Computer Tips From A Computer Guy

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 03:41 AM PDT

There are times that we want to spice up our PowerPoint presentations, but we just don't have enough time to design the colors and styles for the fonts and slides. If you are not a designer, this could be a real challenge as that means you would need to get your feet wet on design.

Well, the Office developers are aware of that, so they provided a way for users to quickly choose from several predefined styles and apply it to their own document.

To use the "Quick Styles" feature, select the slide where you want the style to be applied. Use the thumbnail navigation at the left side to select the slide.

Once the correct slide is selected, select the part of the slide where you want to apply a style. In the example below I selected the title. Choose from any of the predefined styles that you want to be applied on the selected title.

In the example below I chose a light green background so now I have the title having that effect:

To apply styles to the other sections like the bulleted texts, select them and click the quick style button again. I would suggest that you hover the mouse over the different styles so you can see the preview on the document before you click the style that you finally choose.

The document now looks like the one below with the title having a different style than the lower main content section.

With Quick Styles, you won't have to spend time figuring out how to make a slide look better. All you have to do is click the portion of the slide that you want to design and then choose from the predefined styles.

Make sure to visit us here regularly because later we will show you how to add your own styles to the quick styles menu. We will also show you more exciting features of the new Office 2010.