Footer is a horizontal place holder, which is placed at the bottom of a slide. It is used to provide vital information about the slide. A user can use footer for providing information such as date, page no, author name, etc.

A Macro is a tool which is used to record the steps to perform a particular task. It is not available in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, instead a user can use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to create or edit a macro. VBA is a macro-language version of Microsoft Visual Basic which is used to program Microsoft Windows-based applications.

Hyperlinking is a process to introduce a dynamic textual environment. It is used to link various elements of a slide to another slide, excel sheets, word document or any other presentation. Hyperlinking is created by attaching links to Uniform Resource Locator (URL). It provides a real and dynamic working environment.

Slide orientation describes the layout of a slide. Following are the two types of slide orientation : Portrait: It is used when a user wants a slide in vertical format. Landscape: It is used when a user wants a slide in horizontal format.

Slide Master is a special design template that can be used to control and determine the overall layout, formatting, and object placement of all slides in a presentation.

Take the following steps to add trendline to a chart:

1. Click on the chart. The Chart Tools, adding the Design, Layout, and Format tabs appears.
2. On the Layout tab, in the Analysis group, click Trendline.



3. Click More Trendline Options, and then in the Trendline Options category, under Trend/Regression Type, click the type of trendline. Select Moving Average and type the number of periods to use to calculate the moving average in the Period box.

Slide orientation describes the layout of a slide. Following are the two types of slide orientation:

1. Portrait: It is used when a user wants a slide in vertical format.
2. Landscape: It is used when a user wants a slide in horizontal format.

Slide Transition is the special effect for creating a presentation. By using Slide Transition, a user will be able to choose the speed and movement to the next slide and the type of sound to play the presentation. Slide Transition (such as wedge, newsflash, etc.) is used to add visual movement on a slide during a slide show.

Slide Master is a special design template that can be used to control and determine the overall layout, formatting, and object placement of all slides in a presentation.

Slide Transition is the special effect for creating a presentation. By using Slide Transition, a user will be able to choose the speed and movement to the next slide and the type of sound to play the presentation.

PowerPoint provides four types of views. Three of them helps you to develop your presentation: Normal, Slide Sorter and Slide Show. Different types of views used by PowerPoint are as follows:

1. Normal view: Whenever a user first creates a slide, the screen opens in Normal view. It is a default view and is used for designing. It provides a large view of a single slide at a time.
2. Slide Sorter view: In slide sorter view, thumbnails of all the slides in your presentation are laid out for you in the workspace. An overall view of your presentation is provide in this view. It is a good tool to help you arrange and resequence the slides it comprises.
3. Slide Show view: Slide show view is used to deliver the presentation. It steps through each slide sequentially.
4. Notes page view: It provides a small writing area to write some notes about a slide. Notes are shown on printouts but not in slide shows.
5. Outline view: It used for adding users text for a slide show. When you switch to the outline pane by clicking on its tab, a list of numbered headings is displyed, each one corresponding to a slide. To display that slide in the workspace, click on a heading.

Action buttons are the predefined buttons that are used to traverse quickly and efficiently in a presentation. They are used for defining hyperlinked objects. The hyperlinked objects can be a Web page, a file or a network location. Action buttons are mostly used for self executing presentations. The main reason for doing so is when you want a presentation that will be viewed when you’re not there. For example, you create a presentation on sales of the previous year for your employees. They can then navigate through your slides in their own time, by clicking the buttons. When the buttons are clicked they will perform an action, such as advancing to the next slide.

Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft PowerPoint2007

Following are the Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft PowerPoint2007:

The Microsoft exam 77-603 consists of simulation questions. In the simulation type questions, you will be given an environment of Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and have to perform a given task. Before giving the exam, you must have hands-on practice to accomplish the following tasks:

1. Creating presentations
2. Customizing slide master and its elements
3. Arranging slides
4. Inserting and formatting text boxes
5. Manipulating text
6. Adding and linking existing content to presentations
7. Applying and customizing animation
8. Creating and modifying SmartArt diagrams
9. Customizing illustrations
10. Inserting and modifying charts
11. Inserting and modifying tables
12. Reviewing presentation
13. Protecting presentations
14. Securing and sharing presentation
15. Preparing printed materials
16. Rehearsing presentation