PowerPoint Object Selection Problem with 7 Fixes

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Published 2022-09-20
PowerPoint can be frustrating when trying to precisely select an object and you end up moving the background or the wrong object or text placeholder. I have 7 solutions!

Different techniques for different scenarios.

🎬 VIDEO CHAPTERS 🎬
00:00 Intro
01:00 The Visual Mouse Cursor Cue
02:47 The Text I-Beam Selector Cue
04:44 Advanced Mouse and Keyboard Selection
06:04 Introduction to Layers
06:41 The Mac 3-D Layer Explosion View
07:53 The Selection Pane
09:35 The New Lock Object Tool
11:00 The Cut & Paste Trick
12:17 The Hide Trick
13:18 The Slide Master Technique
15:59 Bonus Tip: The Background Trick
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Instructed by Les McCarter

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All Comments (6)
  • @nc1969
    Excellent! Thank you Les for the great training info.
  • @kenzquizzes
    transition sounds work in slideshow but not in videos after export. can you help please.
  • @clintjones214
    Still did not solve my issue. The image is not selectable on the slide, it isn’t in the selection pane, and it is not on the master but it is on the slide and I cannot edit delete or remove it.