<input type="hidden" id="_wpnonce" name="_wpnonce" value="02b257dc98" /><input type="hidden" name="_wp_http_referer" value="/blog/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/1218" /><input type="hidden" id="_wpnonce" name="_wpnonce" value="02b257dc98" /><input type="hidden" name="_wp_http_referer" value="/blog/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/1218" />{"id":1218,"date":"2013-01-02T00:59:34","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T13:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businesslegions.com\/blog\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2015-05-14T12:40:29","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T02:40:29","slug":"powerpoint-2013-tips-and-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businesslegions.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/02\/powerpoint-2013-tips-and-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerpoint 2013 Tips and Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds0--><p>Microsoft Powerpoint 2013 is a powerful presentation tool&#8230; only if you know where the features are. After spending several hours figuring out where some of these features were, I thought I&#8217;d create a list of my tips and tricks below. It was quite interesting that I couldn&#8217;t find these on Google and had to work these out myself:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslegions.com\/blog\/office365\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How do I export my Presentation to a Video<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>With version 2013, you are able to convert a Powerpoint presentation to a video (mp4) format. You just need to make sure you use a 2013 template otherwise if you use an old version you just need to change the file\u00a0compatibility. Here&#8217;s the steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click File<\/li>\n<li>Export<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-create-video1.jpg?strip=all&w=2560\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1248\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-create-video1-300x195.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"powerpoint 2013 create video1\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-create-video1-300x195.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-create-video1.jpg?strip=all 711w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-create-video1.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=142 142w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-create-video1.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=426 426w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-create-video1.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=568 568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select Create a Video and then the Quality of the Video ie. Computer &amp; HD Displays, Internet &amp; DVD or Portable Devices.<\/li>\n<li>Check the timing and select the appropriate time spent on each slide. Then click create video. The file will be saved as MP4 format.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslegions.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/02\/powerpoint-2013-tips-and-tricks\/powerpoint-2013-create-video2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1249\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1249\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-create-video2-300x137.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"powerpoint 2013 create video2\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: If you&#8217;re using an template or file that was saved in pre-2013 then you may need to change the file\u00a0compatibility. To do this follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click File<\/li>\n<li>Click Info<\/li>\n<li>Click Compatibility Mode and save the file as a different name<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-compatibility-mode.jpg?strip=all&w=2560\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1252\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-compatibility-mode-300x236.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"powerpoint 2013 compatibility mode\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-compatibility-mode-300x236.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-compatibility-mode.jpg?strip=all 598w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-compatibility-mode.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=119 119w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-compatibility-mode.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=239 239w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-compatibility-mode.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=358 358w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-compatibility-mode.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=478 478w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How do I play Audio in the background?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Adding Audio to your presentation is pretty much the same as the previous versions of powerpoint. However, if you need to set the audio to play in the background of all your slides then here&#8217;s the instructions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click Insert<\/li>\n<li>Click Audio<\/li>\n<li>Click Audio on My PC and select the audio file<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-add-audio-as-background.jpg?strip=all&w=2560\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1253\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-add-audio-as-background-1024x127.jpg?strip=all&resize=620%2C76\" alt=\"powerpoint 2013 add audio as background\" width=\"620\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You will see the following object in the slide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-add-audio-as-background-v1.jpg?strip=all&w=2560\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1254\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-add-audio-as-background-v1.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"powerpoint 2013 add audio as background v1\" width=\"330\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-add-audio-as-background-v1.jpg?strip=all 330w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-add-audio-as-background-v1-300x98.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-add-audio-as-background-v1.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=66 66w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-add-audio-as-background-v1.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=132 132w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-add-audio-as-background-v1.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=198 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p><!--CusAds0-->\n<ul>\n<li>Select the image and click Playback on the top menu ribbon bar under Audio Tools<\/li>\n<li>If you need to select Start Automatically, Play Across Slides, and Loop Until Stopped<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-add-audio-as-background-v2.jpg?strip=all&w=2560\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1255\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-add-audio-as-background-v2.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"powerpoint 2013 add audio as background v2\" width=\"524\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-add-audio-as-background-v2.jpg?strip=all 874w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-add-audio-as-background-v2-300x39.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-add-audio-as-background-v2.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=174 174w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-add-audio-as-background-v2.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=524 524w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-add-audio-as-background-v2.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=699 699w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-add-audio-as-background-v2.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How do you stop playing the background Audio at a particular slide?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This was quite tricky to work out. I spent a few hours trying to figure this out. Here&#8217;s what you need to do if you want to stop the background audio at a particular slide:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click Animations on the top ribbon menu<\/li>\n<li>Click Animation Pane<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ed1e24; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-stop-playing-audio-in-background.jpg?strip=all&w=2560\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1262\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-stop-playing-audio-in-background-1024x84.jpg?strip=all&resize=620%2C50\" alt=\"powerpoint 2013 stop playing audio in background\" width=\"620\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Select the name of the audio file and then select Timing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-animation-pane-timing.jpg?strip=all&w=2560\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1267\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-animation-pane-timing.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"powerpoint 2013 animation pane timing\" width=\"210\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-animation-pane-timing.jpg?strip=all 210w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-animation-pane-timing.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=84 84w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click Effect<\/li>\n<li>Click Stop Playing section<\/li>\n<li>Click After xxx (the slide number you want the audio to stop after)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslegions.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/02\/powerpoint-2013-tips-and-tricks\/powerpoint-stop-background-music-at-slide-x-play-audio-effect\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1250\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1250\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-stop-background-music-at-slide-x-Play-Audio-Effect-279x300.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"powerpoint stop background music at slide x Play Audio Effect\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How do you change the theme font?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I was really lost for this one, fortunately I managed to work it out after reading some old posts relating to Powerpoint 2010. Here&#8217;s what you need to do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on View<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-theme-font.jpg?strip=all&w=2560\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1268\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-theme-font.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"powerpoint 2013 theme font\" width=\"561\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-theme-font.jpg?strip=all 1001w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-theme-font-300x35.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-theme-font.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=200 200w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-theme-font.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=400 400w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-theme-font.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=600 600w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-theme-font.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=800 800w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/powerpoint-2013-theme-font.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on Slide Master<\/li>\n<li>Select the heading or title you want to change and select the font<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yes, that&#8217;s it. 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