Introduction to MS Powerpoint

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Introduction to MS Powerpoint

• What is Powerpoint?

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Purpose?

• Present graphical information as
• a means to emphasise a verbal
• presentation
• lecture
• tutorial

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FEATURES

• Slides
• Organization Charts
• Media Clips
• Graphs
• Clip Art
• Photo Album
• Slide Show

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SLIDES

• Blackboard
• Butchers Paper
• Epidiascope
• Overhead Projector
• Permanent Presentations
• Difficult to
• Produce
• Read
• Remember

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PowerPoint

• Easy to use
• Templates
• Design
• Colour
• Animation
• Transition

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Organization Charts
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Media Clips
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GRAPHS
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Clip Art

• PowerPoint has an inbuilt art gallery
• Your own pix may be imported into the ClipArt
  Gallery or into individual presentations

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PHOTO ALBUM

• Create your own photo album
• Present photo album as a slide show
• Insert Music to your presentation
• You may add a narration to the slide show

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Photo album

• Relax and enjoy
• Perhaps now we will create a simple PowerPoint
  presentation

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Introduction to PowerPoint
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SUGGESTIONS
Decide on Layout Is PowerPoint appropriate? Not all presentations need this facility
Open PowerPoint New Office Document/ General/Blank/Presentation
Toolbars Standard Formatting Task Pane
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REMEMBER

• PowerPoint is an AID not the presentation
• You have to prepare what you want to communicate
  and decide how PowerPoint will enhance the
  communication
• Go forth and PRACTICE