PowerPoint Editing—a Quick Reference   (Back to Table of Contents)

• If you edit on printouts, keep changes clear, dark, and away from page edges (for faxing). When printing slides with dark backgrounds, choose Pure Black and White to get an easy-to-mark-on white background instead.
  
  
• If you edit a PowerPoint slide embedded in a Word file, you can create a record of your work by indicating any changes or comments above or below the slide.
  
  
• If you edit in PowerPoint, you’ll have no record of your changes, unless you keep one elsewhere (such as on a reporting form, in the Notes section, or by inserting Comments). When making changes in PowerPoint:
  
  
  • Use the slide master for editing certain global elements, such as type styles and bullets.
    
    
  • Edit specific text in individual slides.
    
    
  • Normal view is the best choice for most editing tasks and for rearranging the slide order. Slide Show view can be helpful, too.
    
    
  • To edit objects included from applications like Word and Excel, open them from PowerPoint into their original application, make changes, then close them to return the edited version to PowerPoint.