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In PowerPoint, a placeholder is a pre-formatted container on a slide for content (text, graphics, or video). The pre-set formatting makes it easier to format slides consistently.

You format a placeholder in Slide Master view. Then you use the placeholder—add content to it—in Normal view.

The pictured slide has two rectangular placeholders:

The (upper) Title placeholder prompts the user for text and formats it in the default Heading font, size, and color

The (lower) Content placeholder accepts text, or a table, chart, SmartArt graphic, picture, or video, as indicated by the clickable icons at its center.

1. Select the picture.

2. Select Picture Tools > Format and select Artistic Effects.

3. Hover over the options to preview them and select the one you want.

Set the speed of a transitionSelect the slide that has the transition that you want to change. On the TRANSITIONS tab, in the Timing group, in the Duration box, type the number of seconds that you want it to run. If you want all the slide show's transition effects to use the same speed, click Apply To All.

Select the object.

Right-click and select an option: Direction. Select this option. Bring to Front > Bring to Front to move the object to the top layer of the stack. Bring Forward to move the object up one layer in the stack. Send to Back > Send to Back to move the object to the bottom layer of the stack.

Right-click between slides and select Add Section. An Untitled Section is added in the thumbnail pane, and the Rename Section dialog box opens.

Type a name in the Section name box.

Select Rename.

To collapse a section, click the triangle next to the section name.

Launch PowerPoint, click "Insert" and then click the “More” arrow beneath the Shapes button.

2Click the rectangle shape from the drop-down menu. Double-click a point on the slide to add the rectangle to the slide.

3Click "Animations" and then click the "More" arrow in the Animations section. A drop-down menu opens and displays a list of animation types. Click the "Spin" animation to apply it to the rectangle. PowerPoint also places a small tag containing a number next to the rectangle. This tag lets you know that the rectangle has an animation.

Select the slide you want to add a transition to.

Select the Transitions tab and choose a transition.

Select a transition to see a preview.

Select Effect Options to choose the direction and nature of the transition.

Note: Not every transition has Effect Options.

Select Preview to see what the transition looks like.

To remove a transition, select Transitions > None.

Select the text box.

Select the Home tab and from the Paragraph group, select Add or Remove Columns .

From the drop-down list, select One Column , Two Columns , Three Columns , or More Columns 

To add a row above the selected cell, click Insert Above.

To add a row below the selected cell, click Insert Below. Notes: To add a row at the end of a table, you can click the rightmost cell of the last row, and then press TAB.

On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click Chart. In the Insert Chart dialog box, click a chart, and then click OK