Wiley PowerPoint 2010 All-in-One For Dummies 978-0-470-50099-6 사용자 설명서

Chapter 1: Customizing PowerPoint

In This Chapter

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his 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 customize the Ribbon and put your favorite 
button commands on the Quick Access toolbar. Instead of fishing around 
for your favorite commands, you can assemble them on the Ribbon or 
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 Ribbon

As you surely know by now, the Ribbon is the stretch of ground across the 
top of PowerPoint. The Ribbon is composed of tabs. On each tab, commands 
are arranged by group. To undertake a task, you visit a tab on the Ribbon, find 
the group with the command you want, and choose the command. If you are 
so inclined, you can customize the Ribbon. You can place the tabs and com-
mands you know and love where you want to find them on the Ribbon. And 
you can remove tabs and commands that aren’t useful to you.

To customize the Ribbon, open the Customize Ribbon tab of the PowerPoint 
Options dialog box with one of these techniques:

 

 ✦ On the File tab, choose Options. In the PowerPoint Options dialog box, 

go to the Customize Ribbon category.

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Right-click a tab or button on the Ribbon and choose Customize the 
Ribbon.

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