MS Power Point
One thing the common tasks button allows you to do is

Insert a new slide
All of the listed here
Apply a design template to a slide
Choose a new layout for a slide

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MS Power Point
How do you add degrees of transparency to shapes such as arrows, so that the slide background shows though?

Use the Set Transparent Color button on the Picture toolbar
Use #D style 4 button on the drawing toolbar
Use the Transparency slider in the Format AutoShapes dialog box
All of above

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