PowerPoint Presentation Part I

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PowerPoint Presentation Part I

• Creating a PowerPoint Presentation
• The Basics

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Getting Started

• Click on the File Tab (upper left of ribbon)
• Select New from the Menu--this will open the New
  Presentation dialog box
• Select a template if desired, or
• Click on Create to select a blank presentation.

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Home Tab--Slides

• You may add a new slide by clicking on New
  Slide in the Home Tab.
• Clicking on the will display the ten
  layouts available and allow you to select one.

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The Title Slide

• Select the Title Slide Layout
• Click the mouse button in the box or
  placeholder for the title. You may type in the
  title for your presentation
• Click your pointer on the Subtitle placeholder
  and enter a subtitle, name, date, or other
  desired information.

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Second Slide

• In Slides, under the Home tab, click the mouse on
  the New Slide command.
• Select the second layout, Title and Content.
• You may click the title placeholder in order to
  add text at the top of the second slide
• Click in the larger placeholder to add bulleted
  text

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Saving Your Presentation

• To save your presentation, click on the File tab,
  then on Save or Save As to bring up the Save
  dialog box
• In the Save as dialog box, select the location
  and type of file to be saved.
• Enter a name in the File name box, then click the
  Save button

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Exiting Power Point

• After you have saved your presentation, you may
  exit Power Point by clicking on File then Close.

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Opening the Presentation

• Click the File tab on the Menu bar, then click on
  Open (or press Ctrl-O)
• Select the drive and folder in the Look in
  dialog box, click on the name of the presentation
  (the title) to select it, then point and click on
  Open

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• You may create subheadings on the bulleted text
  by using the tab key
• This is a subheading under the main bullet
  above.
• To return to a main heading, press Shift plus Tab
• This returns you to a main heading

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Viewing the Presentation

• Slide View
• You may display successive slides or screens by
  pressing the Page Up or Page Down keys
• You may, on any slide, edit the text, change the
  layout, or add graphics
• Note that there is a toolbar below the slide
  which is the status bar. On the right is the
  View Bar you may change the type of view and
  reset the zoom level.

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• Slide Sorter View
• The second icon on the view toolbar (4 boxes) is
  the slide sorter view which can also be accessed
  through the View command on the ribbon.
• You can change the order of the slides by
  selecting one (click on the slide) then dragging
  it to a new location

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• Notes Page View
• Select Notes Page View from the View command on
  the Menu ribbon
• Each slide is displayed above a box where you can
  add notes to use during your presentation

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• Slide Show
• The fourth icon on the View toolbar enables you
  to view the slide in full screen mode
• You may advance slides by clicking the mouse
  button, pressing the Enter key, or using the Page
  Up or Page Down keys
• In this mode, you may press Ctrl-P and use the
  mouse pointer as a pen to temporarily draw on the
  screen (Ctrl-A reverses the action)

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Text Editing/Enhancement

• Text may be inserted, deleted, cut and pasted, or
  manipulated as with most wordprocessors
• Text may also be enhanced through choice of fonts
  and sizes, or the use of bold, italic,
  underlining or shadowing (found in the Home tab
  of the ribbon)

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Adding Graphics

• Graphics can be added to a slide using the
  Insert and Clip Art selections on the ribbon.
• Search the Clip Art gallery that pops up, select
  an appropriate graphic and insert it into the
  slide.

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• Graphic images can be resized and moved about
  within the PowerPoint slide using standard mouse
  commands

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You may also insert BMP, GIF and JPG images
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Newer versions of PowerPoint also support
animated GIF images and videos.
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Inserting Shapes

• You may insert Shapes, SmartArt, and Charts
• You may color lines, fonts or the background

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Printing

• Click on File tab on the Ribbon, then select
  Print
• If not already displayed, select the correct
  printer for your system
• Select the print range (the slides you wish to
  print)--all slides, the current slide, or select
  those which you wish to print

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• Select what you wish to print
• Slides
• Handouts (with 2, 3, 6, slides per page)
• Notes pages
• An outline view
• Select other options as desired, then click on OK

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The End and the Beginning

• This is the end of Part I of How to Use
  PowerPoint
• Now that the basics are finished, you may look at
  more techniques in subsequent parts.

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The End
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