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Getting Started with PowerPoint
Graham Dean, Blackburn with Darwen E Learning
Team, September 2005 graham.dean_at_blackburn.gov.uk
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Title bar
Menu and tool bars
Outline or thumbnail view of slides
Slide pane
Task pane
Used to make decisions about page design,
animations, etc. In older versions appears as a
new dialogue box.
The working space! Insert text boxes, graphics,
sound or movie files. Create hyperlinks. Use
action buttons. Copy and paste from other
applications. Drag and drop suitable objects.
Can be used to quickly change the order of slides
in a show and copy and paste whole pages. Can be
closed
Notes pane
Task bar
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Start with a blank presentation
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Next choose a blank page this means that you
will be in control of exactly how your slides look
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Now that you have a blank presentation with one
blank slide, let's add another slide. The main
menu is located at the top of PowerPoint's screen
(and shown below). Go to the main menu and click
the Insert menu.
Move the cursor down to New Slide and click.
Typing the letter M while holding the Ctrl key
down will also add a slide. You may use either
option.
The AutoLayout screen should appear. Choose the
blank screen and click OK.
A blank screen will appear.
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Entering text into your presentation We now have
a blank presentation with two slides, select the
first slide and now let's enter some text. There
are two ways to enter text text box and word art.
Using the Text Box The text box is the best
option for larger text passages or text that
needs to be edited easily. Go to the main menu
and select the insert menu. Under the Insert
menu, choose text box. After you have chosen the
text box option, press the cursor down where you
would like the text to appear, and hold the
cursor down as you drag the text box longer. Make
the box as long as you like.
Format the text in the same way as you would in
Word using the formatting toolbar or the Format
menu. Right mouse clicking in the text box will
also give some formatting options.
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What next?
From where do I get my text?
From where do I get my pictures?
How do I animate objects?
How do I create a hyperlink?
Whats a hyperlink?
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Making objects appear and disappear Animations
Avoid lots of garish effects. When you need them
they will be less effective!
If you choose custom animations you stay in
control!
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Once an effect has been chosen it can be modified
in a number of ways
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Some sources of text on the Internet http//www.g
utenberg.org/catalog/ - Project Gutenberg is the
oldest producer of free electronic books (eBooks
or etexts) on the Internet. http//etext.lib.virg
inia.edu/ - Electronic Text Center
http//www.aesopfables.com/ - This online
collection of easy to navigate Aesop's Fables
includes a total of 655 Fables. http//news.bbc.
co.uk/cbbcnews/default.stm BBC Newsround for
topical news in child friendly language. http//e
n.wikipedia.org/ - free on-line encyclopaedia
often complex language. .. If you use a search
engine to find text be sure that you know the
origins are trustworthy! always state what the
source was!
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From where do I get my pictures?
Your own digital camera or scanner. Save files to
known location Insert gt Picture gt From
file Clip art Insert gt Picture gt Clip Art
There will probably be a lot of other clip art
on your computer use the Start gt Search (or
Find) gt for folders called clipart use the
View gt Thumbnails option to preview the art
drag in suitable files. Microsoft Clips Online
http//office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.asp
x?lcen-gb
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How do I create a hyperlink?
Select a picture or some text. Insert gt Hyperlink
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One entry found for hyperlink.
Main Entry hyperlink   Pronunciation
'hI-pr-"lingkFunction noun an electronic
link providing direct access from one
distinctively marked place in a hypertext or
hypermedia document to another in the same or a
different document- hyperlink verb transitive