What is Microsoft PowerPoint?

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What is Microsoft PowerPoint?

• In today's world we are continually facing the
  problem of information overload . It is important
  to be able to present information in a quick ,
  concise and effective manner. Research has show
  that information present through the use of
  graphics is remembered better than written
  explanations.
• Therefore, PowerPoint uses a graphical approach
  to presentations in the form of slide shows that
  accompany the oral delivery of the topic. This
  program is widely used in business and classrooms
  and is an effective tool when used for training
  purposes.

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How Do I Use PowerPoint?

• PowerPoint is one of the simplest computer
  programs to learn. It is the number 1 program
  used worldwide for presentations. Anyone can
  create stunning presentations that look like they
  were designed by a professional.
• It enables you to present information
  easily and quickly via a variety of methods
  on-screen slide show with picture, beautiful
  background , different colour. And its so easy to
  add illustrative chart of data or an
  organizational chart of company structure. It is
  less time consuming with effective result.

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PowerPoint Slide Layouts
When you first open PowerPoint, your screen
should resemble the diagram above. Areas of the
Screen Section 1. Each page of the working area
of the presentation is called a slide. New
presentations open with a Title slide in Normal
view ready for editing. Section 2. This area
toggles between Slides view and Outline view.
Slides view shows a tiny picture of all the
slides in your presentation. Outline view shows
the hierarchy of the text in your slides. Section
3. The area to the right is the Task pane . Its
contents vary depending on the current task.
Initially, PowerPoint recognizes that you are
just starting this presentation and lists
appropriate options for you. To give yourself
more room to work on your slide close this pane
by clicking on the small X in the upper right
corner.
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Different Ways to View PowerPoint Slides

• Slides in any PowerPoint presentation can
  be viewed in a variety of ways depending on the
  task at hand.
• Outline View shows all the text of all
  slides in a list on the left of the PowerPoint
  screen. No graphics are shown in Outline view.
• Slide View as it is more commonly known is
  the most often used view while creating a
  PowerPoint presentation.

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Add or Change Colored Backgrounds in PowerPoint

To add or change colored backgrounds Click -
Right click on the blank area of a slide It will
appears like above then click to background
menu. A background list layout appears on screen
with different design and colour Click- The
suitable background for your project.
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Change Font Style, Size or Color

• Click-From Home menu click to the font
  dialog box. It will appear the font toolbar
• Click- to font style , it will give you
  thousands of different style of font .So ,choose
  the font style that you like or according to
  your project. Try to avoid fancy fonts such as
  script styles. Stick to standard fonts such as
  Arial, Times New Roman or Verdana.
• Click- To size from font menu, You can see
  the different size. But the standard size uses
  for PowerPoint presentation is -44 point text for
  titles and 32 point text for subtitles and
  bullets -should be the minimum sizes you use. If
  the room you are presenting in is very large you
  might need to increase the font size.
• Click- To the colour menu from the toolbar
  . You can see the millions of colour . So try to
  choose the colour that suit your font and
  background.

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Add, Delete and Rearrange Slides in PowerPoint

• Click To the New Slide button on the
  toolbar to add a new slide to your presentation.
  Alternatively, you may choose Insert gt New Slide
  from the menu.
• Click-Go to the slide view click , to the
  slide that you want to delete. Right click on
  the slide then click to the delete it will delete
  your slide.
• Click- to the slide that you want to change
  from slide view , After that you can change or
  rearrange the files. But we have to make sure
  that we have save the slide after rearranged.

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Add Slide Transitions in PowerPoint

What are Slide Transitions Slide transitions are
the visual movements as one slide changes to
another. PowerPoint has many different slide
transition options to choose from to enhance your
slide show
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Animation Schemes in PowerPoint 2003

• Animation schemes applied to a PowerPoint
  slide show give a unified look to the whole
  presentation. By choosing an animation scheme,
  rather than individual animations applied to each
  slide, you can spend more time on content and
  presentation and let PowerPoint take care of the
  animations. Select the slide's you want to apply
  the animation scheme to in the Outline / Slides
  task pane at the left of the screen

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Incorporate text into multimedia presentations

• Name Jenny Napit
• Student no ITM0190
• 
  Thank you.