Quick access Toolbar Buttons are a good way to save time and have the most frequently used commands
a single click away we can add every command that is contained in the nine tabs right here in the upper
left part of the screen.
Let's demonstrate how to do that.
I will click on the file tab and select options once I'm in the Options menu I can select quick access
toolbar where I can find all of the commands within PowerPoint I'll use the drop down menu next to which
is written choose commands from in order to find the commands that I am looking for.
Once I have found a command of interest it will be added to quick access toolbar by clicking on the
Add button.
If I would like to remove a command from the quick access to a bar I will use the Remove button instead.
You do not have to perform these operations every time you start a new presentation as each modification
of the quick access toolbar will already be available.
Usually it is very convenient to select the following commands for your quick access toolbar a line
left aligned center aligned right Align top line bottom
distribute horizontally
distribute vertically
after we add a command to the quick access toolbar we can use it with a single mouse click let me provide
an example I'll add two shapes to our slide
we can align these shapes with the quick access toolbar commands that we just added I'll select the
two shapes and click on the align left button as you can see the two objects were aligned.
Now I would like to show you a very interesting technique that would allow you to use the quick access
Toolbar Buttons through the keyboard as we already saw in the lesson.
The alt key activates the PowerPoint ribbon.
It also activates that quick access Toolbar Buttons that we just added by pressing alt and one of the
numbers that we see in the upper left part of the screen.
We will trigger the respective command given that the first button in my quick access toolbar is the
line left command I can press Alt and 1 and this would align the two objects to the left.
Note that we are using only two keys alt and a number that's perfect right.
Easy to remember and fast to execute.
It's up to you whether you decide that you prefer to use the keyboard or click on the quick access Toolbar
Buttons with the mouse.
Both methods are fast.