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The first tab within the Toolbox in PowerPoint is the Custom Animation tab. This tab provides options to reorder, change, and remove existing animations on your slides. To use any of the options in this tab, you must have a slide object that has animation added to it.
To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.
Toolbox – Custom Animation Tab in PowerPoint 2011
Tutorial Code: 01 05 21
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You may want to quickly add an em dash within your text container—be it a placeholder, text box, shape, or even a table. It’s very easy to add an em dash, and there is more than one way to achieve this task, although there may be some differences, and all ways may not work in the version of PowerPoint you are using. But certainly, using one of these options, you will be able to add an em dash in PowerPoint.
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Other than the menus, the toolbars, and the Ribbon, PowerPoint’s interface contains a floating set of tabs called the Toolbox. The Toolbox has four tabs: Custom Animation, Scrapbook, Reference Tools, and Compatibility Report. Each of these tabs is filled with options that let you perform important tasks within PowerPoint.
To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.
Tutorial Code: 01 05 20
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Next: 01 05 21 Toolbox – Custom Animation Tab in PowerPoint
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Like the Standard Toolbar, the Formatting Toolbar continues to exist in PowerPoint on some versions, even though these new versions have the Ribbon. You can see the Formatting Toolbar right below the Standard Toolbar.
To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.
Formatting Toolbar in PowerPoint 2011
Tutorial Code: 01 05 19
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PowerPoint sports the Ribbon interface but some versions continue having menus and toolbars. Among the most important of the toolbars is the Standard Toolbar that is located beneath the menu bar.
To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.
Standard Toolbar in PowerPoint 2011
Tutorial Code: 01 05 18
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