The Basics

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PowerPoint

• The Basics

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Where is it?

• Hard Drive / Microsoft Office / PowerPoint

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Create a New Presentation

• Select Presentation Design
• Select a Design, Click OK

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New Slide

• Title Slide
• many formats
• Use the pre-selected one, Click OK
• Save to Your Disk
• (Summary Information OK)
• Add Title, subtitle

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Toolbars

• Notice names and explanations (at the bottom)

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The Next Slide

• Click on New Slide from the floating menu.
• Use the pre-selected one. Click OK.
• Click type the slide title (the main idea of
  that slide)
• Click below to add text
• Press Return to go to the next line

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Bullets

• Add text without bullets, or......
• Add text with bullets
• Click on the arrows to promote or demote the
  text.
• (or option / shift / arrow)
• Bullets help organize your information.

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The Next Slide the next, the next....

• Click on New Slide again
• Follow the same steps for all of your slides
• Save frequently

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Slide View vs. Outline View

• View Toolbar at bottom of page
• Select Outline View
• Same commands work
• You can complete your whole presentation in
  Outline View.

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Slide Sorter View

• Shows Thumbnails of all slides
• Wrong order? To change the order of your slides
• In Slide Sorter View or Outline View, drag
  the slide to the desired position.
• You can select and go directly to any slide
• So, click on the first slide, and ........

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See How It Looks!

• Select Slide Show View (bottom of page)
• Click the mouse to change slides
• Ready for some special effects?.........

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Transitions

• Add a fancy transition between slides
• In Slide Sorter View, select all (Edit menu)
• Select a Transition directly from the toolbar
  above
• Try the Slide Show again to see the difference

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Build

• Adds your points one by one- not all at the same
  time
• Again, select Slide Sorter View, and Select
  All (Edit menu)
• Use the Build menu on the toolbar to choose an
  effect

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Check Out the Difference

• Select Slide Sorter, and click on slide 1.
• Switch to Slide Show, and click through your
  program
• To change the Build or Transition style
• Return to Slide Sorter View and Select All.
  Then try a different style.

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To Add a Picture

• New Slide Layout
• Select a layout with a picture and text, or
• Select the layout with title only, or blank
• Select Picture... (Insert menu)
• Find the picture you would like, and click on
  Insert
• Resize / reposition the picture

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Notes Pages View

• Gives 1 slide per page
• Also provides space to write extra notes about
  that slide
• Can be printed (one page for each slide)
• Alternative
• Save a copy (Save As....)
• Add your extra notes to the outline, and print it.

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Printing

• Possible to print
• slides
• notes pages
• handout of slides (2, 3, or 6 per page)
• outline notes
• Check the box Pure Black White

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What Else? Lots!

• Other basics spelling, cut/paste....
• Change colors Format menu
• Slide Background and Slide Color Scheme
• Text color button and text styles/size
• Drawing / graphics
• Insert graphs / tables