where Covered
Check for accessibility issues
PPT 177-181, PPT 341-342
Check for compatibility issues
PPT 230-232