Navigate (move around) on slide

[Guest]

Is there a way to move around on a slide when zoomed in to a high percentage
other than using the scroll bars. I'm looking for a "hand" like in Adobe
where you can hold down the space bar, click, and drag mouse to move artboard
within the window?

 

[TAJ Simmons]

There's no hand in powerpoint like the one used by adobe products.

One trick to zoom into a particular place, is to select an object before
changing the zoom amount.

if there is no object there, draw a quick rectangle, then ppt will zoom into
that object when you change the zoom percentage.

cheers

TAJ Simmons
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[Guest]

Sounds like a good idea, but I would like to be able to move around while
already zoomed in.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Sounds like a good idea, but I would like to be able to move around while
already zoomed in.

Me too, but the feature's just not available in PPT.

There's a free add-in that has a couple handy zoom tools ... easier to use than
PPT's own. One zooms in by a percentage every time you click, another zooms out
the same way, a third zooms to Fit To Slide in one click. Saves me a lot of time
(that's why I wrote it <g>). http://www.pptools.com/starterset/

 

[Guest]

I found another way to zoom without addons. Hold down the Control Key while
rolling the wheel on the mouse. Still haven't found a way to move around on
the slide once zoomed in, though.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I found another way to zoom without addons. Hold down the Control Key while
rolling the wheel on the mouse.

[DopeSlapToForehead] Yes, of course. Thanks for the reminder.