First Steps

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PowerPoint
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First Steps

• Create your presentation, dividing your thoughts
  using InsertNew Slide

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Images

• InsertPictureFrom File

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Hyperlinks

• To create a hyperlink
• Highlight the text or object you want to make
  into a hyperlink
• InsertHyperlink
• Specify the website, file, or slide you want to
  link to

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To create a hyperlink to another slide within a
presentation
2. Select slide
3. Click OK
1. Click place within document
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Animation

• Animation is used to stagger elements of a
  slide to reveal certain pieces of information
  after other
• Slide showCustom Animation
• Pick which items you want to animate and specify
  the order and effect

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Presentation Templates

• Templates add a little flair to your
  presentations
• FormatSlide Layout or Apply design template
• Choose the template you want and click OK

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Shapes Drawing Tools

• Make sure drawing toolbar is visible
• ViewToolbarsDrawing
• For more drawing tools, go to
• InsertPictureAutoshapes
• Or go to the autoshapes button at the bottom of
  the screen

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Connectors Flowcharts
Helps to organize information
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Connectors Flowcharts

• Connectors can be used to make links between
  objects to create flowcharts
• InsertPictureAutoshapes
• Click on the connectors button to select a
  connector type
• To start your connector, click on the connection
  point for the first object
• Then click on a connection point for the second
  object to complete the connector

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Alignment Layering

• To change whether an object is on top or
  bottom
• Highlight the objects
• Use the order commands from the draw button on
  the drawing toolbar

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Alignment Layering

• To align objects
• Highlight the object(s)
• Use the toolbar commands from the draw button on
  the drawing toolbar

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Grouping Rotating

• To group or rotate objects
• Highlight the objects
• Use the group and rotate commands from the draw
  button on the drawing toolbar
• Note what happens when you group before you rotate

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Inserting Sound

• InsertMovies and Sounds
• Choose format
• (if you choose CD, the disk must be in machine)

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Inserting Video

• InsertMovies and Sounds
• Choose format

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Action Buttons

• Action buttons perform actions that you specify.
• Insert ? Picture ? AutoShapes ? Action Buttons
• Choose the blank button
• Drag out the area you want the button to occupy
• The action settings window will then appear.
  Choose the hyperlink option pick the appropriate
  option

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Working on the Master Slide

• The slide master's purpose is to let you make a
  global change that is reflected on all the slides
  in your presentation.
• To access the master slide
• ViewMasterSlide Master
• Add buttons, pictures or text that you want to
  appear on every Slide.
• Click the close button on the master toolbar to
  return to the slideshow

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Working on the Master Slide
Click the close button on the master
slide toolbar to to presentation design mode
Any objects/ hyperlinks placed on master slide
will appear in every slide
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Creating Kiosk Presentations
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Saving as a Show

• When you save a presentation as a show it creates
  a separate file that automatically opens in
  presentation format