PowerPoint Object Selection Problem with 7 Fixes

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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[@nc1969]

Excellent! Thank you Les for the great training info.

[@PowerUpTraining]

@NCASO, Glad you enjoyed it.

[@AbhijeetSonawane-kh8ce]

Thank you

[@PowerUpTraining]

@AbhijeetSonawane-kh8ce, glad I could help a bit.

[@kenzquizzes]

transition sounds work in slideshow but not in videos after export. can you help please.

[@PowerUpTraining]

I did some poking around and can confirm that the transition sounds are lost, even if you export "with narration." You may want to look for a "screen recorder" tool (not Microsoft) that you start before running the slide show." Many will capture the screen and the audio.
Do a search of "what are some free windows screen recorder tools"

[@ryang2723]

PowerPoint is the absolute worst

[@PowerUpTraining]

@ryangilden748, I feel your pain. If in the crush of a project, and PowerPoint becomes stubborn, it is the worst! (But the lacking of features in Google Slides and Apple Keynote keeps me from abandoning the Microsoft app.) My fake first 20 seconds of the video showing my frustration is the cleaned-up version of what I really say when the camera is off!