Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint

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Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint

• Computer Training Lab Presentation
• Created by Donna Kemp

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Presentations What to think about

• What is your subject
• Who is your audience
• Class, business, church, club, etc.
• How to present
• Visual and Oral Presentation
• Tool to use
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Do practice, practice, practice
• HAVE FUN WITH IT AND BE CREAVTIVE

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Microsoft PowerPointWhat is it?

• A presentation graphics program
• You can produce
• Slide shows
• Speakers notes
• Handouts for audience

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Where to

• Start menu
• All programs
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
• Desktop
• Shortcut

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Exercise 1 Open Microsoft PowerPoint
Menu Bar
Tool Bar - Formatting
Slide/Outline Tab
Thumbnail
Slide pane
Drawing Tool Bar
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Formatting and Adding Color

• Click on Format
• Click
• Slide Layout
• Or
• Slide Design

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Adding Pictures and Clip Art

• Click on Insert
• Select Picture
• Click on
• Clip Art
• From File
• From Scanner or Camera
• New Photo Album

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Exercise 2

• Open Microsoft PowerPoint
• Click on File
• Click on New
• Select Blank presentation
• Type in title section - 2008 Taste of Chicago
  Proposal
• Type in the subtitle section a company name
  that sells hot dogs
• Add a new slide
• Apply Slide Design Proposal to all slides
• Title slide Hot Dogs
• Add a clipart/picture of a hot dog
• Save presentation
• Run Slide Show

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Stumped? Where to begin?Try

• AutoContent Wizard
• File
• New
• From AutoContent wizard

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Exercise 3CREATE A PRESENTATION

• Pick a subject
• Ideas for presentation
• Favorite class subject
• Favorite vacation spot (country, state,
  continent)
• Favorite singer, band, concert, type of music,
  etc.
• Favorite actor, movie, type of entertainment
• Design a short presentation
• 3 to 4 slides
• No sentences, you are not going to read the
  presentation
• Use bullet points to remember key points of
  subject presented
• Run Slide Show when done