Most new products, solutions and services are presented using PowerPoint. Read on to see how to impress your audience.

1. Handy hot keys
Ctrl+Z = undo last command.
 
2. Repeat last command
F4 = repeat last command; for example, highlight an item on the slide and allocate yellow as the fill color. If you then click on a different item and press F4, this too will be allocated yellow as the fill color. In contrast to the “paintbrush“ icon, which copies format, this only changes the color. The paintbrush always copies all properties.
 
3. Aligning items to guide lines
The guide lines can be used to align items on the slide very precisely.

• Activate/deactivate: Alt+F9 activates and deactivates the guide lines. Items on the slide can be aligned to the guide lines.
• Moving a guide line: To move a guide line, click on it with the left mouse key, hold the mouse key down and wait until the cursor becomes a double arrow. You can then move the guide line.
• Copying a guide line: To create several guide lines on a slide, press the CTRL key and click again with the left mouse key on a line and drag it in the required direction holding down the mouse key.
• Deleting a guide line: Simply drag the guide line outside the slide.

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