What is the use of Home Tab in Microsoft PowerPoint?

Home Tab in Microsoft PowerPoint

Home Tab in Microsoft PowerPoint is the default tab for editing, drawing and formatting the presentations. Home Tab-ribbon is divided into multiple sections with the name Clipboard, Slides, Font, Paragraph, Drawing and Editing. The detailed explanation about Home Tab in Microsoft PowerPoint is given below.

Clipboard

• Cut (ctrl+x) – This option is use to cut the selected data.
• Copy (ctrl+c) – This option is use to copy the selected data.
• Paste (ctrl+v) – This option is use to paste the cut or copied data.
• Paste Special (alt+ctrl+v) – This option is use to paste the cut or copied data by creating a link from source data. After pasting with link, If source update or delete then pasted data will be also delete.
• Paste as hyperlink – This option is use to paste the data as hyper linked.
• Format painter- This option is use to copy and paste formatting.

Slides

• New Slide (ctrl+m) – This option is use to add a new Slide.
• Duplicate Slide (ctrl+d) – This option is use to duplicated the current slide.
• Layout – This option is use to change the layout of the slide.
• Reset – This option is use to reset the slide as default mode.
• Delete (del) – This option is use to remove the current slide from the presentation.

Font

• Font – This font Box is use to select different font styles for text matter.
• Font Size – This option is use to change the size of the selected text.
• Bold (ctrl+b) – This option make the selected text bold.
• Italic (ctrl+i) – This option make the selected text italic.
• Underline (ctrl+u) – This option is use to draw a line under the selected text.
• Strikethrough- This option is use to draw line in the middle of the selected text.
• Text Shadow – This option is use to add shadow effect to the selected text.
• Character Spacing – This option is use to adjust the spacing between the selected text of characters.
• Change Case- This option is use to change the case of the selected text as UPPER, lower, Sentence, tOGGLE.
• Increase Font Size (ctrl+Shift+ >) – This option is use to increase the size of selected text.
• Decrease Font Size (ctrl+shift+ <) – This option is use to decrease the size of selected text.
• Clear Formatting- This option clears all the formatting from the selected text and make the plain text.
• Font Color – This option is use to change the text/font color.

Paragraph

• Align Left ( ctrl + L) – This option moves the text left.
• Align Center ( ctrl + e) – This option moves the text center.
• Align Right ( ctrl + r) – This option moves the text right.
• Justify ( ctrl +j) – This option is use for adjusting the text equal from both sides.
• Line Spacing – This option is use for adjusting spaces between text lines or paragraph according to the user value.
• Bullets – This option is use to create a bullet list to describe the contents of any topic.
• Numbering – This option is use to create the number list to describe the contents of any topic .
• Increase Indent – This option is use to increase the indent position, so that we can move a paragraph or line right side.
• Decrease Indent – This option is use to decrease the indent position, so that we can move a paragraph or line left side.
• Column – This option is use to split the text matter in to two or more columns.
• Text Direction – This option is use to change the text direction in vertical, stacked or rotate the text in to desired direction.
• Align text – This option is use to align the text into box as center, top, bottom etc.
• Convert to SmartArt – This option is use to convert the text or a list in to SmartArt graphics.

Drawing

• Insert Shapes – This option is use to insert the different shapes in slides.
• Arrange – This option is use to arrange the multiple object or shape on the slide. We can arrange objects using options such as- order, position, rotate and group etc.
• Quick Styles – This option is use to choose different visual shape styles with different colors.
• Shape Fill – This option is use to fill the selected shape with a solid color, gradient, picture or texture etc.
• Shape Outline – This option is use to specify the color, width and line style for the outline of the selected shape.
• Shape Effects – This option is use to apply shadow effect to any shape as up, down, right, and left.

Editing

• Find (ctrl +f) –This option use to find the any text matter in slide.
• Replace (ctrl +h) – This option use to replace the any text with new text. User can replace multiple text at a time using Replace All option.
• Select – This option use to select the text or objects in the slide.