HOW TO CREATE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

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HOW TO CREATE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
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Step One

• Open PowerPoint by finding the Application on
  your computers hard drive. Look for Microsoft
  Office X, then PowerPoint (PP) which will be
  marked by an orange P
• Begin a project by going to File, new project, or
  by clicking on the orange PP icon in the Project
  Gallery.
• Options for your first slide will appear. Your
  first slide should be a title slide for your
  project.

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Step Two

• To add a slide, go to Insert, then select New
  slide from the list that appears. You can choose
  the format you want your slide to have. For text,
  the bulleted list is a often a good choice.
• Type in your information, or paste it in from a
  word processing document (if you have a word
  processing document, use copy and paste rather
  than cut and paste.

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Step Two (continued)

• The size of text boxes can be changed by
  dragging the corners.
• The size and style of the font can be changed by
  changed by going to Format and choosing font
  from the list.
• Alignment and bullet style can also be modified
  by selecting from the Format list

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Step Three

• Be sure to save your presentation frequently! (at
  least at the end of every slide!) There is
  (almost) nothing worse than losing your work
  because you forgot to save it!

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Kicking it up a notch adding images

• When you add a new slide, select a template that
  offers the option of text and clip art.
• To add clip art, go to Insert, scroll down to
  picture, then select either clip art, or import
  an image you have saved from the internet.

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Kicking it up a notch beyond the basics

• Creating fancier slides is easy! Go to Format
  and select slide design, slide color scheme, or
  slide background from the list. Each of these
  offers ways to change the appearance of the
  slide. Explore the options!
• Under Format you can also change the layout of
  your slide.

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Kicking it up a notch show time

• To show your presentation go to Slide Show and
  select view show, or, go to the bottom left of
  the screen, and click on the icon all the way to
  right. Your slides will now be full screen.
• To advance your slides, you can simply hit the
  mouse, the space bar, or the touch pad.

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Kicking it up a notch show time

• Other fancier options are available under the
  slide Show heading. For example, you can decide
  on having an action button rather than using the
  space bar to advance slides, or you can customize
  the slide transition.

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Getting Organized

• Even after you have created all your slides, you
  can still rearrange them and create a more
  organized presentation. To edit how your slides
  are arranged, go to View, then select slide
  sorter. This shows you all your slides in the
  order you made them.
• To change the order, simply drag and drop a
  slide where you want it.

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Getting More Organized

• If you decide you dont need a slide, you can
  eliminate it by going to Edit and selecting
  delete slide.

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Have Fun!